Growth ranking
Fastest-growing tracked fast food restaurants 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. Culver's and Panda Express sit in the high-growth half.
#
Chain
YoY growth
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
C
Culver's
|
▲2 | +19.6% |
| 2 |
P
Panda Express
|
- | +18.3% |
| 3 |
C
Char-Grill
|
- | +15.1% |
| 4 |
P
P.T.'s Olde Fashioned Grille
|
- | +13.7% |
| 5 |
Q
Qdoba
|
- | +6.8% |
| 6 | D Dairy Queen | ▼1 | +4.1% |
| 7 |
T
Taco Bell
|
- | +1.7% |
| 8 |
F
Freddy's Frozen Custard & Steakburgers
|
- | +1.6% |
| 9 |
C
Chick-fil-A
|
- | +1.0% |
| 10 |
C
Cook Out
|
- | +0.6% |
| 11 |
M
McDonald's
|
- | +0.4% |
| 12 |
B
Burger King
|
- | -0.1% |
| 13 |
F
Five Guys
|
▼1 | -1.7% |
| 14 |
S
Shake Shack
|
- | -1.9% |
| 15 |
K
KFC
|
- | -3.4% |
- McDonald's
- Chick-fil-A
- Taco Bell
- Cook Out
- Wendy's
- Burger King
- Hardee's
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
2,383 tracked store locations in North Carolina. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.
- McDonald's (395)
- Chick-fil-A (208)
- Taco Bell (159)
- Cook Out (88)
- Wendy's (268)
- Burger King (268)
- Hardee's (206)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
-
1
M
McDonald's 395
-
2
W
Wendy's 268
-
3
B
Burger King 268
-
4
C
Chick-fil-A 208
-
5
H
Hardee's 206
-
6
T
Taco Bell 159
-
7
A
Arby's 146
-
8
K
KFC 105
- 9 D Dairy Queen 97
-
10
C
Cook Out 88
-
11
S
Sonic Drive-In 84
-
12
F
Five Guys 54
-
13
P
Panda Express 29
-
14
C
Culver's 17
-
15
F
Freddy's Frozen Custard & Steakburgers 17
-
16
W
Whataburger 17
-
17
J
Jack in the Box 17
-
18
Q
Qdoba 15
-
19
S
Shake Shack 10
-
20
C
Checkers 7
-
21
S
Steak 'n Shake 7
-
22
C
Char-Grill 5
- 23 A Aggie's Steak and Subs 3
- 24 S Shortstops 3
- 25 K Kobe Express 3
-
26
P
P.T.'s Olde Fashioned Grille 3
-
27
D
Dave's Hot Chicken 3
- 28 R Red Dragon 2
- 29 L Little J's Pizza & Subs 2
- 30 J Jimmy's Famous Hot Dogs 2
- 31 M Mountain Fried Chicken 2
- 32 W Warren's Hot Dogs 2
-
33
D
Del Taco 2
- 34 C Cali Style Burger 2
-
35
R
Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers 2
- 36 P Pretzel Time 2
-
37
S
- 38 E El Tacorriendo 1
- 39 T Tacos Don Sammy 1
- 40 T Taqueria Yanet 1
- 41 S Skid's Drive-In 1
- 42 T The Hot Dog King 1
- 43 A Antojitos Mya’s 1
- 44 F Flaming Amys Burrito Bar 1
- 45 R Ricko's Churro Bar 1
- 46 T The Chicken Box Cafe 1
- 47 D Davino's Pizza of Mooresville 1
- 48 A Awesome Burger 1
- 49 A Ace Of Spuds Truck 1
- 50 P Papa Lee's Grill 1
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