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. Scooter's Coffee and Taqueria La Nueva sit in the high-growth half.
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Scooter's Coffee | ▲6 | +19.0% |
| 2 | Taqueria La Nueva | - | +17.6% |
| 3 | Daylight Donuts | ▲6 | +16.6% |
| 4 | Dave's Hot Chicken | ▲5 | +15.6% |
| 5 | Dutch Bros Coffee | ▲5 | +15.0% |
| 6 | McAlister's Deli | ▲6 | +14.8% |
| 7 | Jersey Mike's Subs | ▲6 | +13.3% |
| 8 | Nothing Bundt Cakes | ▲9 | +12.6% |
| 9 | Shake Shack | ▲4 | +12.2% |
| 10 | CAVA | ▲7 | +11.6% |
| 11 | Culver's | - | +8.9% |
| 12 | El Maguey | ▲2 | +8.8% |
| 13 | Olive Garden | ▲1 | +8.8% |
| 14 | Chili's Grill & Bar | ▲3 | +8.7% |
| 15 | Panda Express | ▲2 | +7.9% |
- Burger Chains
- Bars, Pubs & Breweries
- Casual Dining
- Sandwich & Sub Shops
- Mexican Restaurants & Taquerias
- Cafes & Bakery-Cafes
- Other restaurants
- Other categories
Store footprint
Store map
4,023 tracked store locations in Kansas City, MO-KS, colored by category. The top 5 chains by store count run 425 of the 4,023 stores (11%); 1,796 of the 2,114 tracked chains have a single store here. 5% of the tracked food & drink stores here are coffee chains, against 3% across Missouri.
- Burger Chains (429)
- Bars, Pubs & Breweries (333)
- Casual Dining (283)
- Sandwich & Sub Shops (266)
- Mexican Restaurants & Taquerias (250)
- Cafes & Bakery-Cafes (235)
- Other restaurants (221)
- Other categories
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 McDonald's 116
- 2 Starbucks 106
- 3 Sonic Drive-In 85
- 4 Subway 64
- 5 Wendy's 54
- 6 Scooter's Coffee 50
- 7 Burger King 49
- 8 Chipotle Mexican Grill 47
- 9 Jimmy John's 44
- 10 Taco Bell 43
- 11 Pizza Hut 37
- 12 Domino's Pizza 36
- 13 Goodcents 31
- 14 Papa John's Pizza 31
- 15 Arby's 30
- 16 Dairy Queen 29
- 17 Panera Bread 26
- 18 IHOP 23
- 19 Church's Chicken 23
- 20 Smoothie King 23
- 21 Wingstop 22
- 22 Panda Express 21
- 23 First Watch 21
- 24 KFC 20
- 25 Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen 20
- 26 Chick-fil-A 19
- 27 Freddy's Frozen Custard & Steakburgers 19
- 28 Whataburger 19
- 29 Culver's 17
- 30 Five Guys 17
- 31 Little Caesars 17
- 32 Dutch Bros Coffee 15
- 33 Waffle House 15
- 34 Dunkin' 14
- 35 Applebee's Grill + Bar 14
- 36 Firehouse Subs 13
- 37 The Big Biscuit 13
- 38 Jersey Mike's Subs 12
- 39 Minsky's Pizza 12
- 40 Buffalo Wild Wings 11
- 41 Hawaiian Bros Island Grill 11
- 42 54th Street Grill & Bar 10
- 43 Johnny's Tavern 10
- 44 Chili's Grill & Bar 10
- 45 Jose Pepper's 10
- 46 Andy's Frozen Custard 9
- 47 Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers 9
- 48 Daylight Donuts 9
- 49 Pizza Shoppe 8
- 50 El Maguey 8
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