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. Beef Shack and The Great American Bagel sit in the high-growth half.
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Chain
YoY growth
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beef Shack | ▲14 | +19.7% |
| 2 | The Great American Bagel | ▲12 | +19.2% |
| 3 | D.C. Cobb's | ▲14 | +18.3% |
| 4 | Baba's Famous Steak & Lemonade | ▲12 | +17.6% |
| 5 | Tous Les Jours | ▲14 | +15.5% |
| 6 | The Cheesecake Factory | ▲4 | +14.9% |
| 7 | Carnitas Don Alfredo | ▲16 | +13.7% |
| 8 | Panera Bread | ▲3 | +13.4% |
| 9 | Home Run Inn Pizzeria | ▲13 | +12.6% |
| 10 | Happy Lamb Hot Pot | ▲4 | +12.0% |
| 11 | Qdoba | ▲11 | +11.0% |
| 12 | Rosati's Pizza | ▲5 | +10.3% |
| 13 | Nothing Bundt Cakes | ▲2 | +10.3% |
| 14 | LongHorn Steakhouse | ▲2 | +10.0% |
| 15 | Steak 'n Shake | ▲4 | +9.9% |
- Bars, Pubs & Breweries
- Casual Dining
- Mexican Restaurants & Taquerias
- Other restaurants
- Burger Chains
- Sandwich & Sub Shops
- Cafes & Bakery-Cafes
- Other categories
Store footprint
Store map
25,000 of 27,457 tracked store locations in Illinois, colored by category. The top 5 chains by store count run 2,659 of the 27,457 stores (10%); 14,657 of the 16,254 tracked chains have a single store here.
- Bars, Pubs & Breweries (2,894)
- Casual Dining (2,390)
- Mexican Restaurants & Taquerias (2,060)
- Other restaurants (1,971)
- Burger Chains (1,949)
- Sandwich & Sub Shops (1,742)
- Cafes & Bakery-Cafes (1,470)
- Other categories
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Starbucks 719
- 2 McDonald's 684
- 3 Subway 594
- 4 Dunkin' 356
- 5 Jimmy John's 306
- 6 Burger King 305
- 7 Dairy Queen 265
- 8 Taco Bell 246
- 9 Domino's Pizza 227
- 10 Wendy's 216
- 11 Chipotle Mexican Grill 184
- 12 Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen 156
- 13 Little Caesars 153
- 14 Panera Bread 135
- 15 Arby's 133
- 16 Wingstop 132
- 17 Panda Express 130
- 18 Pizza Hut 130
- 19 Culver's 129
- 20 Baskin-Robbins 125
- 21 Potbelly Sandwich Shop 117
- 22 KFC 104
- 23 Rosati's Pizza 100
- 24 Buffalo Wild Wings 94
- 25 Papa John's Pizza 90
- 26 Jersey Mike's Subs 82
- 27 Chick-fil-A 76
- 28 Hardee's 72
- 29 La Michoacana 71
- 30 White Castle 59
- 31 Smoothie King 58
- 32 Steak 'n Shake 58
- 33 Scooter's Coffee 57
- 34 Tropical Smoothie Cafe 53
- 35 Chili's Grill & Bar 53
- 36 Portillo's 51
- 37 Lou Malnati's 51
- 38 Sonic Drive-In 50
- 39 Harold's Chicken Shack 50
- 40 Denny's 46
- 41 IHOP 46
- 42 Monical's Pizza 45
- 43 Five Guys 44
- 44 Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers 42
- 45 Auntie Anne's 41
- 46 McAlister's Deli 40
- 47 Applebee's Grill + Bar 37
- 48 Jet's Pizza 36
- 49 Giordano's Pizza 36
- 50 Charleys Cheesesteaks 35
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