Trends · data through September 2026

Burger Chains in Raleigh-Cary, NC

Iceflower tracks 228 stores from 31 burger chains in Raleigh-Cary, NC. Culver's grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Five Guys and Burger King.

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
31
Tracked stores
228
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. Culver's and Five Guys sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 C Culver's logo Culver's - +15.3%
2 F Five Guys logo Five Guys ▲1 +4.3%
3 B Burger King logo Burger King - +4.0%
4 C Char-Grill logo Char-Grill - +2.6%
5 C Cook Out logo Cook Out - +2.0%
6 M McDonald's logo McDonald's - +1.9%
7 S Sonic Drive-In logo Sonic Drive-In - -6.1%
8 W Wayback Burgers logo Wayback Burgers - -7.1%
9 H Hwy 55 Burgers Shakes & Fries logo Hwy 55 Burgers Shakes & Fries - -9.1%
10 H Hardee's logo Hardee's ▼1 -12.7%
11 W Wendy's logo Wendy's - -14.2%
12 B BurgerFi logo BurgerFi - -29.0%
  • McDonald's
  • Cook Out
  • Wendy's
  • Burger King
  • Culver's
  • Five Guys
  • Hardee's
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

228 tracked store locations in Raleigh-Cary, NC. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • McDonald's (70)
  • Cook Out (8)
  • Wendy's (33)
  • Burger King (32)
  • Culver's (5)
  • Five Guys (9)
  • Hardee's (19)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

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