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. Dragon King's Daughter and Charleys Cheesesteaks sit in the high-growth half.
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dragon King's Daughter | ▲4 | +16.6% |
| 2 | Charleys Cheesesteaks | ▲8 | +15.5% |
| 3 | Quills Coffee | ▲12 | +12.5% |
| 4 | Subway | ▲5 | +12.4% |
| 5 | Sunergos Coffee | ▲7 | +11.6% |
| 6 | Con Huevos | ▲6 | +11.0% |
| 7 | Indi's Fast Food | ▲7 | +9.4% |
| 8 | Skyline Chili | ▲5 | +9.4% |
| 9 | Panera Bread | ▲3 | +7.7% |
| 10 | Tropical Smoothie Cafe | ▲1 | +7.1% |
| 11 | Culver's | ▲2 | +6.9% |
| 12 | Chili's Grill & Bar | ▲2 | +6.7% |
| 13 | Burger King | ▲2 | +5.7% |
| 14 | Nothing Bundt Cakes | ▲9 | +4.9% |
| 15 | Steak 'n Shake | ▲3 | +4.8% |
- Bars, Pubs & Breweries
- Burger Chains
- Sandwich & Sub Shops
- Casual Dining
- Mexican Restaurants & Taquerias
- Other restaurants
- Cafes & Bakery-Cafes
- Other categories
Store footprint
Store map
3,160 tracked store locations in Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN, colored by category. The top 5 chains by store count run 335 of the 3,160 stores (11%); 1,536 of the 1,784 tracked chains have a single store here. 5% of the tracked food & drink stores here are pizza chains, against 6% across Kentucky.
- Bars, Pubs & Breweries (282)
- Burger Chains (273)
- Sandwich & Sub Shops (257)
- Casual Dining (249)
- Mexican Restaurants & Taquerias (242)
- Other restaurants (174)
- Cafes & Bakery-Cafes (167)
- Other categories
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Subway 109
- 2 McDonald's 80
- 3 Starbucks 58
- 4 Taco Bell 47
- 5 Domino's Pizza 41
- 6 Burger King 41
- 7 Papa John's Pizza 41
- 8 Dairy Queen 38
- 9 Wendy's 38
- 10 Arby's 34
- 11 El Nopal 26
- 12 Little Caesars 26
- 13 Waffle House 25
- 14 Jimmy John's 25
- 15 White Castle 23
- 16 Penn Station East Coast Subs 22
- 17 Qdoba 20
- 18 Chick-fil-A 19
- 19 Panera Bread 16
- 20 Zaxby's 15
- 21 Dunkin' 15
- 22 Heine Brothers Coffee 15
- 23 Pizza Hut 14
- 24 McAlister's Deli 14
- 25 Wingstop 13
- 26 KFC 13
- 27 Hometown Pizza 12
- 28 7 Brew Coffee 12
- 29 Jersey Mike's Subs 11
- 30 Tumbleweed Tex Mex Grill 11
- 31 Long John Silver's 11
- 32 Cracker Barrel Old Country Store 11
- 33 Smoothie King 10
- 34 Chili's Grill & Bar 10
- 35 Tropical Smoothie Cafe 9
- 36 Chipotle Mexican Grill 9
- 37 Buffalo Wild Wings 9
- 38 Captain D's 9
- 39 Bearnos Pizza 9
- 40 Scooter's Coffee 8
- 41 Derby City Pizza Co. 8
- 42 Coffee Crossing 8
- 43 Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen 8
- 44 Applebee's Grill + Bar 8
- 45 Panda Express 8
- 46 Fazoli's 8
- 47 Checkers and Rally's 8
- 48 Wild Eggs 7
- 49 First Watch 7
- 50 Graeter's Ice Cream 7
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