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. Zama Mexican Cuisine & Margarita Bar and Texas Roadhouse sit in the high-growth half.
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zama Mexican Cuisine & Margarita Bar | ▲26 | +19.9% |
| 2 | Texas Roadhouse | ▲1 | +17.5% |
| 3 | Walk-On's Sports Bistreaux | ▲1 | +17.4% |
| 4 | Delbar | ▲3 | +16.3% |
| 5 | Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams | ▲22 | +16.0% |
| 6 | Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers | ▲3 | +15.2% |
| 7 | Tasty Wings & Seafood | ▼1 | +15.2% |
| 8 | Panda Express | ▲3 | +12.7% |
| 9 | Gutbusters Breakfast | ▲4 | +12.5% |
| 10 | Carey Hilliard's Restaurant | ▲9 | +12.0% |
| 11 | Superica | ▲11 | +11.6% |
| 12 | Steak 'n Shake | ▲3 | +11.4% |
| 13 | Bruster's Real Ice Cream | ▲15 | +11.4% |
| 14 | Culver's | ▲6 | +11.0% |
| 15 | Ellianos Coffee | ▲6 | +10.4% |
- Burger Chains
- Casual Dining
- Other restaurants
- Chicken & Wings Fast Food
- Mexican Restaurants & Taquerias
- Bars, Pubs & Breweries
- Sandwich & Sub Shops
- Other categories
Store footprint
Store map
23,785 tracked store locations in Georgia, colored by category. The top 5 chains by store count run 2,093 of the 23,785 stores (9%); 10,782 of the 12,205 tracked chains have a single store here. 7% of the tracked food & drink stores here are chicken & wings fast food, against 3% across the United States.
- Burger Chains (1,912)
- Casual Dining (1,821)
- Other restaurants (1,814)
- Chicken & Wings Fast Food (1,744)
- Mexican Restaurants & Taquerias (1,468)
- Bars, Pubs & Breweries (1,360)
- Sandwich & Sub Shops (1,277)
- Other categories
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Waffle House 484
- 2 McDonald's 472
- 3 Starbucks 419
- 4 Subway 397
- 5 Wendy's 321
- 6 Burger King 303
- 7 Chick-fil-A 299
- 8 Zaxby's 268
- 9 Domino's Pizza 243
- 10 Dairy Queen 224
- 11 Dunkin' 206
- 12 Little Caesars 201
- 13 Papa John's Pizza 201
- 14 Taco Bell 198
- 15 Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen 160
- 16 Arby's 155
- 17 Pizza Hut 148
- 18 Smoothie King 135
- 19 Jersey Mike's Subs 135
- 20 American Deli 124
- 21 Marco's Pizza 121
- 22 Chipotle Mexican Grill 121
- 23 Captain D's 114
- 24 Bojangles' 109
- 25 KFC 108
- 26 Firehouse Subs 105
- 27 Sonic Drive-In 102
- 28 Hardee's 98
- 29 Moe's Southwest Grill 95
- 30 Jimmy John's 94
- 31 IHOP 90
- 32 Wingstop 87
- 33 LongHorn Steakhouse 82
- 34 Krystal 80
- 35 Panda Express 76
- 36 Huddle House 74
- 37 Panera Bread 70
- 38 Five Guys 65
- 39 Church's Chicken 55
- 40 Applebee's Grill + Bar 53
- 41 Baskin-Robbins 53
- 42 Chili's Grill & Bar 53
- 43 Tropical Smoothie Cafe 52
- 44 Mellow Mushroom 50
- 45 Cracker Barrel Old Country Store 48
- 46 Checkers 44
- 47 WNB Factory 43
- 48 Chicken Salad Chick 43
- 49 Buffalo Wild Wings 41
- 50 Cook Out 40
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