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. Chick-fil-A and Handel's Homemade Ice Cream sit in the high-growth half.
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Chain
YoY growth
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chick-fil-A | - | +18.6% |
| 2 | Handel's Homemade Ice Cream | ▲5 | +15.1% |
| 3 | Wing Warehouse | ▲5 | +14.5% |
| 4 | Little Caesars | ▲5 | +12.8% |
| 5 | Nervous Dog Coffee Bar | ▲2 | +10.6% |
| 6 | Jersey Mike's Subs | ▲6 | +9.7% |
| 7 | Swensons Drive-In | ▲2 | +9.5% |
| 8 | Malley's Chocolates | ▲2 | +9.5% |
| 9 | Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen | - | +9.3% |
| 10 | Panera Bread | - | +7.9% |
| 11 | Dairy Queen | ▲2 | +6.5% |
| 12 | Burger King | ▲1 | +5.2% |
| 13 | Panda Express | ▲2 | +4.6% |
| 14 | Outback Steakhouse | - | +2.9% |
| 15 | Five Guys | - | +2.2% |
- Bars, Pubs & Breweries
- Casual Dining
- Burger Chains
- Sandwich & Sub Shops
- Pizzerias
- Cafes & Bakery-Cafes
- Other restaurants
- Other categories
Store footprint
Store map
1,547 tracked store locations in Akron, OH, colored by category. The top 5 chains by store count run 156 of the 1,547 stores (10%); 871 of the 996 tracked chains have a single store here.
- Bars, Pubs & Breweries (190)
- Casual Dining (143)
- Burger Chains (125)
- Sandwich & Sub Shops (116)
- Pizzerias (96)
- Cafes & Bakery-Cafes (90)
- Other restaurants (83)
- Other categories
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 McDonald's 46
- 2 Subway 34
- 3 Starbucks 29
- 4 Wendy's 24
- 5 Taco Bell 23
- 6 Dairy Queen 22
- 7 Burger King 20
- 8 Chipotle Mexican Grill 20
- 9 Arby's 18
- 10 Domino's Pizza 18
- 11 Dunkin' 16
- 12 Gionino's Pizzeria 14
- 13 Pizza Hut 13
- 14 Jimmy John's 12
- 15 Marco's Pizza 11
- 16 Panera Bread 11
- 17 Jersey Mike's Subs 10
- 18 Mr. Hero 10
- 19 Papa John's Pizza 10
- 20 Little Caesars 9
- 21 Bob Evans 8
- 22 Applebee's Grill + Bar 7
- 23 Pulp Juice and Smoothie Bar 7
- 24 Wingstop 7
- 25 Romeo's Pizza 6
- 26 Rockne's 6
- 27 EuroGyro 5
- 28 Five Guys 5
- 29 Handel's Homemade Ice Cream 5
- 30 Buffalo Wild Wings 5
- 31 Teresa's Pizza 5
- 32 Panda Express 5
- 33 Penn Station East Coast Subs 5
- 34 First Watch 4
- 35 Donatos Pizza 4
- 36 Aladdin's Eatery 4
- 37 KFC 4
- 38 East of Chicago Pizza 4
- 39 Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers 4
- 40 Swensons Drive-In 4
- 41 Chick-fil-A 4
- 42 Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen 4
- 43 Nervous Dog Coffee Bar 3
- 44 Antonio's Pizza 3
- 45 Denny's 3
- 46 Malley's Chocolates 3
- 47 Hungry Howie's Pizza 3
- 48 The Human Bean 3
- 49 Molly Brown's Country Cafe 3
- 50 Checkers and Rally's 3
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