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. Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen and Giovanni's Pizza sit in the high-growth half.
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen | ▲2 | +16.5% |
| 2 | Giovanni's Pizza | ▲2 | +9.6% |
| 3 | LongHorn Steakhouse | ▲1 | +6.1% |
| 4 | Wood-n-Tap | - | +5.4% |
| 5 | 99 Restaurants | ▲1 | +4.9% |
| 6 | Buffalo Wild Wings | ▲2 | +3.9% |
| 7 | Munson's Chocolates | ▲1 | +3.1% |
| 8 | Chili's Grill & Bar | ▲2 | +1.5% |
| 9 | First & Last Tavern | ▲1 | +1.0% |
| 10 | Chick-fil-A | - | +0.9% |
| 11 | Square Peg Pizzeria | ▲1 | +0.8% |
| 12 | Dunkin' | - | +0.8% |
| 13 | Burger King | ▲1 | +0.4% |
| 14 | Subway | ▲1 | +0.2% |
| 15 | Mozzicato De Pasquale Bakery and Pastry Shop | ▲2 | -0.1% |
- Casual Dining
- Pizzerias
- Other restaurants
- Coffee Chains
- Bars, Pubs & Breweries
- Sandwich & Sub Shops
- Cafes & Bakery-Cafes
- Other categories
Store footprint
Store map
2,958 tracked store locations in Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT, colored by category. The top 5 chains by store count run 396 of the 2,958 stores (13%); 1,891 of the 2,094 tracked chains have a single store here.
- Casual Dining (344)
- Pizzerias (309)
- Other restaurants (231)
- Coffee Chains (231)
- Bars, Pubs & Breweries (204)
- Sandwich & Sub Shops (177)
- Cafes & Bakery-Cafes (150)
- Other categories
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Dunkin' 172
- 2 Subway 97
- 3 Starbucks 56
- 4 McDonald's 47
- 5 Burger King 24
- 6 Domino's Pizza 21
- 7 Wendy's 19
- 8 Taco Bell 19
- 9 Panera Bread 14
- 10 Dairy Queen 14
- 11 Jersey Mike's Subs 13
- 12 Chipotle Mexican Grill 13
- 13 Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen 11
- 14 KFC 11
- 15 Moe's Southwest Grill 9
- 16 Village Pizza 9
- 17 Five Guys 9
- 18 Chili's Grill & Bar 8
- 19 Wood-n-Tap 8
- 20 Chick-fil-A 7
- 21 Playa Bowls 7
- 22 Square Peg Pizzeria 7
- 23 Friendly's 7
- 24 The Fresh Monkee 7
- 25 Pizzeria Da Vinci 7
- 26 IHOP 6
- 27 Munson's Chocolates 6
- 28 Wingstop 6
- 29 Wayback Burgers 6
- 30 Plan B Burger Bar 5
- 31 Noodles & Company 5
- 32 Nardelli's Grinder Shoppe 5
- 33 Great Wall 5
- 34 Hot Table 4
- 35 Mozzicato De Pasquale Bakery and Pastry Shop 4
- 36 Perkatory Coffee Roasters 4
- 37 Sliders Grill & Bar 4
- 38 Buffalo Wild Wings 4
- 39 LongHorn Steakhouse 4
- 40 Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers 4
- 41 99 Restaurants 3
- 42 Denny's 3
- 43 Red Robin Gourmet Burgers 3
- 44 Puerto Vallarta Mexican Restaurant 3
- 45 Giovanni's Pizza 3
- 46 Haven Hot Chicken 3
- 47 Shake Shack 3
- 48 First & Last Tavern 3
- 49 Olive Garden 3
- 50 Hartford Baking Co. 3
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