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. Stars Drive In and Wings and Seafood sit in the high-growth half.
#
Chain
YoY growth
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
S
Stars Drive In
|
▲10 | +19.8% |
| 2 | W Wings and Seafood | ▲14 | +18.2% |
| 3 |
B
Burgerville
|
▲1 | +18.2% |
| 4 |
H
Hartz Chicken Buffet
|
▲10 | +17.7% |
| 5 |
Z
Zero's Subs
|
▲4 | +16.6% |
| 6 |
S
Savvy Sliders
|
▲4 | +16.4% |
| 7 |
P
Pick Up Stix
|
▲7 | +15.1% |
| 8 |
B
Burros & Fries
|
▲9 | +14.5% |
| 9 |
C
Char-Grill
|
▲9 | +14.4% |
| 10 | B Baba's Famous Steak & Lemonade | ▲10 | +14.0% |
| 11 |
F
Fosters Freeze
|
▲11 | +13.7% |
| 12 |
P
P.T.'s Olde Fashioned Grille
|
▲10 | +13.0% |
| 13 |
I
In-N-Out Burger
|
▲2 | +12.9% |
| 14 | B Bob's Burgers | ▲13 | +12.5% |
| 15 |
M
MOOYAH Burgers, Fries & Shakes
|
▲9 | +12.3% |
- McDonald's
- Chick-fil-A
- Taco Bell
- Wendy's
- Burger King
- Panda Express
- Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
25,000 of 69,037 tracked store locations in the United States. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.
- McDonald's (12,244)
- Chick-fil-A (3,234)
- Taco Bell (4,929)
- Wendy's (5,740)
- Burger King (6,917)
- Panda Express (2,550)
- Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers (843)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
-
1
M
McDonald's 12,244
-
2
B
Burger King 6,917
-
3
W
Wendy's 5,740
-
4
T
Taco Bell 4,929
- 5 D Dairy Queen 3,661
-
6
C
Chick-fil-A 3,234
-
7
S
Sonic Drive-In 3,203
-
8
A
Arby's 3,183
-
9
P
Panda Express 2,550
-
10
K
KFC 2,264
-
11
J
Jack in the Box 2,028
-
12
F
Five Guys 1,453
-
13
H
Hardee's 1,247
-
14
W
Whataburger 1,210
-
15
C
Culver's 855
-
16
R
Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers 843
-
17
C
Carl's Jr. 722
-
18
D
Del Taco 599
-
19
Q
Qdoba 592
-
20
F
Freddy's Frozen Custard & Steakburgers 550
-
21
S
Steak 'n Shake 409
-
22
C
Checkers and Rally's 375
-
23
S
Shake Shack 358
-
24
W
White Castle 328
-
25
L
Long John Silver's 309
-
26
I
In-N-Out Burger 305
-
27
W
Wienerschnitzel 291
-
28
J
Jack's 275
-
29
C
Cook Out 258
-
30
G
Golden Chick 232
-
31
K
Krystal 231
-
32
T
Taco John's 195
-
33
C
-
34
D
Dave's Hot Chicken 182
-
35
F
Fazoli's 174
-
36
B
Braum's 173
-
37
S
Salad and Go 141
-
38
A
A&W Restaurant 132
-
39
T
Taco Bueno 117
-
40
T
Taco Casa 111
-
41
R
Rally's 109
-
42
P
Portillo's 104
-
43
C
Chicken Express 96
-
44
A
Arctic Circle 81
-
45
F
Farmer Boys 81
-
46
T
Taco Time 78
-
47
F
Flame Broiler 69
-
48
Y
Yoshinoya 69
-
49
J
Jollibee 64
-
50
T
Taco Cabana 61
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