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. Qdoba and Better Blend sit in the high-growth half.
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Chain
YoY growth
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Qdoba | ▲11 | +18.7% |
| 2 | Better Blend | ▲11 | +17.6% |
| 3 | Panera Bread | ▲8 | +15.0% |
| 4 | Culver's | ▲5 | +14.8% |
| 5 | Chick-fil-A | ▲1 | +14.1% |
| 6 | Eli's Sports Bar & Grill | ▲10 | +12.9% |
| 7 | Braxton Brewing Company | ▲13 | +12.3% |
| 8 | Waffle House | ▲3 | +12.2% |
| 9 | Strong's Brick Oven Pizzeria | ▲8 | +11.3% |
| 10 | Steak 'n Shake | ▲8 | +10.8% |
| 11 | Dunkin' | - | +9.3% |
| 12 | Chili's Grill & Bar | ▲3 | +8.9% |
| 13 | McAlister's Deli | ▲3 | +8.3% |
| 14 | Panda Express | ▲4 | +8.1% |
| 15 | Snappy Tomato Pizza | ▲5 | +8.0% |
- Bars, Pubs & Breweries
- Casual Dining
- Burger Chains
- Sandwich & Sub Shops
- Other restaurants
- Pizza Chains
- Cafes & Bakery-Cafes
- Other categories
Store footprint
Store map
5,258 tracked store locations in Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN, colored by category. The top 5 chains by store count run 483 of the 5,258 stores (9%); 2,654 of the 2,980 tracked chains have a single store here. 4% of the tracked food & drink stores here are pizzerias, against 6% across Ohio.
- Bars, Pubs & Breweries (645)
- Casual Dining (512)
- Burger Chains (390)
- Sandwich & Sub Shops (349)
- Other restaurants (325)
- Pizza Chains (260)
- Cafes & Bakery-Cafes (255)
- Other categories
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 McDonald's 113
- 2 Starbucks 105
- 3 Subway 90
- 4 Skyline Chili 88
- 5 Wendy's 87
- 6 Domino's Pizza 67
- 7 Chipotle Mexican Grill 66
- 8 Taco Bell 58
- 9 Frisch's Big Boy 53
- 10 Penn Station East Coast Subs 52
- 11 Burger King 49
- 12 Papa John's Pizza 48
- 13 Dunkin' 46
- 14 Arby's 46
- 15 White Castle 39
- 16 Dairy Queen 36
- 17 Waffle House 35
- 18 Biggby Coffee 35
- 19 Jimmy John's 33
- 20 LaRosa's Pizzeria 32
- 21 Jersey Mike's Subs 31
- 22 Gold Star Chili 30
- 23 Bob Evans 30
- 24 Little Caesars 28
- 25 Panera Bread 27
- 26 Chick-fil-A 26
- 27 Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen 26
- 28 Graeter's Ice Cream 25
- 29 Donatos Pizza 25
- 30 Marco's Pizza 24
- 31 KFC 23
- 32 Buffalo Wild Wings 21
- 33 Tropical Smoothie Cafe 19
- 34 Snappy Tomato Pizza 18
- 35 Pizza Hut 18
- 36 Wingstop 17
- 37 First Watch 15
- 38 Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers 14
- 39 Hot Head Burritos 14
- 40 Five Guys 13
- 41 Firehouse Subs 13
- 42 Jet's Pizza 13
- 43 IHOP 12
- 44 Auntie Anne's 11
- 45 Sonic Drive-In 11
- 46 Panda Express 10
- 47 Perkins American Food Co. 10
- 48 Smoothie King 10
- 49 O'Charley's 9
- 50 Lee's Famous Recipe Chicken 9
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