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. Shake Shack and 3 Agaves Mexican Restaurant sit in the high-growth half.
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shake Shack | ▲13 | +19.2% |
| 2 | 3 Agaves Mexican Restaurant | ▲8 | +16.3% |
| 3 | Panera Bread | ▲4 | +13.8% |
| 4 | Tinker Coffee | ▲7 | +12.8% |
| 5 | Piada Italian Street Food | ▲10 | +11.8% |
| 6 | Waffle House | ▲5 | +8.9% |
| 7 | LongHorn Steakhouse | ▲1 | +8.9% |
| 8 | Culver's | - | +8.7% |
| 9 | Greek's Pizzeria | ▲6 | +8.3% |
| 10 | Chili's Grill & Bar | ▲1 | +7.4% |
| 11 | Handel's Homemade Ice Cream | ▲7 | +7.0% |
| 12 | La Hacienda | ▲6 | +6.2% |
| 13 | Tropical Smoothie Cafe | ▲3 | +5.7% |
| 14 | Long John Silver's | ▲7 | +5.4% |
| 15 | Qdoba | - | +5.3% |
- Burger Chains
- Casual Dining
- Bars, Pubs & Breweries
- Mexican Restaurants & Taquerias
- Sandwich & Sub Shops
- Other restaurants
- Pizzerias
- Other categories
Store footprint
Store map
5,042 tracked store locations in Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN, colored by category. The top 5 chains by store count run 536 of the 5,042 stores (11%); 2,401 of the 2,775 tracked chains have a single store here.
- Burger Chains (441)
- Casual Dining (420)
- Bars, Pubs & Breweries (408)
- Mexican Restaurants & Taquerias (384)
- Sandwich & Sub Shops (357)
- Other restaurants (295)
- Pizzerias (279)
- Other categories
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Subway 138
- 2 Starbucks 137
- 3 McDonald's 111
- 4 Taco Bell 84
- 5 Wendy's 66
- 6 Burger King 59
- 7 Dairy Queen 56
- 8 Papa John's Pizza 47
- 9 Jimmy John's 47
- 10 Arby's 44
- 11 Domino's Pizza 41
- 12 Little Caesars 33
- 13 White Castle 31
- 14 Hardee's 30
- 15 Pizza King 30
- 16 Penn Station East Coast Subs 29
- 17 Chick-fil-A 28
- 18 Culver's 28
- 19 Chipotle Mexican Grill 27
- 20 Dunkin' 27
- 21 Steak 'n Shake 25
- 22 Greek's Pizzeria 22
- 23 Qdoba 22
- 24 Wingstop 22
- 25 Panda Express 21
- 26 McAlister's Deli 21
- 27 Buffalo Wild Wings 21
- 28 Panera Bread 20
- 29 Donatos Pizza 20
- 30 Pizza Hut 19
- 31 Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen 17
- 32 Applebee's Grill + Bar 17
- 33 Marco's Pizza 16
- 34 Jack's Pizza 16
- 35 Smoothie King 16
- 36 HotBox Pizza 15
- 37 Waffle House 15
- 38 KFC 15
- 39 Bob Evans 15
- 40 Lincoln Square Pancake House 14
- 41 Jack's Donuts 14
- 42 Five Guys 13
- 43 Wings Etc. 13
- 44 Denny's 13
- 45 Noble Roman's 13
- 46 Long John Silver's 12
- 47 Fazoli's 12
- 48 Biggby Coffee 12
- 49 Tropical Smoothie Cafe 11
- 50 Jersey Mike's Subs 11
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