Trends · data through September 2026

Burger Chains in Burlington, NC

Iceflower tracks 36 stores from 14 burger chains in Burlington, NC. Hardee's grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Cook Out and McDonald's.

Rankings come from real card and bank transactions across a panel of 130M+ US and EU consumers. We publish relative growth and rankings, never revenue figures. About the data

Tracked chains
14
Tracked stores
36
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked burger 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. Hardee's and Cook Out sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 H Hardee's logo Hardee's - -5.0%
2 C Cook Out logo Cook Out - -8.6%
3 M McDonald's logo McDonald's - -10.5%
  • McDonald's
  • Cook Out
  • Wendy's
  • Culver's
  • Burger King
  • Hardee's
  • Freddy's Frozen Custard & Steakburgers
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

36 tracked store locations in Burlington, NC. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • McDonald's (8)
  • Cook Out (3)
  • Wendy's (6)
  • Culver's (1)
  • Burger King (4)
  • Hardee's (4)
  • Freddy's Frozen Custard & Steakburgers (1)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

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