Trends · data through September 2026

Burger Chains in Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI

Iceflower tracks 425 stores from 61 burger chains in Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI. Burger King grew fastest over the last year, ahead of My Burger and Culver's.

Rankings come from real card and bank transactions across a panel of 130M+ US and EU consumers. We publish relative growth and rankings, never revenue figures. About the data

Tracked chains
61
Tracked stores
425
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked burger chains

Ranked by year-over-year growth of share of tracked local spend. Arrows show movement in the rankings since last year. Each dot in the chart is one tracked chain: bigger market position to the right, faster growth higher up, more tracked stores in a bigger dot. Colors match the store map below. Burger King and My Burger sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 B Burger King logo Burger King ▲1 +12.2%
2 M My Burger - +9.3%
3 C Culver's logo Culver's - +6.6%
4 S Shake Shack logo Shake Shack - +5.1%
5 F Five Guys logo Five Guys - +4.4%
6 M McDonald's logo McDonald's - -0.7%
7 F Freddy's Frozen Custard & Steakburgers logo Freddy's Frozen Custard & Steakburgers ▲1 -2.3%
8 W White Castle logo White Castle ▼1 -3.9%
9 S Snuffy's Malt Shop - -4.7%
10 A A&W Restaurant logo A&W Restaurant - -8.1%
11 S Sonic Drive-In logo Sonic Drive-In - -11.9%
12 W Wendy's logo Wendy's ▼1 -16.5%
13 S Smashburger logo Smashburger - -23.9%
  • McDonald's
  • Culver's
  • Burger King
  • Wendy's
  • Shake Shack
  • Five Guys
  • Freddy's Frozen Custard & Steakburgers
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

425 tracked store locations in Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • McDonald's (143)
  • Culver's (44)
  • Burger King (65)
  • Wendy's (49)
  • Shake Shack (5)
  • Five Guys (20)
  • Freddy's Frozen Custard & Steakburgers (5)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 M McDonald's logo McDonald's 143
  • 2 B Burger King logo Burger King 65
  • 3 W Wendy's logo Wendy's 49
  • 4 C Culver's logo Culver's 44
  • 5 F Five Guys logo Five Guys 20
  • 6 W White Castle logo White Castle 15
  • 7 M My Burger 9
  • 8 S Smashburger logo Smashburger 7
  • 9 S Shake Shack logo Shake Shack 5
  • 10 F Freddy's Frozen Custard & Steakburgers logo Freddy's Frozen Custard & Steakburgers 5
  • 11 S Sonic Drive-In logo Sonic Drive-In 5
  • 12 A A&W Restaurant logo A&W Restaurant 5
  • 13 S Snuffy's Malt Shop 3
  • 14 F Flameburger 2
  • 15 H Hardee's logo Hardee's 2
  • 16 U Uncle Franky's 1
  • 17 J Jonesy's Local Bar & Grill 1
  • 18 B Burger Press & Shawarma Cart 1
  • 19 H Happy Cow 1
  • 20 R Red Cow Stand 1
  • 21 T The Burger Place 1
  • 22 T The Original Malt Shop 1
  • 23 M Melts & Burgers 1
  • 24 B Blueprint Burgers 1
  • 25 W Wayback Burgers logo Wayback Burgers 1
  • 26 R Romayne's Sports Bar & Grill 1
  • 27 L Lions Tap 1
  • 28 T The Swedish Inn 1
  • 29 M Magic Food 1
  • 30 N Northwoods Bar & Grill 1
  • 31 L Logan's Burgers & Chicken 1
  • 32 G Good Times 1
  • 33 S Slim's 1
  • 34 L Lucy's Burgers 1
  • 35 G Gold Nugget Tavern & Grille 1
  • 36 B Burger Time 1
  • 37 T TokiDoki Burger 1
  • 38 D DQ Grill & Chill 1
  • 39 N Newt's 1
  • 40 G Groveland Tap 1
  • 41 B Burger Moe's 1
  • 42 W Wahlburgers logo Wahlburgers 1
  • 43 M Margie's Kitchen and Cocktails 1
  • 44 M Milwaukee Burger Company 1
  • 45 J Johnny Rockets logo Johnny Rockets 1
  • 46 H Hudson Tap 1
  • 47 T The Well Sports Tavern & Grill 1
  • 48 W Wagner's Drive-In 1
  • 49 S Shantytown Grill 1
  • 50 B Burger Dive at Potluck 1

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