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. Panda Express and Subway sit in the high-growth half.
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Chain
YoY growth
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Panda Express | ▲4 | +18.6% |
| 2 | Subway | ▲3 | +17.0% |
| 3 | McAlister's Deli | ▲6 | +16.4% |
| 4 | Burger King | ▲3 | +14.6% |
| 5 | Canal Coffee Company | ▲3 | +12.7% |
| 6 | Nothing Bundt Cakes | ▲3 | +11.6% |
| 7 | Dunkin' | ▲3 | +11.0% |
| 8 | CAVA | ▲3 | +10.6% |
| 9 | Five Guys | ▲4 | +10.3% |
| 10 | Papa John's Pizza | ▲3 | +10.2% |
| 11 | Panera Bread | ▲3 | +10.1% |
| 12 | Wingstop | ▲2 | +9.3% |
| 13 | IHOP | ▲3 | +7.8% |
| 14 | Firehouse Subs | - | +5.8% |
| 15 | Cicis Pizza | ▲2 | +4.8% |
- Burger Chains
- Sandwich & Sub Shops
- Casual Dining
- Other restaurants
- Bars, Pubs & Breweries
- Chicken & Wings Fast Food
- Mexican Restaurants & Taquerias
- Other categories
Store footprint
Store map
1,758 tracked store locations in Columbia, SC, colored by category. The top 5 chains by store count run 200 of the 1,758 stores (11%); 891 of the 1,030 tracked chains have a single store here. 9% of the tracked food & drink stores here are sandwich & sub shops, against 7% across South Carolina.
- Burger Chains (185)
- Sandwich & Sub Shops (152)
- Casual Dining (131)
- Other restaurants (131)
- Bars, Pubs & Breweries (120)
- Chicken & Wings Fast Food (118)
- Mexican Restaurants & Taquerias (80)
- Other categories
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Subway 53
- 2 Starbucks 45
- 3 McDonald's 41
- 4 Waffle House 33
- 5 Bojangles' 28
- 6 Burger King 28
- 7 Sonic Drive-In 24
- 8 Wendy's 23
- 9 Hardee's 22
- 10 Chick-fil-A 20
- 11 Domino's Pizza 19
- 12 Zaxby's 17
- 13 Little Caesars 17
- 14 Taco Bell 15
- 15 Dunkin' 14
- 16 Firehouse Subs 13
- 17 Arby's 12
- 18 Pizza Hut 12
- 19 Papa John's Pizza 11
- 20 San Jose Mexican Restaurant 11
- 21 Chipotle Mexican Grill 10
- 22 Jersey Mike's Subs 10
- 23 Marco's Pizza 9
- 24 KFC 9
- 25 Panera Bread 8
- 26 Groucho's Deli 8
- 27 Sub Station II 8
- 28 Wingstop 8
- 29 Moe's Southwest Grill 7
- 30 Smoothie King 7
- 31 Cook Out 7
- 32 Applebee's Grill + Bar 7
- 33 Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen 7
- 34 Lizard's Thicket 6
- 35 Captain D's 6
- 36 Rush's 6
- 37 Marble Slab Creamery 6
- 38 Whataburger 5
- 39 McAlister's Deli 5
- 40 Freddy's Frozen Custard & Steakburgers 5
- 41 Tokyo Grill 5
- 42 Eggs Up Grill 5
- 43 Five Guys 5
- 44 Poke Bros. 5
- 45 LongHorn Steakhouse 4
- 46 East Bay Deli 4
- 47 Jimmy John's 4
- 48 American Deli 4
- 49 Krispy Kreme 4
- 50 Tropical Smoothie Cafe 4
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