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. Haven Hot Chicken and Chuck's Steak House sit in the high-growth half.
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Haven Hot Chicken | ▲9 | +16.7% |
| 2 | Chuck's Steak House | ▲7 | +16.6% |
| 3 | Cinnabon | ▲1 | +9.8% |
| 4 | Bakers Dozen | ▲2 | +8.1% |
| 5 | Sakura Garden | ▲5 | +7.9% |
| 6 | Wood-n-Tap | ▲2 | +7.8% |
| 7 | LongHorn Steakhouse | ▲4 | +7.7% |
| 8 | Denny's | ▲7 | +6.9% |
| 9 | Square Peg Pizzeria | ▲6 | +5.6% |
| 10 | Outback Steakhouse | ▲2 | +5.5% |
| 11 | Great Wall | ▲3 | +5.4% |
| 12 | Sally's Apizza | ▲3 | +5.2% |
| 13 | Munson's Chocolates | ▲4 | +5.0% |
| 14 | Chick-fil-A | ▲3 | +5.0% |
| 15 | Five Guys | ▲2 | +3.8% |
- Casual Dining
- Pizzerias
- Other restaurants
- Coffee Chains
- Sandwich & Sub Shops
- Bars, Pubs & Breweries
- Cafes & Bakery-Cafes
- Other categories
Store footprint
Store map
8,867 tracked store locations in Connecticut, colored by category. The top 5 chains by store count run 1,107 of the 8,867 stores (12%); 5,606 of the 6,148 tracked chains have a single store here. 10% of the tracked food & drink stores here are pizzerias, against 4% across the United States.
- Casual Dining (940)
- Pizzerias (914)
- Other restaurants (721)
- Coffee Chains (657)
- Sandwich & Sub Shops (625)
- Bars, Pubs & Breweries (618)
- Cafes & Bakery-Cafes (509)
- Other categories
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Dunkin' 486
- 2 Subway 245
- 3 Starbucks 160
- 4 McDonald's 150
- 5 Burger King 66
- 6 Domino's Pizza 59
- 7 Wendy's 55
- 8 Taco Bell 51
- 9 Dairy Queen 44
- 10 Jersey Mike's Subs 43
- 11 Chipotle Mexican Grill 43
- 12 Panera Bread 41
- 13 Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen 38
- 14 KFC 31
- 15 Five Guys 28
- 16 Wayback Burgers 21
- 17 Chili's Grill & Bar 20
- 18 Moe's Southwest Grill 19
- 19 Chick-fil-A 16
- 20 Nardelli's Grinder Shoppe 15
- 21 Wingstop 15
- 22 Great Wall 14
- 23 Friendly's 14
- 24 Village Pizza 14
- 25 Duchess 12
- 26 Playa Bowls 12
- 27 IHOP 12
- 28 Pokemoto 11
- 29 Buffalo Wild Wings 11
- 30 Wood-n-Tap 10
- 31 The Fresh Monkee 9
- 32 Cinnabon 9
- 33 Frank Pepe Pizzeria Napoletana 8
- 34 Haven Hot Chicken 8
- 35 LongHorn Steakhouse 8
- 36 Shake Shack 8
- 37 Square Peg Pizzeria 8
- 38 Munson's Chocolates 8
- 39 99 Restaurants 8
- 40 Illiano's of Colchester 7
- 41 Olive Garden 7
- 42 Baskin-Robbins 7
- 43 D'Angelo Grilled Sandwiches 7
- 44 Pizzeria Da Vinci 7
- 45 Texas Roadhouse 6
- 46 Plan B Burger Bar 6
- 47 Outback Steakhouse 6
- 48 Applebee's Grill + Bar 5
- 49 Colony Grill 5
- 50 Bakers Dozen 5
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