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. Subway and Chick-fil-A sit in the high-growth half.
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Subway | ▲2 | +16.3% |
| 2 | Chick-fil-A | ▲1 | +16.1% |
| 3 | Dunkin' | ▲2 | +14.8% |
| 4 | Biggby Coffee | ▲3 | +12.0% |
| 5 | Steak 'n Shake | ▲2 | +11.6% |
| 6 | Culver's | ▲1 | +9.9% |
| 7 | Baba's Steak and Lemonade | ▲2 | +6.8% |
| 8 | Panera Bread | ▲4 | +5.4% |
| 9 | Auntie Anne's | ▲1 | +5.4% |
| 10 | Burger King | ▲3 | +4.7% |
| 11 | Zesto | ▲3 | +4.2% |
| 12 | Salsa Grille | ▲3 | +3.5% |
| 13 | IHOP | ▲2 | +2.3% |
| 14 | Qdoba | ▲1 | +2.1% |
| 15 | Jimmy John's | - | +0.3% |
Store footprint
Store map
1,068 tracked store locations in Fort Wayne, IN, colored by category. The top 5 chains by store count run 119 of the 1,068 stores (11%); 608 of the 700 tracked chains have a single store here. 3% of the tracked food & drink stores here are pizzerias, against 6% across Indiana.
- Bars, Pubs & Breweries (100)
- Casual Dining (99)
- Burger Chains (80)
- Mexican Restaurants & Taquerias (77)
- Sandwich & Sub Shops (69)
- Pizza Chains (60)
- Cafes & Bakery-Cafes (56)
- Other categories
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Starbucks 27
- 2 Subway 27
- 3 McDonald's 23
- 4 Dairy Queen 23
- 5 Pizza Hut 19
- 6 Taco Bell 18
- 7 Arby's 16
- 8 Wendy's 16
- 9 Burger King 13
- 10 Papa John's Pizza 12
- 11 Domino's Pizza 10
- 12 Little Caesars 9
- 13 Dunkin' 8
- 14 Jimmy John's 7
- 15 Pizza King 7
- 16 Zesto 6
- 17 Wings Etc. 6
- 18 Checkers and Rally's 6
- 19 Auntie Anne's 6
- 20 Bob Evans 6
- 21 Culver's 6
- 22 Lee's Famous Recipe Chicken 5
- 23 Panda Express 5
- 24 Biggby Coffee 4
- 25 Smoothie King 4
- 26 Salvatori's 4
- 27 Penn Station East Coast Subs 4
- 28 Hardee's 4
- 29 Salsa Grille 4
- 30 Cebollas Mexican Grill 4
- 31 Marco's Pizza 4
- 32 KFC 4
- 33 Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen 4
- 34 Chick-fil-A 4
- 35 Don Hall's Old Gas House Restaurant 4
- 36 Chipotle Mexican Grill 4
- 37 Guadalupes Mexican Grill 4
- 38 Steak 'n Shake 3
- 39 Applebee's Grill + Bar 3
- 40 IHOP 3
- 41 Buffalo Wild Wings 3
- 42 Panera Bread 3
- 43 Baba's Steak and Lemonade 3
- 44 Fazoli's 3
- 45 Qdoba 3
- 46 Eddie Merlot's 2
- 47 Big Eyed Fish 2
- 48 Rise'n Roll Bakery 2
- 49 Oley's Pizza 2
- 50 Parlor Doughnuts 2
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