Growth ranking
Fastest-growing tracked food & drink 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. CAVA and Anthony's Coal Fired Pizza sit in the high-growth half.
#
Chain
YoY growth
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
C
CAVA
|
▲6 | +19.5% |
| 2 |
A
Anthony's Coal Fired Pizza
|
▲11 | +18.1% |
| 3 |
P
P.F. Chang's
|
▲6 | +15.8% |
| 4 |
P
Plaza Azteca
|
▲8 | +15.5% |
| 5 |
T
The Capital Grille
|
▲9 | +14.9% |
| 6 |
S
Smoothie King
|
▲11 | +13.6% |
| 7 |
F
Freddy's Frozen Custard & Steakburgers
|
▲7 | +13.2% |
| 8 | C Crown Fried Chicken | ▲9 | +12.5% |
| 9 |
F
Firebirds Wood Fired Grill
|
▲7 | +10.7% |
| 10 |
L
LongHorn Steakhouse
|
▲3 | +10.7% |
| 11 | C China Wok | ▲1 | +9.9% |
| 12 |
S
Sedona Taphouse
|
▲9 | +9.9% |
| 13 |
M
Mission BBQ
|
▲5 | +9.8% |
| 14 |
W
Waffle House
|
▲1 | +9.3% |
| 15 |
J
Jersey Mike's Subs
|
▲5 | +7.8% |
- Restaurant
- Pizzaria
- Fast Food Restaurant
- Casual Eatery
- Coffee Shop
- Bakery
- Bar
- Other categories
Store footprint
Store map
8,607 tracked store locations in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD, colored by category.
- Restaurant (3,323)
- Pizzaria (1,154)
- Fast Food Restaurant (842)
- Casual Eatery (733)
- Coffee Shop (422)
- Bakery (351)
- Bar (327)
- Other categories
Top tracked chains by store count
-
1
D
Dunkin' 213
-
2
M
McDonald's 185
-
3
S
Starbucks 121
-
4
R
Rita's Italian Ice & Frozen Custard 114
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5
W
Wendy's 112
-
6
D
Domino's Pizza 110
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7
B
Burger King 103
-
8
C
Chipotle Mexican Grill 81
-
9
C
Chick-fil-A 80
-
10
P
Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen 54
-
11
P
Philly Pretzel Factory 51
-
12
P
Papa John's Pizza 50
-
13
T
Taco Bell 48
-
14
P
PrimoHoagies 47
- 15 D Dairy Queen 47
-
16
S
Subway 43
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17
P
Panera Bread 41
-
18
A
Auntie Anne's 39
-
19
A
Applebee's Grill + Bar 37
-
20
F
Five Guys 35
-
21
S
Saladworks 33
-
22
A
Arby's 28
-
23
P
Pizza Hut 27
-
24
M
Manhattan Bagel 27
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25
W
Wingstop 27
-
26
J
Jersey Mike's Subs 26
-
27
K
KFC 24
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28
Q
Qdoba 22
-
29
I
IHOP 21
- 30 E El Limon 20
-
31
F
First Watch 20
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32
T
Tropical Smoothie Cafe 19
-
33
O
Outback Steakhouse 17
-
34
B
Buffalo Wild Wings 17
-
35
P
Playa Bowls 17
-
36
P
Panda Express 17
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37
C
Chili's Grill & Bar 16
-
38
S
Smoothie King 16
-
39
L
Little Caesars 16
-
40
P
P.J. Whelihan's Pub + Restaurant 16
-
41
R
Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers 15
-
42
N
Nothing Bundt Cakes 15
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43
C
Capriotti's Sandwich Shop 14
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44
L
LongHorn Steakhouse 14
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45
O
Olive Garden 14
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46
B
Baskin-Robbins 14
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47
S
Shake Shack 13
- 48 C Crown Fried Chicken 12
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49
I
Iron Hill Brewery and Restaurant 12
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50
F
Friendly's 12
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