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. Texas Roadhouse and Jardin Corona sit in the high-growth half.
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Texas Roadhouse | ▲3 | +19.4% |
| 2 | Jardin Corona | ▲3 | +18.4% |
| 3 | Black Rock Coffee Bar | ▲6 | +16.1% |
| 4 | LongHorn Steakhouse | ▲2 | +13.3% |
| 5 | Freddy's Frozen Custard & Steakburgers | ▲3 | +13.2% |
| 6 | Einstein Bros. Bagels | ▲3 | +12.7% |
| 7 | Kerbey Lane Cafe | ▲2 | +12.7% |
| 8 | McAlister's Deli | ▲7 | +12.2% |
| 9 | P. Terry's Burger Stand | ▲4 | +12.2% |
| 10 | Smokey Mo's BBQ | ▲10 | +12.1% |
| 11 | Luby's | ▲5 | +11.7% |
| 12 | Waffle House | ▲12 | +11.1% |
| 13 | Burger King | ▲1 | +10.0% |
| 14 | El Pollo Rico | ▲10 | +9.2% |
| 15 | Lupe Tortilla | - | +9.1% |
- Bars, Pubs & Breweries
- Mexican Restaurants & Taquerias
- Burger Chains
- Other restaurants
- Cafes & Bakery-Cafes
- Casual Dining
- Bakeries, Donuts & Desserts
- Other categories
Store footprint
Store map
5,625 tracked store locations in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX, colored by category. The top 5 chains by store count run 398 of the 5,625 stores (7%); 3,263 of the 3,660 tracked chains have a single store here. 11% of the tracked food & drink stores here are bars, pubs & breweries, against 7% across Texas.
- Bars, Pubs & Breweries (604)
- Mexican Restaurants & Taquerias (598)
- Burger Chains (416)
- Other restaurants (411)
- Cafes & Bakery-Cafes (359)
- Casual Dining (288)
- Bakeries, Donuts & Desserts (262)
- Other categories
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Starbucks 144
- 2 McDonald's 76
- 3 Domino's Pizza 70
- 4 Sonic Drive-In 60
- 5 Whataburger 48
- 6 Pizza Hut 43
- 7 Wendy's 38
- 8 Chipotle Mexican Grill 37
- 9 Chick-fil-A 36
- 10 Jack in the Box 36
- 11 Subway 33
- 12 Taco Bell 31
- 13 Dairy Queen 30
- 14 Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen 30
- 15 Panda Express 29
- 16 ThunderCloud Subs 29
- 17 Papa John's Pizza 28
- 18 Burger King 26
- 19 Shipley Do-Nuts 26
- 20 Smoothie King 26
- 21 Little Caesars 26
- 22 Wingstop 26
- 23 Schlotzsky's 25
- 24 Dutch Bros Coffee 22
- 25 Jimmy John's 22
- 26 Torchy's Tacos 22
- 27 P. Terry's Burger Stand 21
- 28 Chili's Grill & Bar 19
- 29 Einstein Bros. Bagels 19
- 30 IHOP 18
- 31 El Pollo Rico 17
- 32 Golden Chick 16
- 33 Jersey Mike's Subs 15
- 34 Marco's Pizza 14
- 35 Chuy's 13
- 36 Firehouse Subs 12
- 37 Baskin-Robbins 12
- 38 Arby's 12
- 39 Tacodeli 11
- 40 Panera Bread 11
- 41 Summer Moon Coffee 11
- 42 Denny's 11
- 43 Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers 11
- 44 KFC 11
- 45 Jason's Deli 10
- 46 Smokey Mo's BBQ 9
- 47 Tropical Smoothie Cafe 9
- 48 Nothing Bundt Cakes 9
- 49 JuiceLand 8
- 50 Hopdoddy Burger Bar 8
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