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. Graeter's Ice Cream and Dunkin' sit in the high-growth half.
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Chain
YoY growth
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Graeter's Ice Cream | ▲2 | +17.2% |
| 2 | Dunkin' | ▲4 | +17.0% |
| 3 | Panera Bread | ▲6 | +15.4% |
| 4 | Panda Express | ▲2 | +14.1% |
| 5 | Chipotle Mexican Grill | ▲1 | +12.8% |
| 6 | Burger King | ▲4 | +7.1% |
| 7 | Subway | ▲2 | +5.6% |
| 8 | Culver's | ▲1 | +5.6% |
| 9 | Roosters | ▲1 | +5.4% |
| 10 | Steak 'n Shake | ▲2 | +4.6% |
| 11 | Jersey Mike's Subs | ▲1 | +4.2% |
| 12 | Hardee's | ▲2 | +4.2% |
| 13 | Waffle House | ▲2 | +3.6% |
| 14 | Bob Evans | ▲3 | +2.8% |
| 15 | Dairy Queen | ▲2 | +2.2% |
- Casual Dining
- Bars, Pubs & Breweries
- Mexican Restaurants & Taquerias
- Burger Chains
- Other restaurants
- Sandwich & Sub Shops
- Pizza Chains
- Other categories
Store footprint
Store map
1,294 tracked store locations in Lexington-Fayette, KY, colored by category. The top 5 chains by store count run 114 of the 1,294 stores (9%); 763 of the 869 tracked chains have a single store here. 7% of the tracked food & drink stores here are burger chains, against 10% across Kentucky.
- Casual Dining (128)
- Bars, Pubs & Breweries (112)
- Mexican Restaurants & Taquerias (97)
- Burger Chains (96)
- Other restaurants (94)
- Sandwich & Sub Shops (77)
- Pizza Chains (72)
- Other categories
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Starbucks 34
- 2 McDonald's 28
- 3 Wendy's 19
- 4 Jimmy John's 17
- 5 Waffle House 16
- 6 Little Caesars 16
- 7 Papa John's Pizza 15
- 8 Dairy Queen 14
- 9 Domino's Pizza 14
- 10 Arby's 14
- 11 Subway 13
- 12 Burger King 11
- 13 Fazoli's 11
- 14 Chipotle Mexican Grill 10
- 15 Chick-fil-A 10
- 16 Taco Bell 9
- 17 Panera Bread 9
- 18 First Watch 7
- 19 Zaxby's 7
- 20 Sonic Drive-In 7
- 21 Penn Station East Coast Subs 6
- 22 Giovanni's Pizza 6
- 23 Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers 6
- 24 Qdoba 5
- 25 Hardee's 5
- 26 Dunkin' 5
- 27 KFC 5
- 28 Firehouse Subs 5
- 29 Panda Express 5
- 30 Jet's Pizza 5
- 31 Pizza Hut 4
- 32 Wingstop 4
- 33 Graeter's Ice Cream 4
- 34 Applebee's Grill + Bar 4
- 35 Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen 4
- 36 Cinco de Mayo 4
- 37 Tropical Smoothie Cafe 4
- 38 Culver's 4
- 39 Drake's 4
- 40 Cracker Barrel Old Country Store 4
- 41 7 Brew Coffee 4
- 42 Franks Donuts 3
- 43 Bob Evans 3
- 44 Skyline Chili 3
- 45 Jersey Mike's Subs 3
- 46 Five Guys 3
- 47 Moe's Southwest Grill 3
- 48 Smashing Tomato 3
- 49 Buffalo Wild Wings 3
- 50 Captain D's 3
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