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. Shake Shack and Quickway sit in the high-growth half.
#
Chain
YoY growth
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
S
Shake Shack
|
▲1 | +18.7% |
| 2 | Q Quickway | ▲1 | +15.9% |
| 3 | D Dairy Queen | - | +9.5% |
| 4 |
R
Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers
|
- | +7.9% |
| 5 |
F
Freddy's Frozen Custard & Steakburgers
|
- | +7.4% |
| 6 |
J
Jollibee
|
- | +5.7% |
| 7 |
F
Five Guys
|
- | +5.4% |
| 8 |
T
Taco Bell
|
▲1 | +3.7% |
| 9 |
P
Panda Express
|
- | +3.7% |
| 10 |
K
KFC
|
- | +1.7% |
| 11 |
C
Chick-fil-A
|
- | +0.3% |
| 12 |
S
Sonic Drive-In
|
- | +0.1% |
| 13 |
M
McDonald's
|
- | -1.8% |
| 14 | B Bandit Taco | - | -2.6% |
| 15 |
A
Arby's
|
▲1 | -3.2% |
- McDonald's
- Chick-fil-A
- Taco Bell
- Wendy's
- Burger King
- Panda Express
- Five Guys
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
1,015 tracked store locations in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.
- McDonald's (220)
- Chick-fil-A (69)
- Taco Bell (56)
- Wendy's (87)
- Burger King (77)
- Panda Express (49)
- Five Guys (85)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
-
1
M
McDonald's 220
-
2
W
Wendy's 87
-
3
F
Five Guys 85
-
4
B
Burger King 77
-
5
C
Chick-fil-A 69
-
6
T
Taco Bell 56
-
7
P
Panda Express 49
-
8
K
KFC 38
- 9 D Dairy Queen 33
-
10
A
Arby's 29
-
11
R
Roy Rogers 21
-
12
S
Shake Shack 20
-
13
Q
Qdoba 14
-
14
C
Checkers 12
-
15
C
-
16
R
Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers 8
-
17
S
Sonic Drive-In 8
-
18
H
Hip Hop Fish and Chicken 8
- 19 E Elevation Burger 6
-
20
L
Long John Silver's 5
-
21
H
Hardee's 5
-
22
N
Nash & Smashed 4
-
23
S
Seoul Spice 4
-
24
D
Dave's Hot Chicken 4
-
25
F
Freddy's Frozen Custard & Steakburgers 4
-
26
J
Jollibee 3
-
27
R
Robeks 3
- 28 Q Quickway 3
- 29 B Bandit Taco 3
- 30 B Ballywhack Shack 2
- 31 L Legacy Carryout & Catering 2
-
32
Z
Z-Burger 2
-
33
B
BurnBox Pizza 2
- 34 C Chicken Basket 2
- 35 T Turning Natural 2
-
36
S
Southern Style Chicken & Waffle 2
-
37
D
Double Up Burger 2
- 38 P Poke Mian 2
-
39
G
Good Stuff Eatery 2
-
40
C
Cook Out 2
- 41 P Pica Taco 1
- 42 C Catrachitos Restaurant 1
- 43 J JAWA Sandwich Shop 1
- 44 G Georgetown Pizza & Grill 1
- 45 A Akeno Sushi 1
-
46
S
Sandella's Flatbread Cafe 1
- 47 G Good Taste Express 1
- 48 G Golden Bull Restaurant 1
- 49 F FroZenYo 1
- 50 A Americas Best Wingstop 1
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