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. Texas Roadhouse and Great Divide Brewery & Roadhouse sit in the high-growth half.
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Chain
YoY growth
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Texas Roadhouse | ▲2 | +19.4% |
| 2 | Great Divide Brewery & Roadhouse | ▲4 | +18.1% |
| 3 | Urban Egg | ▲7 | +17.5% |
| 4 | Panera Bread | ▲5 | +17.4% |
| 5 | Marco's Pizza | ▲8 | +17.2% |
| 6 | Culver's | ▲6 | +16.4% |
| 7 | Red Robin Gourmet Burgers | ▲5 | +15.9% |
| 8 | Cold Stone Creamery | ▲4 | +15.7% |
| 9 | Slim Chickens | ▲9 | +15.6% |
| 10 | Black-Eyed Pea Restaurant | ▲9 | +15.6% |
| 11 | Taco Bell | ▲1 | +14.7% |
| 12 | Jersey Mike's Subs | ▲6 | +14.4% |
| 13 | P.F. Chang's | ▲5 | +14.1% |
| 14 | Dunkin' | ▲4 | +14.0% |
| 15 | Taco Star | ▲4 | +13.9% |
- Bars, Pubs & Breweries
- Mexican Restaurants & Taquerias
- Other restaurants
- Cafes & Bakery-Cafes
- Casual Dining
- Burger Chains
- Sandwich & Sub Shops
- Other categories
Store footprint
Store map
8,014 tracked store locations in Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO, colored by category. The top 5 chains by store count run 742 of the 8,014 stores (9%); 4,035 of the 4,651 tracked chains have a single store here.
- Bars, Pubs & Breweries (749)
- Mexican Restaurants & Taquerias (691)
- Other restaurants (614)
- Cafes & Bakery-Cafes (580)
- Casual Dining (539)
- Burger Chains (488)
- Sandwich & Sub Shops (470)
- Other categories
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Starbucks 317
- 2 Subway 134
- 3 McDonald's 128
- 4 Taco Bell 89
- 5 Wendy's 74
- 6 Chipotle Mexican Grill 64
- 7 Domino's Pizza 63
- 8 Jimmy John's 59
- 9 Burger King 57
- 10 Qdoba 53
- 11 Dairy Queen 46
- 12 Einstein Bros. Bagels 44
- 13 Chick-fil-A 44
- 14 KFC 40
- 15 Papa Murphy's 40
- 16 Pizza Hut 39
- 17 Panda Express 38
- 18 Papa John's Pizza 38
- 19 Arby's 37
- 20 Wingstop 36
- 21 Sonic Drive-In 33
- 22 Little Caesars 32
- 23 Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen 32
- 24 Dutch Bros Coffee 29
- 25 Panera Bread 29
- 26 Jersey Mike's Subs 28
- 27 Smashburger 24
- 28 Ziggi's Coffee 23
- 29 Blackjack Pizza 23
- 30 Tokyo Joe's 22
- 31 Cold Stone Creamery 22
- 32 Snarf's Sandwiches 22
- 33 Village Inn 20
- 34 Dunkin' 20
- 35 Chili's Grill & Bar 19
- 36 Five Guys 19
- 37 Santiago's Mexican Restaurant 19
- 38 Buffalo Wild Wings 19
- 39 Firehouse Subs 18
- 40 Dazbog Coffee 18
- 41 IHOP 18
- 42 Good Times Burgers & Frozen Custard 17
- 43 Quiznos 17
- 44 Freddy's Frozen Custard & Steakburgers 17
- 45 Anthony's Pizza & Pasta 16
- 46 Denny's 15
- 47 Red Robin Gourmet Burgers 15
- 48 Carl's Jr. 15
- 49 Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers 15
- 50 MAD Greens 15
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