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. Bartaco and Dave's Hot Chicken sit in the high-growth half.
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Chain
YoY growth
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bartaco | ▲7 | +15.9% |
| 2 | Dave's Hot Chicken | ▲6 | +15.8% |
| 3 | CAVA | ▲1 | +15.5% |
| 4 | George Howell Coffee | ▲8 | +12.7% |
| 5 | Chick-fil-A | - | +11.8% |
| 6 | Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen | ▲4 | +9.9% |
| 7 | Caffè Nero | ▲5 | +8.9% |
| 8 | Anna's Taqueria | ▲2 | +8.8% |
| 9 | The Capital Grille | ▲2 | +8.7% |
| 10 | Nick's Place | ▲4 | +7.1% |
| 11 | Shake Shack | ▲2 | +6.5% |
| 12 | Ruth's Chris Steak House | ▲2 | +6.4% |
| 13 | Flatbread Company | ▲8 | +6.3% |
| 14 | Blue Bottle Coffee | ▲4 | +6.1% |
| 15 | Flour Bakery+Cafe | ▲3 | +5.9% |
- Casual Dining
- Coffee Chains
- Pizzerias
- Other restaurants
- Cafes & Bakery-Cafes
- Bars, Pubs & Breweries
- Bakeries, Donuts & Desserts
- Other categories
Store footprint
Store map
10,260 tracked store locations in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH, colored by category. The top 5 chains by store count run 1,229 of the 10,260 stores (12%); 6,294 of the 6,954 tracked chains have a single store here.
- Casual Dining (1,085)
- Coffee Chains (990)
- Pizzerias (987)
- Other restaurants (875)
- Cafes & Bakery-Cafes (787)
- Bars, Pubs & Breweries (770)
- Bakeries, Donuts & Desserts (494)
- Other categories
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Dunkin' 616
- 2 Starbucks 263
- 3 McDonald's 156
- 4 Domino's Pizza 98
- 5 Subway 96
- 6 Burger King 80
- 7 Chipotle Mexican Grill 61
- 8 Wendy's 60
- 9 Panera Bread 56
- 10 99 Restaurants 40
- 11 Five Guys 39
- 12 Jersey Mike's Subs 37
- 13 Taco Bell 35
- 14 Aroma Joe's Coffee 32
- 15 Caffè Nero 28
- 16 Marylou's Coffee 28
- 17 KFC 28
- 18 Sweetgreen 25
- 19 Tatte Bakery & Cafe 22
- 20 Dairy Queen 21
- 21 Legal Sea Foods 20
- 22 IHOP 18
- 23 Tropical Smoothie Cafe 18
- 24 OTTO 18
- 25 CAVA 17
- 26 Shake Shack 16
- 27 110 Grill 16
- 28 Chick-fil-A 15
- 29 Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen 15
- 30 Chili's Grill & Bar 15
- 31 J.P. Licks 15
- 32 Bertucci's Italian Restaurant 14
- 33 Playa Bowls 14
- 34 Tavern in the Square 13
- 35 Heav'nly Donuts 13
- 36 Qdoba 13
- 37 Ben & Jerry's 13
- 38 Applebee's Grill + Bar 11
- 39 Friendly's 11
- 40 Life Alive Organic Cafe 11
- 41 Olive Garden 10
- 42 Anna's Taqueria 10
- 43 The Friendly Toast 9
- 44 Auntie Anne's 9
- 45 Wingstop 9
- 46 Margaritas 8
- 47 Nick's Place 8
- 48 Evviva Trattoria 8
- 49 Flour Bakery+Cafe 8
- 50 LongHorn Steakhouse 8
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