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. Zama Mexican Cuisine & Margarita Bar and Asian Chao sit in the high-growth half.
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Chain
YoY growth
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zama Mexican Cuisine & Margarita Bar | ▲13 | +19.2% |
| 2 | Asian Chao | ▲17 | +17.2% |
| 3 | CAVA | ▲6 | +16.8% |
| 4 | First Watch | ▲9 | +16.5% |
| 5 | Delbar | ▲17 | +15.6% |
| 6 | Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams | ▲16 | +15.0% |
| 7 | Culver's | ▲5 | +14.1% |
| 8 | Subway | ▲1 | +14.0% |
| 9 | Auntie Anne's | ▲6 | +13.4% |
| 10 | Burger King | ▲1 | +12.6% |
| 11 | 26 Thai Kitchen | ▲13 | +12.2% |
| 12 | Five Guys | ▲7 | +12.0% |
| 13 | China Wok | ▲4 | +12.0% |
| 14 | Gutbusters Breakfast | ▲15 | +11.9% |
| 15 | Whataburger | ▲5 | +11.5% |
- Other restaurants
- Chicken & Wings Fast Food
- Casual Dining
- Burger Chains
- Mexican Restaurants & Taquerias
- Bars, Pubs & Breweries
- Sandwich & Sub Shops
- Other categories
Store footprint
Store map
14,081 tracked store locations in Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA, colored by category. The top 5 chains by store count run 1,197 of the 14,081 stores (9%); 6,597 of the 7,527 tracked chains have a single store here.
- Other restaurants (1,120)
- Chicken & Wings Fast Food (1,053)
- Casual Dining (1,029)
- Burger Chains (1,003)
- Mexican Restaurants & Taquerias (846)
- Bars, Pubs & Breweries (780)
- Sandwich & Sub Shops (661)
- Other categories
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Waffle House 287
- 2 Starbucks 286
- 3 McDonald's 250
- 4 Chick-fil-A 191
- 5 Wendy's 183
- 6 Subway 152
- 7 Burger King 147
- 8 Zaxby's 131
- 9 Domino's Pizza 129
- 10 Dunkin' 127
- 11 Papa John's Pizza 118
- 12 American Deli 110
- 13 Smoothie King 103
- 14 Little Caesars 102
- 15 Taco Bell 98
- 16 Jersey Mike's Subs 92
- 17 Dairy Queen 90
- 18 Chipotle Mexican Grill 89
- 19 Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen 81
- 20 Marco's Pizza 79
- 21 Moe's Southwest Grill 75
- 22 Jimmy John's 73
- 23 Arby's 72
- 24 IHOP 60
- 25 Pizza Hut 60
- 26 Wingstop 58
- 27 Firehouse Subs 53
- 28 Captain D's 51
- 29 Bojangles' 50
- 30 Panda Express 50
- 31 Panera Bread 47
- 32 LongHorn Steakhouse 46
- 33 KFC 45
- 34 Five Guys 43
- 35 Krystal 40
- 36 Baskin-Robbins 38
- 37 WNB Factory 35
- 38 Church's Chicken 35
- 39 Sonic Drive-In 34
- 40 Mellow Mushroom 34
- 41 Chili's Grill & Bar 32
- 42 Bruster's Real Ice Cream 31
- 43 Applebee's Grill + Bar 31
- 44 Hardee's 30
- 45 Checkers 30
- 46 Willy's Mexicana Grill 30
- 47 Tropical Smoothie Cafe 30
- 48 Taco Mac 29
- 49 Einstein Bros. Bagels 27
- 50 Whataburger 24
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