Growth ranking
Fastest-growing tracked food & drink 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. Tatte Bakery & Cafe and Shake Shack sit in the high-growth half.
#
Chain
YoY growth
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
T
Tatte Bakery & Cafe
|
▲8 | +15.4% |
| 2 |
S
Shake Shack
|
▲9 | +13.8% |
| 3 |
B
Baskin-Robbins
|
▲5 | +13.1% |
| 4 | B Barcelona Wine Bar | ▲14 | +12.7% |
| 5 |
Y
Yard House
|
▲3 | +11.0% |
| 6 |
A
Auntie Anne's
|
▲6 | +10.9% |
| 7 |
C
Copper Canyon Grill
|
▲14 | +10.9% |
| 8 |
S
Sardi's Pollo A La Brasa
|
▲2 | +10.6% |
| 9 | H Hunan Cafe | ▲9 | +10.5% |
| 10 |
L
LongHorn Steakhouse
|
▲2 | +10.1% |
| 11 |
H
Hook & Reel Cajun Seafood & Bar
|
▲8 | +9.8% |
| 12 |
M
Manhattan Pizza
|
▲8 | +9.3% |
| 13 |
P
Panda Express
|
▲2 | +9.3% |
| 14 |
C
Chicken Rico
|
▲9 | +9.2% |
| 15 |
D
Dairy Queen
|
▲5 | +8.9% |
- Other restaurants
- Casual Dining
- Bars, Pubs & Breweries
- Cafes & Bakery-Cafes
- Burger Chains
- Coffee Chains
- Sandwich & Sub Shops
- Other categories
Store footprint
Store map
13,810 tracked store locations in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV, colored by category.
- Other restaurants (1,214)
- Casual Dining (983)
- Bars, Pubs & Breweries (897)
- Cafes & Bakery-Cafes (788)
- Burger Chains (748)
- Coffee Chains (653)
- Sandwich & Sub Shops (644)
- Other categories
Top tracked chains by store count
-
1
S
Starbucks 465
-
2
M
McDonald's 274
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3
S
Subway 199
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4
C
Chipotle Mexican Grill 150
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5
D
Dunkin' 143
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6
D
Domino's Pizza 139
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7
P
Papa John's Pizza 106
-
8
P
Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen 105
-
9
W
Wendy's 96
-
10
B
-
11
T
Taco Bell 91
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12
C
Chick-fil-A 87
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13
P
Panera Bread 86
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14
B
Burger King 81
-
15
F
Five Guys 80
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16
J
Jersey Mike's Subs 63
-
17
P
Potbelly Sandwich Shop 57
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18
T
Tropical Smoothie Cafe 55
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19
I
IHOP 54
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20
P
-
21
W
Wingstop 43
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22
C
Charleys Cheesesteaks 42
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23
P
Pizza Hut 40
-
24
L
Little Caesars 40
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25
K
KFC 39
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26
C
Cold Stone Creamery 37
-
27
A
-
28
S
Smoothie King 34
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29
H
Hangry Joe's Hot Chicken & Wings 33
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30
A
Arby's 32
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31
D
-
32
S
sweetFrog Premium Frozen Yogurt 32
-
33
C
CAVA 32
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34
R
Rita's Italian Ice & Frozen Custard 29
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35
P
Pizza Boli's 29
-
36
B
Buffalo Wild Wings 29
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37
A
America's Best Wings 29
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38
F
Firehouse Subs 27
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39
P
Paisano's Pizza 26
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40
Q
Quickway Japanese Hibachi 26
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41
M
Moby Dick House of Kabob 25
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42
O
Outback Steakhouse 23
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43
P
&pizza 23
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44
J
Jimmy John's 23
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45
R
Roy Rogers 22
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46
S
-
47
M
mezeh 21
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48
Q
Qdoba 20
-
49
N
Nothing Bundt Cakes 20
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50
S
Silver Diner 19
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