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. Hyper Energy Bar and Chipotle Mexican Grill sit in the high-growth half.
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hyper Energy Bar | ▲1 | +18.0% |
| 2 | Chipotle Mexican Grill | ▲4 | +17.9% |
| 3 | Chili's Grill & Bar | ▲4 | +14.7% |
| 4 | Qdoba | ▲1 | +14.2% |
| 5 | The Stuffed Olive | ▲3 | +13.8% |
| 6 | Red Lobster | ▲6 | +12.7% |
| 7 | Hacienda Vieja | ▲4 | +12.6% |
| 8 | Boulder Tap House | ▲6 | +12.4% |
| 9 | Krispy Kreme | ▲4 | +12.1% |
| 10 | Olive Garden | ▲2 | +10.8% |
| 11 | Panda Express | ▲3 | +9.7% |
| 12 | Jersey Mike's Subs | ▲4 | +9.5% |
| 13 | Culver's | - | +9.5% |
| 14 | Scooter's Coffee | ▲2 | +9.0% |
| 15 | Burger King | ▲4 | +7.4% |
- Bars, Pubs & Breweries
- Casual Dining
- Sandwich & Sub Shops
- Cafes & Bakery-Cafes
- Burger Chains
- Mexican Restaurants & Taquerias
- Other restaurants
- Other categories
Store footprint
Store map
6,231 tracked store locations in Iowa, colored by category. The top 5 chains by store count run 673 of the 6,231 stores (11%); 3,470 of the 3,824 tracked chains have a single store here. 14% of the tracked food & drink stores here are bars, pubs & breweries, against 9% across the United States.
- Bars, Pubs & Breweries (888)
- Casual Dining (555)
- Sandwich & Sub Shops (481)
- Cafes & Bakery-Cafes (461)
- Burger Chains (450)
- Mexican Restaurants & Taquerias (416)
- Other restaurants (412)
- Other categories
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Subway 214
- 2 McDonald's 153
- 3 Starbucks 113
- 4 Dairy Queen 98
- 5 Scooter's Coffee 95
- 6 Jimmy John's 91
- 7 Burger King 74
- 8 Pizza Hut 64
- 9 Pizza Ranch 62
- 10 Arby's 61
- 11 Domino's Pizza 56
- 12 Taco John's 53
- 13 Wendy's 45
- 14 Taco Bell 45
- 15 Hardee's 42
- 16 Culver's 35
- 17 KFC 31
- 18 Dunkin' 30
- 19 Pancheros Mexican Grill 27
- 20 Little Caesars 25
- 21 Applebee's Grill + Bar 25
- 22 Papa John's Pizza 25
- 23 Jersey Mike's Subs 24
- 24 Caribou Coffee 23
- 25 Panera Bread 23
- 26 Papa Murphy's 22
- 27 Chick-fil-A 22
- 28 Perkins American Food Co. 22
- 29 Buffalo Wild Wings 20
- 30 Panda Express 20
- 31 Chipotle Mexican Grill 16
- 32 Village Inn 14
- 33 Freddy's Frozen Custard & Steakburgers 13
- 34 IHOP 12
- 35 Texas Roadhouse 12
- 36 B-Bop's 12
- 37 HuHot Mongolian Grill 11
- 38 Cold Stone Creamery 11
- 39 Tropical Smoothie Cafe 11
- 40 Maid-Rite 11
- 41 Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers 10
- 42 Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen 10
- 43 Godfather's Pizza Express 10
- 44 A&W Restaurant 10
- 45 Olive Garden 10
- 46 Sonic Drive-In 10
- 47 Long John Silver's 10
- 48 Firehouse Subs 10
- 49 Northern Lights Pizza 9
- 50 Five Guys 9
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