Trends · data through September 2026

Burger Chains in Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC

Iceflower tracks 76 stores from 19 burger chains in Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC. Burger King grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Cook Out and McDonald's.

Rankings come from real card and bank transactions across a panel of 130M+ US and EU consumers. We publish relative growth and rankings, never revenue figures. About the data

Tracked chains
19
Tracked stores
76
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked burger 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. Burger King and Cook Out sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 B Burger King logo Burger King - +9.4%
2 C Cook Out logo Cook Out - +6.1%
3 M McDonald's logo McDonald's - -0.9%
4 H Hardee's logo Hardee's - -3.9%
5 J Jack in the Box logo Jack in the Box - -10.7%
6 S Sonic Drive-In logo Sonic Drive-In - -14.0%
7 W Wendy's logo Wendy's - -16.6%
  • McDonald's
  • Wendy's
  • Cook Out
  • Burger King
  • Hardee's
  • Whataburger
  • Culver's
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

76 tracked store locations in Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • McDonald's (19)
  • Wendy's (13)
  • Cook Out (4)
  • Burger King (9)
  • Hardee's (12)
  • Whataburger (1)
  • Culver's (1)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

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