Trends · data through September 2026

Burger Chains in Lexington-Fayette, KY

Iceflower tracks 96 stores from 20 burger chains in Lexington-Fayette, KY. Burger King grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Culver's and Steak 'n Shake.

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
20
Tracked stores
96
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 Culver's sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 B Burger King logo Burger King - +6.3%
2 C Culver's logo Culver's - +5.9%
3 S Steak 'n Shake logo Steak 'n Shake - +5.3%
4 H Hardee's logo Hardee's - +5.0%
5 S Sonic Drive-In logo Sonic Drive-In - -1.0%
6 F Five Guys logo Five Guys - -2.5%
7 M McDonald's logo McDonald's - -2.9%
8 W Wendy's logo Wendy's - -13.0%
  • McDonald's
  • Wendy's
  • Culver's
  • Sonic Drive-In
  • Cook Out
  • Burger King
  • Hardee's
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

96 tracked store locations in Lexington-Fayette, KY. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • McDonald's (28)
  • Wendy's (19)
  • Culver's (3)
  • Sonic Drive-In (7)
  • Cook Out (2)
  • Burger King (11)
  • Hardee's (5)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

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