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. Panda Express and Bojangles' sit in the high-growth half.
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Chain
YoY growth
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Panda Express | ▲5 | +19.9% |
| 2 | Bojangles' | ▲9 | +19.7% |
| 3 | Firehouse Subs | ▲10 | +18.3% |
| 4 | Freddy's Frozen Custard & Steakburgers | ▲7 | +17.7% |
| 5 | Pepper's Mexican Grill and Cantina | ▲6 | +17.5% |
| 6 | Sakura | ▲1 | +16.5% |
| 7 | Dunkin' | ▲5 | +12.1% |
| 8 | Nothing Bundt Cakes | ▲7 | +11.8% |
| 9 | Cattleman's Roadhouse | ▲3 | +11.0% |
| 10 | Quills Coffee | ▲6 | +10.5% |
| 11 | Sunergos Coffee | ▲7 | +9.5% |
| 12 | Con Huevos | ▲3 | +9.0% |
| 13 | Snappy Tomato Pizza | ▲10 | +8.9% |
| 14 | Zaxby's | ▲1 | +7.4% |
| 15 | Subway | ▲1 | +7.3% |
- Burger Chains
- Casual Dining
- Sandwich & Sub Shops
- Mexican Restaurants & Taquerias
- Bars, Pubs & Breweries
- Other restaurants
- Pizza Chains
- Other categories
Store footprint
Store map
8,929 tracked store locations in Kentucky, colored by category. The top 5 chains by store count run 992 of the 8,929 stores (11%); 4,129 of the 4,630 tracked chains have a single store here. 6% of the tracked food & drink stores here are pizza chains, against 4% across the United States.
- Burger Chains (897)
- Casual Dining (800)
- Sandwich & Sub Shops (680)
- Mexican Restaurants & Taquerias (674)
- Bars, Pubs & Breweries (664)
- Other restaurants (555)
- Pizza Chains (551)
- Other categories
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Subway 280
- 2 McDonald's 269
- 3 Wendy's 150
- 4 Dairy Queen 147
- 5 Starbucks 146
- 6 Taco Bell 137
- 7 Burger King 121
- 8 Arby's 120
- 9 Little Caesars 115
- 10 Papa John's Pizza 109
- 11 Domino's Pizza 105
- 12 Pizza Hut 84
- 13 KFC 69
- 14 Sonic Drive-In 68
- 15 Waffle House 65
- 16 Jimmy John's 64
- 17 Hardee's 63
- 18 Penn Station East Coast Subs 54
- 19 Chick-fil-A 53
- 20 Long John Silver's 49
- 21 Dunkin' 48
- 22 Panera Bread 39
- 23 Fazoli's 38
- 24 Captain D's 38
- 25 Cracker Barrel Old Country Store 38
- 26 Giovanni's Pizza 36
- 27 White Castle 36
- 28 Chipotle Mexican Grill 35
- 29 Lee's Famous Recipe Chicken 33
- 30 Zaxby's 33
- 31 Qdoba 33
- 32 Applebee's Grill + Bar 29
- 33 Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen 28
- 34 Buffalo Wild Wings 27
- 35 Huddle House 26
- 36 Tropical Smoothie Cafe 26
- 37 Snappy Tomato Pizza 25
- 38 Frisch's Big Boy 24
- 39 McAlister's Deli 24
- 40 Skyline Chili 24
- 41 Jersey Mike's Subs 23
- 42 Baskin-Robbins 22
- 43 7 Brew Coffee 22
- 44 Checkers and Rally's 21
- 45 Wingstop 21
- 46 El Nopal 21
- 47 Texas Roadhouse 20
- 48 Firehouse Subs 19
- 49 Bob Evans 19
- 50 First Watch 18
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