Trends · data through September 2026

Burger Chains in Knoxville, TN

Iceflower tracks 213 stores from 29 burger chains in Knoxville, TN. Burger King grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Five Guys and McDonald's.

Rankings come from real card and bank transactions across a panel of 130M+ US and EU consumers. We publish relative growth and rankings, never revenue figures. About the data

Tracked chains
29
Tracked stores
213
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked burger 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. Burger King and Five Guys sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 B Burger King logo Burger King ▲2 +7.3%
2 F Five Guys logo Five Guys - +2.3%
3 M McDonald's logo McDonald's - +1.5%
4 H Hardee's logo Hardee's - -3.1%
5 K Krystal logo Krystal - -3.5%
6 F Freddy's Frozen Custard & Steakburgers logo Freddy's Frozen Custard & Steakburgers - -5.6%
7 C Cook Out logo Cook Out - -8.4%
8 S Sonic Drive-In logo Sonic Drive-In ▼1 -11.5%
9 W Wendy's logo Wendy's ▼1 -26.4%
  • McDonald's
  • Burger King
  • Wendy's
  • Sonic Drive-In
  • Hardee's
  • Cook Out
  • Culver's
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

213 tracked store locations in Knoxville, TN. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • McDonald's (49)
  • Burger King (27)
  • Wendy's (30)
  • Sonic Drive-In (24)
  • Hardee's (26)
  • Cook Out (5)
  • Culver's (3)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

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