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. Sake Japanese Steakhouse and LongHorn Steakhouse sit in the high-growth half.
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sake Japanese Steakhouse | ▲10 | +15.1% |
| 2 | LongHorn Steakhouse | - | +14.4% |
| 3 | Tatte Bakery & Cafe | ▲7 | +13.5% |
| 4 | Qdoba | ▲5 | +12.5% |
| 5 | Bonefish Grill | ▲9 | +11.6% |
| 6 | Chicken Rico | ▲15 | +11.0% |
| 7 | Slim Chickens | ▲9 | +11.0% |
| 8 | First Watch | ▲10 | +10.5% |
| 9 | Copper Canyon Grill | ▲3 | +9.7% |
| 10 | Cracker Barrel Old Country Store | ▲3 | +9.4% |
| 11 | Sardi's Pollo A La Brasa | ▲3 | +9.1% |
| 12 | Shake Shack | ▲1 | +8.6% |
| 13 | Hook & Reel Cajun Seafood & Bar | ▲4 | +8.2% |
| 14 | Ruth's Chris Steak House | ▲2 | +7.8% |
| 15 | sweetFrog Premium Frozen Yogurt | ▲3 | +7.3% |
- Casual Dining
- Other restaurants
- Bars, Pubs & Breweries
- Burger Chains
- Sandwich & Sub Shops
- Pizzerias
- Chinese
- Other categories
Store footprint
Store map
12,625 tracked store locations in Maryland, colored by category. The top 5 chains by store count run 1,148 of the 12,625 stores (9%); 6,789 of the 7,553 tracked chains have a single store here. 4% of the tracked food & drink stores here are Mexican restaurants & taquerias, against 6% across the United States.
- Casual Dining (1,027)
- Other restaurants (973)
- Bars, Pubs & Breweries (971)
- Burger Chains (747)
- Sandwich & Sub Shops (688)
- Pizzerias (582)
- Chinese (577)
- Other categories
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Starbucks 299
- 2 McDonald's 281
- 3 Subway 222
- 4 Dunkin' 220
- 5 Domino's Pizza 126
- 6 Burger King 125
- 7 Chipotle Mexican Grill 120
- 8 Wendy's 107
- 9 Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen 103
- 10 Papa John's Pizza 100
- 11 Chick-fil-A 97
- 12 Baskin-Robbins 90
- 13 Taco Bell 88
- 14 Rita's Italian Ice & Frozen Custard 74
- 15 Five Guys 63
- 16 Pizza Hut 59
- 17 Panera Bread 57
- 18 IHOP 54
- 19 Jersey Mike's Subs 53
- 20 Tropical Smoothie Cafe 52
- 21 Arby's 48
- 22 Little Caesars 45
- 23 Auntie Anne's 45
- 24 America's Best Wings 43
- 25 Charleys Cheesesteaks 42
- 26 Panda Express 42
- 27 KFC 38
- 28 Smoothie King 37
- 29 Pizza Boli's 37
- 30 Wingstop 34
- 31 Dairy Queen 33
- 32 Cold Stone Creamery 32
- 33 Buffalo Wild Wings 31
- 34 Jimmy John's 30
- 35 Checkers 28
- 36 Potbelly Sandwich Shop 27
- 37 Outback Steakhouse 26
- 38 Denny's 24
- 39 Qdoba 24
- 40 The Greene Turtle 23
- 41 CAVA 23
- 42 sweetFrog Premium Frozen Yogurt 23
- 43 Roy Rogers 23
- 44 Firehouse Subs 21
- 45 Mission BBQ 21
- 46 Hangry Joe's Hot Chicken & Wings 19
- 47 Quickway Japanese Hibachi 18
- 48 Applebee's Grill + Bar 18
- 49 Bob Evans 17
- 50 MOD Pizza 16
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