Trends · data through September 2026

Burger Chains in Colorado

Iceflower tracks 945 stores from 108 burger chains in Colorado. Gaia Masala and Burger grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Freddy's Frozen Custard & Steakburgers and Culver'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
108
Tracked stores
945
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. Gaia Masala and Burger and Freddy's Frozen Custard & Steakburgers sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 G Gaia Masala and Burger - +10.7%
2 F Freddy's Frozen Custard & Steakburgers logo Freddy's Frozen Custard & Steakburgers - +10.2%
3 C Culver's logo Culver's - +9.5%
4 I Illegal Burger logo Illegal Burger - +7.7%
5 F Five Guys logo Five Guys ▲1 +7.4%
6 G Good Times Burgers & Frozen Custard logo Good Times Burgers & Frozen Custard ▲1 +5.5%
7 W Whataburger logo Whataburger - +4.8%
8 S Snarfburger logo Snarfburger - +3.7%
9 S Sonic Drive-In logo Sonic Drive-In - +2.7%
10 M McDonald's logo McDonald's - +1.7%
11 P Park Burger logo Park Burger - -2.0%
12 S Shake Shack logo Shake Shack - -6.3%
13 A A&W Restaurant logo A&W Restaurant - -6.5%
14 G Good Times - -9.5%
15 J Jack in the Box logo Jack in the Box - -9.6%
  • McDonald's
  • Wendy's
  • Burger King
  • In-N-Out Burger
  • Sonic Drive-In
  • Culver's
  • Freddy's Frozen Custard & Steakburgers
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

945 tracked store locations in Colorado. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • McDonald's (238)
  • Wendy's (144)
  • Burger King (121)
  • In-N-Out Burger (13)
  • Sonic Drive-In (80)
  • Culver's (24)
  • Freddy's Frozen Custard & Steakburgers (36)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

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