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. Village Inn and Taco Star sit in the high-growth half.
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Village Inn | ▲7 | +20.0% |
| 2 | Taco Star | ▲10 | +17.5% |
| 3 | Dutch Bros Coffee | ▲1 | +17.0% |
| 4 | Chili's Grill & Bar | ▲1 | +16.9% |
| 5 | Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory | ▲17 | +16.5% |
| 6 | Ted's Montana Grill | ▲15 | +16.2% |
| 7 | Black-Eyed Pea Restaurant | ▲19 | +16.2% |
| 8 | Dazbog Coffee | ▲12 | +15.9% |
| 9 | Cold Stone Creamery | ▲6 | +15.7% |
| 10 | P.F. Chang's | ▲4 | +15.3% |
| 11 | Omelets Etc | - | +14.8% |
| 12 | Tropical Smoothie Cafe | ▲17 | +14.6% |
| 13 | Teriyaki Madness | ▲16 | +14.1% |
| 14 | Firehouse Subs | ▲8 | +13.6% |
| 15 | Texas Roadhouse | ▲1 | +13.3% |
- Bars, Pubs & Breweries
- Mexican Restaurants & Taquerias
- Other restaurants
- Cafes & Bakery-Cafes
- Casual Dining
- Burger Chains
- Sandwich & Sub Shops
- Other categories
Store footprint
Store map
15,380 tracked store locations in Colorado, colored by category. The top 5 chains by store count run 1,323 of the 15,380 stores (9%); 8,156 of the 9,197 tracked chains have a single store here. 9% of the tracked food & drink stores here are Mexican restaurants & taquerias, against 6% across the United States.
- Bars, Pubs & Breweries (1,575)
- Mexican Restaurants & Taquerias (1,320)
- Other restaurants (1,274)
- Cafes & Bakery-Cafes (1,230)
- Casual Dining (1,204)
- Burger Chains (941)
- Sandwich & Sub Shops (888)
- Other categories
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Starbucks 483
- 2 Subway 279
- 3 McDonald's 236
- 4 Taco Bell 168
- 5 Domino's Pizza 157
- 6 Wendy's 144
- 7 Burger King 112
- 8 Jimmy John's 108
- 9 Chipotle Mexican Grill 91
- 10 Dairy Queen 90
- 11 Qdoba 88
- 12 Arby's 83
- 13 Sonic Drive-In 81
- 14 Papa Murphy's 77
- 15 Pizza Hut 75
- 16 Little Caesars 68
- 17 Chick-fil-A 66
- 18 KFC 66
- 19 Panda Express 64
- 20 Papa John's Pizza 60
- 21 Einstein Bros. Bagels 60
- 22 Ziggi's Coffee 60
- 23 Dutch Bros Coffee 58
- 24 Wingstop 52
- 25 Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen 48
- 26 Jersey Mike's Subs 43
- 27 Panera Bread 42
- 28 Carl's Jr. 41
- 29 Dunkin' 40
- 30 Cold Stone Creamery 39
- 31 Freddy's Frozen Custard & Steakburgers 37
- 32 IHOP 37
- 33 Blackjack Pizza 36
- 34 Chili's Grill & Bar 34
- 35 Smashburger 34
- 36 Village Inn 33
- 37 Santiago's Mexican Restaurant 31
- 38 Firehouse Subs 31
- 39 Buffalo Wild Wings 31
- 40 Snarf's Sandwiches 31
- 41 Five Guys 30
- 42 Tokyo Joe's 29
- 43 Culver's 25
- 44 Red Robin Gourmet Burgers 23
- 45 Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory 23
- 46 Good Times Burgers & Frozen Custard 22
- 47 Applebee's Grill + Bar 21
- 48 Marco's Pizza 21
- 49 Smoothie King 21
- 50 Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers 21
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