Trends · data through September 2026

Burger Chains in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA

Iceflower tracks 250 stores from 43 burger chains in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA. The Melt grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Shake Shack and The Habit Burger Grill.

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
43
Tracked stores
250
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. The Melt and Shake Shack sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 T The Melt logo The Melt - +18.9%
2 S Shake Shack logo Shake Shack - +17.2%
3 T The Habit Burger Grill logo The Habit Burger Grill ▲1 +5.9%
4 I In-N-Out Burger logo In-N-Out Burger - +5.8%
5 B Burger King logo Burger King - +3.8%
6 C Carl's Jr. logo Carl's Jr. ▲2 +2.2%
7 W Wienerschnitzel logo Wienerschnitzel ▼1 -0.6%
8 M McDonald's logo McDonald's - -0.9%
9 F Five Guys logo Five Guys - -1.5%
10 S Smashburger logo Smashburger - -3.4%
11 J Jack in the Box logo Jack in the Box - -3.7%
12 W Wendy's logo Wendy's ▼2 -26.1%
  • McDonald's
  • In-N-Out Burger
  • Jack in the Box
  • Burger King
  • Shake Shack
  • Carl's Jr.
  • Five Guys
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

250 tracked store locations in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • McDonald's (65)
  • In-N-Out Burger (7)
  • Jack in the Box (40)
  • Burger King (30)
  • Shake Shack (6)
  • Carl's Jr. (21)
  • Five Guys (12)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

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