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. Uncommon Grounds Coffee & Bagels and Bellini's Counter sit in the high-growth half.
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Uncommon Grounds Coffee & Bagels | - | +11.3% |
| 2 | Bellini's Counter | ▲1 | +10.1% |
| 3 | Chili's Grill & Bar | ▲1 | +7.7% |
| 4 | Golden Grain Pizza | ▲3 | +6.9% |
| 5 | Chick-fil-A | - | +6.8% |
| 6 | Village Pizza | ▲1 | +5.3% |
| 7 | Subway | ▲4 | +4.5% |
| 8 | Ted's Fish Fry | ▲1 | +3.4% |
| 9 | 16 Handles | ▲1 | +2.8% |
| 10 | Dunkin' | - | +2.3% |
| 11 | Auntie Anne's | ▲2 | +2.2% |
| 12 | La Bella Pizza | ▲2 | +2.1% |
| 13 | Paesan's Pizza | ▲1 | +1.3% |
| 14 | Five Guys | - | -0.2% |
| 15 | Cafe Madison | ▲5 | -0.6% |
- Bars, Pubs & Breweries
- Casual Dining
- Other restaurants
- Pizzerias
- Sandwich & Sub Shops
- Cafes & Bakery-Cafes
- Coffee Chains
- Other categories
Store footprint
Store map
2,503 tracked store locations in Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY, colored by category. The top 5 chains by store count run 260 of the 2,503 stores (10%); 1,706 of the 1,874 tracked chains have a single store here. 4% of the tracked food & drink stores here are bakeries, donuts & desserts, against 5% across New York.
- Bars, Pubs & Breweries (262)
- Casual Dining (258)
- Other restaurants (239)
- Pizzerias (236)
- Sandwich & Sub Shops (177)
- Cafes & Bakery-Cafes (174)
- Coffee Chains (143)
- Other categories
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Dunkin' 98
- 2 Subway 64
- 3 Starbucks 42
- 4 McDonald's 35
- 5 Taco Bell 21
- 6 Wendy's 19
- 7 Burger King 18
- 8 Panera Bread 14
- 9 Mr. Subb 13
- 10 Chipotle Mexican Grill 11
- 11 Five Guys 11
- 12 Domino's Pizza 11
- 13 Jersey Mike's Subs 10
- 14 Pizza Hut 8
- 15 Moe's Southwest Grill 8
- 16 I Love New York Pizza 7
- 17 Bare Blends 7
- 18 Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen 7
- 19 Uncommon Grounds Coffee & Bagels 7
- 20 KFC 6
- 21 Ted's Fish Fry 6
- 22 Paesan's Pizza 6
- 23 Applebee's Grill + Bar 5
- 24 Druthers Brewing Company 5
- 25 Bruegger's Bagels 5
- 26 Herbie's Burgers 5
- 27 Smoothie King 4
- 28 Friendly's 4
- 29 Buffalo Wild Wings 4
- 30 Golden Grain Pizza 4
- 31 Wingstop 4
- 32 Recovery Sports Grill 4
- 33 CoreLife Eatery 4
- 34 Chili's Grill & Bar 4
- 35 Auntie Anne's 4
- 36 Chick-fil-A 4
- 37 Sonic Drive-In 3
- 38 Arby's 3
- 39 Little Caesars 3
- 40 Village Pizza 3
- 41 Denny's 3
- 42 Blaze Pizza 3
- 43 Bellini's Counter 3
- 44 The Whistling Kettle 3
- 45 Bellini's Italian Eatery 3
- 46 Jimmy John's 3
- 47 Nothing Bundt Cakes 3
- 48 The Ugly Rooster Cafe 3
- 49 Cafe Madison 3
- 50 99 Restaurants 3
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