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 Auntie Anne's sit in the high-growth half.
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Olive Garden | ▲1 | +19.3% |
| 2 | Auntie Anne's | ▲4 | +17.6% |
| 3 | Krispy Kreme | ▲5 | +14.4% |
| 4 | Hyper Energy Bar | ▲6 | +13.7% |
| 5 | Chipotle Mexican Grill | ▲5 | +13.3% |
| 6 | Scooter's Coffee | ▲3 | +13.1% |
| 7 | Jersey Mike's Subs | ▲5 | +11.5% |
| 8 | Long John Silver's | ▲4 | +10.9% |
| 9 | Burger King | ▲1 | +10.2% |
| 10 | Culver's | ▲1 | +9.9% |
| 11 | Tasty Tacos | ▲1 | +6.7% |
| 12 | Panda Express | ▲2 | +6.6% |
| 13 | McAlister's Deli | ▲3 | +6.2% |
| 14 | Pizza Ranch | ▲2 | +5.8% |
| 15 | Wasabi | ▲3 | +4.6% |
- Bars, Pubs & Breweries
- Other restaurants
- Mexican Restaurants & Taquerias
- Sandwich & Sub Shops
- Casual Dining
- Burger Chains
- Coffee Chains
- Other categories
Store footprint
Store map
1,741 tracked store locations in Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA, colored by category. The top 5 chains by store count run 187 of the 1,741 stores (11%); 1,014 of the 1,147 tracked chains have a single store here. 5% of the tracked food & drink stores here are cafes & bakery-cafes, against 7% across Iowa.
- Bars, Pubs & Breweries (259)
- Other restaurants (131)
- Mexican Restaurants & Taquerias (131)
- Sandwich & Sub Shops (131)
- Casual Dining (113)
- Burger Chains (112)
- Coffee Chains (101)
- Other categories
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Starbucks 50
- 2 Subway 49
- 3 McDonald's 36
- 4 Jimmy John's 30
- 5 Scooter's Coffee 22
- 6 Burger King 22
- 7 Domino's Pizza 19
- 8 Taco John's 18
- 9 Dairy Queen 16
- 10 Arby's 16
- 11 Caribou Coffee 13
- 12 B-Bop's 11
- 13 Wendy's 11
- 14 Pizza Hut 11
- 15 Culver's 10
- 16 Northern Lights Pizza 9
- 17 Taco Bell 9
- 18 Dunkin' 9
- 19 Little Caesars 8
- 20 Perkins American Food Co. 8
- 21 Panera Bread 8
- 22 Papa John's Pizza 8
- 23 Pizza Ranch 8
- 24 Pancheros Mexican Grill 8
- 25 Chipotle Mexican Grill 7
- 26 Tasty Tacos 7
- 27 KFC 7
- 28 Jethro's BBQ Lakeside 6
- 29 Jersey Mike's Subs 6
- 30 Hardee's 6
- 31 Panda Express 6
- 32 Chick-fil-A 6
- 33 IHOP 5
- 34 Buffalo Wild Wings 5
- 35 Applebee's Grill + Bar 5
- 36 Smokey Row 5
- 37 Friedrichs Coffee 4
- 38 Wasabi 4
- 39 Hyper Energy Bar 4
- 40 Tropical Smoothie Cafe 4
- 41 Fazoli's 4
- 42 7 Brew Coffee 4
- 43 Route 69 Vapor 4
- 44 Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers 4
- 45 Auntie Anne's 4
- 46 Wingstop 3
- 47 Smoothie King 3
- 48 Abelardo's Mexican Fresh 3
- 49 Blaze Pizza 3
- 50 1908 Draught House 3
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