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. Northstar Cafe and Whit's Frozen Custard sit in the high-growth half.
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Chain
YoY growth
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Northstar Cafe | ▲8 | +19.1% |
| 2 | Whit's Frozen Custard | ▲2 | +17.1% |
| 3 | Los Mariachis | ▲15 | +16.8% |
| 4 | Donericks Pub House | ▲10 | +15.9% |
| 5 | Chick-fil-A | ▲1 | +13.5% |
| 6 | Elliot's Wood Fired Kitchen & Tap | ▲8 | +12.2% |
| 7 | Potbelly Sandwich Shop | ▲9 | +12.0% |
| 8 | Panera Bread | ▲1 | +11.9% |
| 9 | Sbarro | ▲8 | +10.7% |
| 10 | Subway | - | +10.7% |
| 11 | Qdoba | ▲7 | +10.5% |
| 12 | El Vaquero Mexican Restaurant | ▲3 | +10.4% |
| 13 | Crimson Cup Coffee & Tea | ▲5 | +10.0% |
| 14 | Waffle House | ▲5 | +9.0% |
| 15 | J. Alexander's | ▲5 | +8.1% |
- Bars, Pubs & Breweries
- Burger Chains
- Sandwich & Sub Shops
- Casual Dining
- Other restaurants
- Pizzerias
- Cafes & Bakery-Cafes
- Other categories
Store footprint
Store map
5,133 tracked store locations in Columbus, OH, colored by category. The top 5 chains by store count run 548 of the 5,133 stores (11%); 2,575 of the 2,942 tracked chains have a single store here. 7% of the tracked food & drink stores here are casual dining, against 9% across Ohio.
- Bars, Pubs & Breweries (571)
- Burger Chains (390)
- Sandwich & Sub Shops (362)
- Casual Dining (347)
- Other restaurants (334)
- Pizzerias (325)
- Cafes & Bakery-Cafes (267)
- Other categories
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Subway 140
- 2 Starbucks 125
- 3 Wendy's 104
- 4 McDonald's 103
- 5 Tim Hortons 76
- 6 Donatos Pizza 66
- 7 Burger King 57
- 8 Chipotle Mexican Grill 56
- 9 Taco Bell 56
- 10 Dairy Queen 43
- 11 Bob Evans 41
- 12 Arby's 40
- 13 Domino's Pizza 37
- 14 Jimmy John's 37
- 15 Jersey Mike's Subs 34
- 16 Panera Bread 31
- 17 Little Caesars 28
- 18 Papa John's Pizza 27
- 19 White Castle 23
- 20 Pizza Hut 22
- 21 Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen 22
- 22 Waffle House 22
- 23 KFC 21
- 24 Jet's Pizza 21
- 25 Charleys Cheesesteaks 18
- 26 Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers 18
- 27 Five Guys 18
- 28 BIBIBOP Asian Grill 17
- 29 Chick-fil-A 17
- 30 Whit's Frozen Custard 17
- 31 Buffalo Wild Wings 17
- 32 Wingstop 16
- 33 Panda Express 15
- 34 Sbarro 15
- 35 Smoothie King 14
- 36 Steak 'n Shake 13
- 37 First Watch 13
- 38 Rusty Bucket Restaurant and Tavern 13
- 39 Dunkin' 12
- 40 Firehouse Subs 12
- 41 Penn Station East Coast Subs 12
- 42 Roosters 12
- 43 Romeo's Pizza 12
- 44 Massey's Pizza 12
- 45 Checkers and Rally's 12
- 46 Graeter's Ice Cream 12
- 47 Marco's Pizza 11
- 48 Skyline Chili 11
- 49 Tropical Smoothie Cafe 11
- 50 El Vaquero Mexican Restaurant 10
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