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. Waffle House and McDonald's sit in the high-growth half.
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Waffle House | - | +11.2% |
| 2 | McDonald's | - | -0.8% |
| 3 | Starbucks | - | -2.1% |
| 4 | Domino's Pizza | - | -3.2% |
| 5 | Chick-fil-A | - | -3.5% |
| 6 | Jimmy John's | - | -3.8% |
| 7 | Dairy Queen | - | -4.7% |
| 8 | Zaxby's | ▲1 | -7.0% |
| 9 | Wendy's | ▲1 | -8.5% |
| 10 | Taco Bell | - | -11.1% |
| 11 | Sonic Drive-In | ▼1 | -16.8% |
| 12 | Subway | ▼1 | -18.9% |
- Burger Chains
- Casual Dining
- Bars, Pubs & Breweries
- Mexican Restaurants & Taquerias
- Other restaurants
- Sandwich & Sub Shops
- Pizza Chains
- Other categories
Store footprint
Store map
360 tracked store locations in Bowling Green, KY, colored by category. The top 5 chains by store count run 38 of the 360 stores (11%); 252 of the 284 tracked chains have a single store here. 5% of the tracked food & drink stores here are pizza chains, against 6% across Kentucky.
- Burger Chains (39)
- Casual Dining (33)
- Bars, Pubs & Breweries (29)
- Mexican Restaurants & Taquerias (27)
- Other restaurants (25)
- Sandwich & Sub Shops (23)
- Pizza Chains (17)
- Other categories
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 McDonald's 10
- 2 Subway 8
- 3 Sonic Drive-In 7
- 4 Taco Bell 7
- 5 Wendy's 6
- 6 Starbucks 6
- 7 Chick-fil-A 4
- 8 Dairy Queen 4
- 9 Burger King 4
- 10 Domino's Pizza 4
- 11 Waffle House 3
- 12 Jimmy John's 3
- 13 Zaxby's 3
- 14 7 Brew Coffee 3
- 15 Pizza Hut 2
- 16 Penn Station East Coast Subs 2
- 17 Captain D's 2
- 18 Smoothie King 2
- 19 Papa John's Pizza 2
- 20 Little Caesars 2
- 21 Dunkin' 2
- 22 Arby's 2
- 23 Donatos Pizza 2
- 24 Dutch Bros Coffee 2
- 25 Chaneys Dairy Barn 2
- 26 Chipotle Mexican Grill 2
- 27 Slim Chickens 2
- 28 Buffalo Wild Wings 2
- 29 Hardee's 2
- 30 Cook Out 2
- 31 The Mustang Club 1
- 32 The Copper Bar 1
- 33 Lily May Bourbon Company 1
- 34 Samurai Hibachi Steak and Sushi 1
- 35 Finish Line Sports Bar and Grill 1
- 36 Taqueria Y Birrieria Jalisco 1
- 37 Mex-Out 1
- 38 Griddles 1
- 39 Garcia's Grill 1
- 40 Schlotzsky's 1
- 41 Great Wall 1
- 42 Thai Express 1
- 43 Split Tree Barbeque 1
- 44 The 30 Bird 1
- 45 Chicken Salad Chick 1
- 46 Charley's 1
- 47 Scooter's Coffee 1
- 48 Geno's Italian Deli 1
- 49 Tropical Smoothie Cafe 1
- 50 Ichibans Japanese Resturant 1
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