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. Firehouse Subs and KPOT Korean BBQ & Hot Pot sit in the high-growth half.
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Chain
YoY growth
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Firehouse Subs | ▲20 | +18.8% |
| 2 | KPOT Korean BBQ & Hot Pot | ▲16 | +18.3% |
| 3 | Local Table | ▲12 | +17.0% |
| 4 | Taquerias Arandas | ▲14 | +15.4% |
| 5 | Yard House | ▲7 | +14.9% |
| 6 | Nothing Bundt Cakes | ▲12 | +14.8% |
| 7 | Mi Rancho | ▲13 | +14.5% |
| 8 | Five Guys | ▲9 | +13.1% |
| 9 | Adriatic Cafe Italian Grill | ▲12 | +12.8% |
| 10 | Dunkin' | ▲16 | +12.2% |
| 11 | North Italia | ▲8 | +12.0% |
| 12 | Black Bear Diner | ▲5 | +11.4% |
| 13 | LongHorn Steakhouse | ▲3 | +11.0% |
| 14 | Grimaldi's | ▲6 | +10.3% |
| 15 | Burger King | ▲1 | +9.4% |
- Mexican Restaurants & Taquerias
- Burger Chains
- Bars, Pubs & Breweries
- Bakeries, Donuts & Desserts
- Other restaurants
- Chicken & Wings Fast Food
- Casual Dining
- Other categories
Store footprint
Store map
15,805 tracked store locations in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX, colored by category. The top 5 chains by store count run 1,326 of the 15,805 stores (8%); 7,589 of the 8,567 tracked chains have a single store here.
- Mexican Restaurants & Taquerias (1,629)
- Burger Chains (1,502)
- Bars, Pubs & Breweries (1,099)
- Bakeries, Donuts & Desserts (1,094)
- Other restaurants (932)
- Chicken & Wings Fast Food (797)
- Casual Dining (791)
- Other categories
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Starbucks 391
- 2 McDonald's 324
- 3 Jack in the Box 227
- 4 Shipley Do-Nuts 199
- 5 Subway 185
- 6 Domino's Pizza 181
- 7 Burger King 181
- 8 Sonic Drive-In 177
- 9 Whataburger 165
- 10 Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen 162
- 11 Chick-fil-A 136
- 12 Taco Bell 132
- 13 Wendy's 124
- 14 Wingstop 123
- 15 Smoothie King 115
- 16 Little Caesars 115
- 17 Church's Chicken 105
- 18 Chipotle Mexican Grill 93
- 19 Papa John's Pizza 91
- 20 Dairy Queen 81
- 21 Marco's Pizza 78
- 22 Panda Express 70
- 23 Denny's 67
- 24 Hartz Chicken Buffet 59
- 25 Pizza Hut 56
- 26 Marble Slab Creamery 54
- 27 Schlotzsky's 53
- 28 Jimmy John's 52
- 29 Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers 51
- 30 IHOP 49
- 31 Kolache Factory 45
- 32 Chili's Grill & Bar 44
- 33 Panera Bread 39
- 34 Dutch Bros Coffee 38
- 35 Waffle House 38
- 36 Jersey Mike's Subs 38
- 37 Charleys Cheesesteaks 37
- 38 Buffalo Wild Wings 37
- 39 Jason's Deli 33
- 40 Luby's 33
- 41 Olive Garden 33
- 42 Firehouse Subs 32
- 43 Cicis Pizza 31
- 44 Dunkin' 30
- 45 First Watch 28
- 46 Potbelly Sandwich Shop 27
- 47 Five Guys 27
- 48 Baskin-Robbins 27
- 49 KFC 25
- 50 Snowflake Donuts 25
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