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. Whataburger and Culver's sit in the high-growth half.
#
Chain
YoY growth
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
W
Whataburger
|
▲2 | +19.9% |
| 2 |
C
Culver's
|
▲1 | +18.7% |
| 3 |
J
Jack's
|
▲3 | +7.9% |
| 4 |
C
Chick-fil-A
|
- | +5.5% |
| 5 |
J
Jack in the Box
|
- | +4.7% |
| 6 |
P
Pal's Sudden Service
|
- | +4.7% |
| 7 |
P
Panda Express
|
- | +3.3% |
| 8 | D Dairy Queen | ▼1 | +2.9% |
| 9 |
S
Shake Shack
|
- | +2.7% |
| 10 |
G
Guthrie's
|
▲1 | +2.1% |
| 11 |
B
Burger King
|
- | +1.6% |
| 12 |
S
Sonic
|
▲3 | +0.9% |
| 13 |
C
Cook Out
|
- | +0.9% |
| 14 |
A
A&W Restaurant
|
- | +0.2% |
| 15 |
F
Freddy's Frozen Custard & Steakburgers
|
- | -1.6% |
- Chick-fil-A
- McDonald's
- Taco Bell
- Sonic Drive-In
- Burger King
- Wendy's
- Hardee's
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
2,005 tracked store locations in Tennessee. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.
- Chick-fil-A (110)
- McDonald's (300)
- Taco Bell (156)
- Sonic Drive-In (215)
- Burger King (190)
- Wendy's (180)
- Hardee's (112)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
-
1
M
McDonald's 300
-
2
S
Sonic Drive-In 215
-
3
B
Burger King 190
-
4
W
Wendy's 180
-
5
T
Taco Bell 156
-
6
A
Arby's 120
-
7
H
Hardee's 112
-
8
C
Chick-fil-A 110
- 9 D Dairy Queen 78
-
10
K
KFC 74
-
11
K
Krystal 64
-
12
P
Panda Express 56
-
13
F
Five Guys 35
-
14
C
Cook Out 30
-
15
W
Whataburger 27
-
16
J
Jack's 24
-
17
P
Pal's Sudden Service 22
-
18
F
Freddy's Frozen Custard & Steakburgers 20
-
19
S
Steak 'n Shake 15
-
20
L
Long John Silver's 12
-
21
F
Fazoli's 12
-
22
R
Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers 10
-
23
C
Culver's 9
- 24 P Petro's Chili & Chips 9
-
25
C
Checkers and Rally's 9
-
26
J
Jack in the Box 6
-
27
C
-
28
S
Shake Shack 5
- 29 D Dixie Queen 5
-
30
T
Taco John's 5
-
31
S
-
32
A
A&W Restaurant 3
-
33
G
Guthrie's 3
-
34
B
Big Chicken 2
-
35
R
Rally's 2
- 36 M Music City Gyros 2
- 37 C Chicago Express Grill 2
- 38 K Kouzina Cafe 2
- 39 F Fresh Burger Grill 2
- 40 M Mr. Burrito Grill 2
-
41
W
White Castle 2
- 42 P Prince's Hot Chicken 2
- 43 Y Yee Haw Snack Shack 1
- 44 B Bobbie's Dairy Dip 1
- 45 W Wildcat Wellness Hub 1
- 46 G Gabby's Burgers & Fries 1
-
47
C
Chicken Express 1
- 48 T TJ's 1
- 49 S Super Antojo Snack 1
- 50 B Bazooka Subs 1
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