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. Olive Garden and Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory sit in the high-growth half.
#
Chain
YoY growth
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
O
Olive Garden
|
▲2 | +18.8% |
| 2 |
R
Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory
|
- | +18.2% |
| 3 |
S
Snarf's Sandwiches
|
▲9 | +17.4% |
| 4 |
S
Smoothie King
|
▲9 | +17.2% |
| 5 |
L
LongHorn Steakhouse
|
▲11 | +15.5% |
| 6 |
A
Arby's
|
▲3 | +13.7% |
| 7 |
N
Nothing Bundt Cakes
|
- | +12.0% |
| 8 |
C
Culver's
|
▲6 | +12.0% |
| 9 |
P
Panda Express
|
- | +11.8% |
| 10 |
S
Santiago's Mexican Restaurant
|
▲7 | +11.5% |
| 11 |
V
Village Inn
|
▲5 | +11.2% |
| 12 |
W
Waffle House
|
▲4 | +10.0% |
| 13 |
N
Noodles & Company
|
▲3 | +8.6% |
| 14 |
T
Texas Roadhouse
|
▲1 | +8.3% |
| 15 |
T
Taco Bell
|
▲1 | +8.2% |
- Restaurant
- Fast Food Restaurant
- Coffee Shop
- Pizzaria
- Casual Eatery
- Bar
- Sandwich Shop
- Other categories
Store footprint
Store map
4,485 tracked store locations in Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO, colored by category.
- Restaurant (1,648)
- Fast Food Restaurant (786)
- Coffee Shop (427)
- Pizzaria (271)
- Casual Eatery (225)
- Bar (222)
- Sandwich Shop (205)
- Other categories
Top tracked chains by store count
-
1
S
Starbucks 131
-
2
M
McDonald's 126
-
3
T
-
4
W
Wendy's 71
-
5
B
Burger King 66
-
6
C
Chipotle Mexican Grill 62
-
7
J
Jimmy John's 55
-
8
S
Subway 53
-
9
D
Domino's Pizza 53
-
10
C
Chick-fil-A 43
-
11
E
Einstein Bros. Bagels 42
-
12
Q
Qdoba 40
-
13
D
Dairy Queen 39
-
14
P
-
15
S
Sonic Drive-In 33
-
16
W
Wingstop 33
-
17
L
Little Caesars 32
-
18
A
-
19
D
Dutch Bros Coffee 28
-
20
K
KFC 28
-
21
P
Panera Bread 26
-
22
P
Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen 26
-
23
S
Smashburger 23
-
24
N
-
25
Z
Ziggi's Coffee 19
-
26
F
Five Guys 19
-
27
I
IHOP 18
-
28
C
Chili's Grill & Bar 18
-
29
S
-
30
F
Firehouse Subs 17
-
31
B
Buffalo Wild Wings 16
-
32
S
-
33
G
Good Times Burgers & Frozen Custard 16
-
34
R
Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers 15
-
35
F
Freddy's Frozen Custard & Steakburgers 15
-
36
C
Cold Stone Creamery 14
-
37
J
Jack in the Box 14
-
38
C
Carl's Jr. 14
-
39
J
Jamba 13
-
40
D
Denny's 13
-
41
D
Del Taco 13
-
42
D
Dunkin' 13
-
43
S
-
44
J
Jersey Mike's Subs 13
-
45
M
MAD Greens 12
-
46
R
Red Robin Gourmet Burgers 12
-
47
B
Blackjack Pizza 11
-
48
P
Papa Murphy's 11
-
49
P
Pizza Hut 11
-
50
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