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. Beef Shack and The Great American Bagel sit in the high-growth half.
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Chain
YoY growth
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beef Shack | ▲14 | +19.3% |
| 2 | The Great American Bagel | ▲14 | +18.0% |
| 3 | D.C. Cobb's | ▲17 | +17.9% |
| 4 | Panera Bread | ▲2 | +17.6% |
| 5 | Baba's Famous Steak & Lemonade | ▲14 | +17.3% |
| 6 | Tous Les Jours | ▲12 | +15.1% |
| 7 | The Cheesecake Factory | ▲4 | +14.5% |
| 8 | Nothing Bundt Cakes | ▲6 | +13.6% |
| 9 | Carnitas Don Alfredo | ▲12 | +13.4% |
| 10 | Home Run Inn Pizzeria | ▲12 | +12.3% |
| 11 | Steak 'n Shake | ▲5 | +12.0% |
| 12 | Happy Lamb Hot Pot | ▲7 | +11.7% |
| 13 | LongHorn Steakhouse | ▲1 | +11.2% |
| 14 | Maciano's Pizza & Pastaria | ▲10 | +11.1% |
| 15 | Rosati's Pizza | ▲3 | +10.4% |
- Bars, Pubs & Breweries
- Casual Dining
- Mexican Restaurants & Taquerias
- Other restaurants
- Burger Chains
- Sandwich & Sub Shops
- Pizzerias
- Other categories
Store footprint
Store map
21,229 tracked store locations in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN, colored by category. The top 5 chains by store count run 2,013 of the 21,229 stores (9%); 11,448 of the 12,748 tracked chains have a single store here.
- Bars, Pubs & Breweries (2,010)
- Casual Dining (1,702)
- Mexican Restaurants & Taquerias (1,701)
- Other restaurants (1,577)
- Burger Chains (1,356)
- Sandwich & Sub Shops (1,240)
- Pizzerias (1,119)
- Other categories
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Starbucks 630
- 2 McDonald's 468
- 3 Dunkin' 346
- 4 Subway 343
- 5 Jimmy John's 226
- 6 Burger King 224
- 7 Taco Bell 174
- 8 Wendy's 172
- 9 Chipotle Mexican Grill 170
- 10 Domino's Pizza 153
- 11 Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen 141
- 12 Dairy Queen 137
- 13 Baskin-Robbins 129
- 14 Wingstop 125
- 15 Panera Bread 113
- 16 Potbelly Sandwich Shop 110
- 17 Little Caesars 110
- 18 Panda Express 106
- 19 Culver's 94
- 20 Rosati's Pizza 93
- 21 Pizza Hut 74
- 22 Buffalo Wild Wings 70
- 23 White Castle 66
- 24 La Michoacana 65
- 25 Chick-fil-A 63
- 26 Jersey Mike's Subs 62
- 27 KFC 62
- 28 Arby's 61
- 29 Harold's Chicken Shack 54
- 30 Lou Malnati's 52
- 31 Papa John's Pizza 52
- 32 Portillo's 48
- 33 Tropical Smoothie Cafe 47
- 34 Chili's Grill & Bar 45
- 35 Smoothie King 41
- 36 Five Guys 38
- 37 IHOP 36
- 38 Sharks Fish & Chicken 35
- 39 Giordano's Pizza 35
- 40 Auntie Anne's 34
- 41 Aurelio's Pizza 34
- 42 Jet's Pizza 34
- 43 Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers 33
- 44 Charleys Cheesesteaks 32
- 45 Oberweis 29
- 46 Buona 29
- 47 Beggars Pizza 28
- 48 Nothing Bundt Cakes 27
- 49 Denny's 27
- 50 Sbarro 27
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