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 Burger King sit in the high-growth half.
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Panda Express | ▲2 | +16.4% |
| 2 | Burger King | - | +10.8% |
| 3 | Chick-fil-A | - | +10.4% |
| 4 | Baskin-Robbins | - | +10.3% |
| 5 | Starbucks | ▲1 | +10.2% |
| 6 | Jersey Mike's Subs | ▲1 | +8.6% |
| 7 | Marco's Pizza | ▲1 | +7.4% |
| 8 | Moe's Southwest Grill | - | +6.7% |
| 9 | Zaxby's | - | +4.9% |
| 10 | Papa John's Pizza | ▲1 | +2.4% |
| 11 | Dunkin' | - | +2.1% |
| 12 | Jack's | ▲1 | +1.8% |
| 13 | IHOP | - | +0.9% |
| 14 | Firehouse Subs | ▲2 | +0.4% |
| 15 | Waffle House | ▲1 | -0.8% |
- Casual Dining
- Chicken & Wings Fast Food
- Burger Chains
- Other restaurants
- Sandwich & Sub Shops
- Bars, Pubs & Breweries
- Pizza Chains
- Other categories
Store footprint
Store map
693 tracked store locations in Columbus, GA-AL, colored by category. The top 5 chains by store count run 66 of the 693 stores (10%); 428 of the 491 tracked chains have a single store here. 4% of the tracked food & drink stores here are Mexican restaurants & taquerias, against 6% across Georgia.
- Casual Dining (70)
- Chicken & Wings Fast Food (62)
- Burger Chains (56)
- Other restaurants (51)
- Sandwich & Sub Shops (44)
- Bars, Pubs & Breweries (43)
- Pizza Chains (35)
- Other categories
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Subway 15
- 2 McDonald's 14
- 3 Burger King 14
- 4 Waffle House 13
- 5 Chick-fil-A 10
- 6 Little Caesars 10
- 7 Zaxby's 8
- 8 Starbucks 8
- 9 Papa John's Pizza 7
- 10 Arby's 7
- 11 Domino's Pizza 7
- 12 Wendy's 7
- 13 Marco's Pizza 6
- 14 Captain D's 6
- 15 Taco Bell 6
- 16 Dunkin' 5
- 17 Jersey Mike's Subs 5
- 18 Smoothie King 4
- 19 Panda Express 4
- 20 Baskin-Robbins 4
- 21 IHOP 4
- 22 Sonic Drive-In 4
- 23 Panera Bread 3
- 24 Chicken Salad Chick 3
- 25 KFC 3
- 26 Country Wings 2 3
- 27 Wingstop 3
- 28 Charleys Cheesesteaks 3
- 29 Jack's 3
- 30 Dairy Queen 3
- 31 Chipotle Mexican Grill 3
- 32 Church's Chicken 3
- 33 Firehouse Subs 3
- 34 Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen 3
- 35 Moe's Southwest Grill 3
- 36 BTJ Wings 2
- 37 Wing City 2
- 38 Fountain City 2
- 39 Red Lobster 2
- 40 First Watch 2
- 41 Tropical Smoothie Cafe 2
- 42 Wing's Cafe 2
- 43 Houlihan's 2
- 44 Mike & Ed's Bar-B-Q 2
- 45 Hardee's 2
- 46 Jimmy John's 2
- 47 Krystal 2
- 48 Del Taco 2
- 49 El Vaquero Mexican Restaurant 2
- 50 Qdoba 2
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