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. Freddy's Frozen Custard & Steakburgers and El Patron sit in the high-growth half.
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Freddy's Frozen Custard & Steakburgers | ▲6 | +19.0% |
| 2 | El Patron | ▲11 | +17.5% |
| 3 | Guthrie's | ▲11 | +16.4% |
| 4 | Edgar's Bakery | ▲5 | +15.8% |
| 5 | Jack's | - | +13.0% |
| 6 | Half Shell Oyster House | ▲6 | +12.4% |
| 7 | First Watch | ▲5 | +11.6% |
| 8 | Outback Steakhouse | ▲4 | +9.8% |
| 9 | Chick-fil-A | ▲1 | +9.0% |
| 10 | Rock N Roll Sushi | ▲2 | +8.3% |
| 11 | Scooter's Coffee | ▲3 | +8.3% |
| 12 | King Buffet | ▲8 | +7.5% |
| 13 | Jefferson's | ▲6 | +7.1% |
| 14 | Burger King | ▲1 | +5.9% |
| 15 | Urban Cookhouse | ▲9 | +5.8% |
- Burger Chains
- Casual Dining
- Mexican Restaurants & Taquerias
- Bars, Pubs & Breweries
- Sandwich & Sub Shops
- Other restaurants
- Chicken & Wings Fast Food
- Other categories
Store footprint
Store map
10,454 tracked store locations in Alabama, colored by category. The top 5 chains by store count run 1,040 of the 10,454 stores (10%); 4,848 of the 5,454 tracked chains have a single store here. 6% of the tracked food & drink stores here are chicken & wings fast food, against 3% across the United States.
- Burger Chains (1,190)
- Casual Dining (846)
- Mexican Restaurants & Taquerias (699)
- Bars, Pubs & Breweries (682)
- Sandwich & Sub Shops (680)
- Other restaurants (669)
- Chicken & Wings Fast Food (643)
- Other categories
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Subway 270
- 2 McDonald's 253
- 3 Jack's 188
- 4 Waffle House 167
- 5 Burger King 162
- 6 Domino's Pizza 142
- 7 Starbucks 139
- 8 Taco Bell 135
- 9 Sonic Drive-In 112
- 10 Wendy's 111
- 11 Arby's 104
- 12 Little Caesars 103
- 13 Chick-fil-A 102
- 14 Papa John's Pizza 96
- 15 Pizza Hut 95
- 16 Zaxby's 95
- 17 Captain D's 80
- 18 Hardee's 79
- 19 Dairy Queen 71
- 20 Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen 69
- 21 KFC 67
- 22 Dunkin' 61
- 23 Firehouse Subs 49
- 24 Whataburger 45
- 25 Huddle House 43
- 26 Marco's Pizza 40
- 27 American Deli 39
- 28 Krystal 39
- 29 Jimmy John's 38
- 30 Bojangles' 37
- 31 Church's Chicken 34
- 32 Jersey Mike's Subs 33
- 33 Applebee's Grill + Bar 32
- 34 Chipotle Mexican Grill 32
- 35 Cracker Barrel Old Country Store 32
- 36 Panera Bread 31
- 37 Moe's Southwest Grill 31
- 38 Five Guys 30
- 39 Smoothie King 30
- 40 Wingstop 29
- 41 Panda Express 28
- 42 Buffalo Wild Wings 27
- 43 Chicken Salad Chick 27
- 44 Scooter's Coffee 26
- 45 7 Brew Coffee 22
- 46 Guthrie's 20
- 47 LongHorn Steakhouse 19
- 48 Moe's Original BBQ 19
- 49 Taziki's Mediterranean Cafe 19
- 50 Logan's Roadhouse 18
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