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
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
C
Culver's
|
- | +12.7% |
| 2 |
F
Five Guys
|
- | +11.8% |
| 3 |
F
Freddy's Frozen Custard & Steakburgers
|
- | +8.6% |
| 4 |
B
Burger King
|
- | +8.6% |
| 5 |
W
Whataburger
|
- | +6.5% |
| 6 | R Rush's | - | +1.8% |
| 7 |
M
McDonald's
|
- | +1.3% |
| 8 |
C
Cook Out
|
- | +1.1% |
| 9 |
S
Smashburger
|
▲1 | -2.4% |
| 10 |
S
Sonic Drive-In
|
- | -2.5% |
| 11 |
W
Wayback Burgers
|
- | -4.5% |
| 12 | R River City Cafe | - | -7.1% |
| 13 |
H
Hardee's
|
- | -7.2% |
| 14 |
K
Krystal
|
▼1 | -7.5% |
| 15 |
J
Jack in the Box
|
- | -8.9% |
- McDonald's
- Wendy's
- Burger King
- Cook Out
- Sonic Drive-In
- Hardee's
- Five Guys
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
1,061 tracked store locations in South Carolina. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.
- McDonald's (248)
- Wendy's (142)
- Burger King (180)
- Cook Out (35)
- Sonic Drive-In (81)
- Hardee's (133)
- Five Guys (35)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
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1
M
-
2
B
-
3
W
Wendy's 142
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4
H
-
5
S
-
6
C
-
7
F
-
8
W
-
9
C
-
10
F
-
11
J
-
12
W
-
13
H
Hwy 55 Burgers Shakes & Fries 6
- 14 R Rush's 6
-
15
F
Fuddruckers 5
-
16
C
Checkers and Rally's 5
- 17 R River City Cafe 4
-
18
S
-
19
C
-
20
T
The Habit Burger Grill 4
- 21 C Clock Drive In 3
- 22 L Little Howie's 3
-
23
K
- 24 T Tropical Burger 2
- 25 R Rigsby's Smoked Burgers, Wings & Grill 2
- 26 P Pete's Drive-In 2
-
27
C
Come Back Shack 2
-
28
A
A&W Restaurant 2
- 29 G Grill Marks 2
- 30 F Fresh Burger 2
-
31
S
Shortfields 2
- 32 S Sesame Burgers & Beer 2
- 33 B Burger Chick 1
-
34
D
Dairi-O 1
- 35 J Janette's Super Burger 1
- 36 T The Dive on Augusta 1
- 37 G Gary's Hamburgers 1
- 38 B Bigg Redds 1
-
39
B
Back Yard Burgers 1
- 40 T The Arsenal 1
- 41 H Hamburger Joe's 1
- 42 D Dab of Ranch 1
- 43 A Arnold’s 1
- 44 N Northgate Soda Shop 1
- 45 P Pete's of Gaffney 1
- 46 R RJ's Restaurant 1
- 47 B Burger Inn Inc 1
- 48 P Pauline Cafe 1
- 49 B Burgers & Bakery 1
- 50 R Rutledge Cab Company 1
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