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. La Unica and Subway sit in the high-growth half.
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Chain
YoY growth
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | La Unica | ▲4 | +19.6% |
| 2 | Subway | ▲6 | +19.5% |
| 3 | Yafo Kitchen | ▲12 | +18.9% |
| 4 | Eggs Up Grill | ▲4 | +16.2% |
| 5 | Captain D's | ▲5 | +15.3% |
| 6 | Super Chix | ▲3 | +11.7% |
| 7 | Waffle House | ▲2 | +10.2% |
| 8 | Steak 'n Shake | ▲8 | +10.2% |
| 9 | East Coast Wings + Grill | ▲11 | +9.4% |
| 10 | sweetFrog Premium Frozen Yogurt | ▲4 | +9.4% |
| 11 | Summit Coffee | ▲8 | +9.4% |
| 12 | Waterbean Coffee | ▲2 | +9.4% |
| 13 | Dunkin' | ▲3 | +8.0% |
| 14 | Metro Diner | ▲7 | +7.9% |
| 15 | Chili's Grill & Bar | - | +6.5% |
- Bars, Pubs & Breweries
- Casual Dining
- Burger Chains
- Other restaurants
- Sandwich & Sub Shops
- Chicken & Wings Fast Food
- Mexican Restaurants & Taquerias
- Other categories
Store footprint
Store map
6,095 tracked store locations in Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC, colored by category. The top 5 chains by store count run 511 of the 6,095 stores (8%); 3,167 of the 3,604 tracked chains have a single store here.
- Bars, Pubs & Breweries (541)
- Casual Dining (540)
- Burger Chains (428)
- Other restaurants (415)
- Sandwich & Sub Shops (373)
- Chicken & Wings Fast Food (337)
- Mexican Restaurants & Taquerias (334)
- Other categories
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Starbucks 149
- 2 McDonald's 109
- 3 Bojangles' 101
- 4 Subway 79
- 5 Wendy's 73
- 6 Domino's Pizza 67
- 7 Chick-fil-A 65
- 8 Burger King 55
- 9 Jersey Mike's Subs 55
- 10 Papa John's Pizza 54
- 11 Dunkin' 50
- 12 Taco Bell 48
- 13 Waffle House 47
- 14 Arby's 43
- 15 Smoothie King 38
- 16 Pizza Hut 38
- 17 Chipotle Mexican Grill 35
- 18 Zaxby's 35
- 19 Jimmy John's 33
- 20 Firehouse Subs 30
- 21 Panera Bread 30
- 22 Little Caesars 27
- 23 Cook Out 22
- 24 Hardee's 22
- 25 Dairy Queen 22
- 26 Five Guys 22
- 27 KFC 21
- 28 Marco's Pizza 21
- 29 McAlister's Deli 20
- 30 Wingstop 19
- 31 Jack in the Box 19
- 32 Baskin-Robbins 19
- 33 Moe's Southwest Grill 18
- 34 Sonic Drive-In 18
- 35 Tropical Smoothie Cafe 17
- 36 American Deli 16
- 37 Showmars 15
- 38 Chili's Grill & Bar 15
- 39 IHOP 13
- 40 Chex Grill & Wings 13
- 41 Outback Steakhouse 13
- 42 Buffalo Wild Wings 13
- 43 Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen 12
- 44 Famous Toastery 12
- 45 LongHorn Steakhouse 11
- 46 Captain D's 11
- 47 Nothing Bundt Cakes 11
- 48 Applebee's Grill + Bar 11
- 49 First Watch 11
- 50 Qdoba 11
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