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 Chicken Salad Chick sit in the high-growth half.
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Panda Express | ▲5 | +14.6% |
| 2 | Chicken Salad Chick | ▲4 | +12.8% |
| 3 | Tacos Atilano | ▲1 | +11.5% |
| 4 | Waldo's Chicken and Beer | ▲4 | +11.5% |
| 5 | Daylight Donuts | ▲5 | +8.1% |
| 6 | Subway | ▲1 | +7.4% |
| 7 | Burger King | - | +5.4% |
| 8 | Five Guys | ▲5 | +5.2% |
| 9 | Chuy's | ▲2 | +4.2% |
| 10 | Whole Hog Cafe | ▲1 | +3.3% |
| 11 | Buffalo Wild Wings | - | +2.3% |
| 12 | Whataburger | - | +2.1% |
| 13 | Outback Steakhouse | ▲1 | +1.6% |
| 14 | Jersey Mike's Subs | ▲1 | +1.5% |
| 15 | McAlister's Deli | - | +1.5% |
- Burger Chains
- Casual Dining
- Mexican Restaurants & Taquerias
- Sandwich & Sub Shops
- Other restaurants
- Chicken & Wings Fast Food
- Pizza Chains
- Other categories
Store footprint
Store map
1,854 tracked store locations in Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR, colored by category. The top 5 chains by store count run 206 of the 1,854 stores (11%); 920 of the 1,086 tracked chains have a single store here. 4% of the tracked food & drink stores here are cafes & bakery-cafes, against 5% across Arkansas.
- Burger Chains (193)
- Casual Dining (164)
- Mexican Restaurants & Taquerias (163)
- Sandwich & Sub Shops (123)
- Other restaurants (119)
- Chicken & Wings Fast Food (104)
- Pizza Chains (94)
- Other categories
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Subway 50
- 2 McDonald's 43
- 3 Sonic Drive-In 42
- 4 Starbucks 41
- 5 Taco Bell 30
- 6 Pizza Hut 28
- 7 Burger King 28
- 8 Waffle House 22
- 9 Wendy's 22
- 10 Little Caesars 17
- 11 Domino's Pizza 16
- 12 Arby's 15
- 13 Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen 15
- 14 U.S. Pizza Co. 15
- 15 Shipley Do-Nuts 13
- 16 Tropical Smoothie Cafe 13
- 17 Chick-fil-A 13
- 18 Papa John's Pizza 12
- 19 Sharks Fish & Chicken 11
- 20 7 Brew Coffee 11
- 21 David's Burgers 10
- 22 Dairy Queen 9
- 23 KFC 8
- 24 Marco's Pizza 8
- 25 Zaxby's 8
- 26 Larry's Pizza 8
- 27 Slim Chickens 8
- 28 Firehouse Subs 7
- 29 Hardee's 7
- 30 Jersey Mike's Subs 7
- 31 IHOP 7
- 32 Chili's Grill & Bar 7
- 33 Senor Tequila 6
- 34 Daylight Donuts 6
- 35 Chipotle Mexican Grill 6
- 36 Jimmy John's 6
- 37 Whataburger 6
- 38 Wingstop 6
- 39 Checkers and Rally's 6
- 40 Love's Donuts 5
- 41 Eat My Catfish 5
- 42 Tacos 4 Life 5
- 43 Rock N Roll Sushi 5
- 44 Moe's Southwest Grill 5
- 45 Tacos Atilano 5
- 46 Whole Hog Cafe 5
- 47 Taziki's Mediterranean Cafe 5
- 48 Scooter's Coffee 5
- 49 Olive Garden 5
- 50 The Mighty Crab 5
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