Growth ranking
Fastest-growing tracked family restaurants & diners
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. Waffle House and Coffee House Diner sit in the high-growth half.
#
Chain
YoY growth
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
W
Waffle House
|
- | +4.5% |
| 2 | C Coffee House Diner | - | +2.8% |
| 3 | C Carolina's Diner | - | +1.0% |
| 4 | K Kountry Kitchen | ▲1 | +0.5% |
| 5 |
I
IHOP
|
- | -0.9% |
| 6 |
C
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store
|
- | -1.9% |
| 7 |
B
Bob Evans
|
- | -2.3% |
| 8 | S Shoney's | - | -4.2% |
| 9 | G Granny's Country Kitchen | - | -5.6% |
| 10 |
M
Metro Diner
|
- | -8.7% |
| 11 |
D
Denny's
|
- | -10.1% |
| 12 |
H
Huddle House
|
- | -27.7% |
| 13 |
C
Country Kitchen
|
▼1 | -31.1% |
| 14 |
F
Friendly's
|
- | -39.9% |
- Waffle House
- Cracker Barrel Old Country Store
- IHOP
- Metro Diner
- Denny's
- Mike's Farm
- Midnight Diner
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
603 tracked store locations in North Carolina. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.
- Waffle House (198)
- Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (41)
- IHOP (53)
- Metro Diner (6)
- Denny's (17)
- Mike's Farm (1)
- Midnight Diner (1)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
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1
W
-
2
I
-
3
C
-
4
D
-
5
C
Cagney's Kitchen 9
-
6
H
-
7
B
-
8
M
- 9 C Coffee House Diner 6
- 10 C Carolina's Diner 5
- 11 G Granny's Country Kitchen 4
- 12 S Southern Star 3
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13
C
-
14
F
- 15 K Kountry Kitchen 3
-
16
V
Village Inn 3
- 17 S Shoney's 3
- 18 P Paul's Place 2
- 19 H Home Plate Restaurant 2
- 20 P Pop's Diner 2
- 21 N New York Diner 2
- 22 L Lucky 32 Southern Kitchen 2
-
23
F
Flavor Hills 2
- 24 R Rockys Hot Chicken Shack 2
- 25 G George's Restaurant 2
- 26 Q Queen's Soul Food 1
- 27 K Kat's Lil Community Café 1
- 28 S Shirley's Diner 1
- 29 H Heather Rae's Comfort Cookin' Restaurant 1
- 30 J Jesse Bells Soul Food 1
- 31 T The Dinner Bell 1
- 32 W Wiggs Family Restaurant 1
- 33 M Mustang Charlie's Diner 1
- 34 D Daniel & the Dog 1
- 35 O O’Dears Country Diner 1
- 36 S Sly's Famous Diner 1
- 37 C Crossroads Diner 1
-
38
E
Elmo's Diner 1
- 39 S Simple Twist 1
- 40 F Farm House Diner 1
- 41 R Rolesville Diner 1
- 42 M Mom's Grill 1
- 43 S Shirley's 1
- 44 F Ferguson Supply and Cafe 1
- 45 V Village Diner 1
- 46 M Mike's Farm 1
- 47 M Mama's Place 1
- 48 P Plaza Restaurant 1
- 49 W Wallburg Diner 1
- 50 F Fixins OKI 1
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