Trends · data through September 2026

Burger Chains in Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO

Iceflower tracks 501 stores from 58 burger chains in Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO. Culver's grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Freddy's Frozen Custard & Steakburgers and In-N-Out Burger.

Rankings come from real card and bank transactions across a panel of 130M+ US and EU consumers. We publish relative growth and rankings, never revenue figures. About the data

Tracked chains
58
Tracked stores
501
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked burger 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. Culver's and Freddy's Frozen Custard & Steakburgers sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 C Culver's logo Culver's ▲2 +18.8%
2 F Freddy's Frozen Custard & Steakburgers logo Freddy's Frozen Custard & Steakburgers ▲1 +11.0%
3 I In-N-Out Burger logo In-N-Out Burger - +8.0%
4 G Good Times Burgers & Frozen Custard logo Good Times Burgers & Frozen Custard - +8.0%
5 F Five Guys logo Five Guys - +5.0%
6 I Illegal Burger logo Illegal Burger - +4.9%
7 S Sonic Drive-In logo Sonic Drive-In - +3.1%
8 M McDonald's logo McDonald's - +1.7%
9 C Carl's Jr. logo Carl's Jr. ▲1 +1.0%
10 J Jack in the Box logo Jack in the Box - -0.2%
11 P Park Burger logo Park Burger - -4.6%
12 G Good Times - -6.4%
13 S Shake Shack logo Shake Shack ▼1 -8.2%
14 S Smashburger logo Smashburger ▼3 -22.5%
15 W Wendy's logo Wendy's - -23.5%
  • McDonald's
  • Wendy's
  • Burger King
  • In-N-Out Burger
  • Sonic Drive-In
  • Freddy's Frozen Custard & Steakburgers
  • Culver's
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

501 tracked store locations in Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • McDonald's (129)
  • Wendy's (74)
  • Burger King (66)
  • In-N-Out Burger (9)
  • Sonic Drive-In (32)
  • Freddy's Frozen Custard & Steakburgers (17)
  • Culver's (9)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

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