Trends · data through September 2026

Burger Chains in Lake Charles, LA

Iceflower tracks 57 stores from 15 burger chains in Lake Charles, LA. Burger King grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Checkers and Sonic Drive-In.

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
15
Tracked stores
57
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 Checkers sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 B Burger King logo Burger King - +14.2%
2 C Checkers logo Checkers - +0.3%
3 S Sonic Drive-In logo Sonic Drive-In ▲1 -0.3%
4 M McDonald's logo McDonald's - -2.7%
5 W Wendy's logo Wendy's ▼1 -15.4%
  • McDonald's
  • Burger King
  • Whataburger
  • Sonic Drive-In
  • Wendy's
  • Hardee's
  • Maplewood Burgers
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

57 tracked store locations in Lake Charles, LA. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • McDonald's (11)
  • Burger King (10)
  • Whataburger (2)
  • Sonic Drive-In (13)
  • Wendy's (8)
  • Hardee's (1)
  • Maplewood Burgers (2)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

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