Trends · data through September 2026

Burger Chains in Michigan

Iceflower tracks 1,664 stores from 195 burger chains in Michigan. Taystee's Burgers grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Steak 'n Shake and Culver's.

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
195
Tracked stores
1,664
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. Taystee's Burgers and Steak 'n Shake sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 T Taystee's Burgers - +19.6%
2 S Steak 'n Shake logo Steak 'n Shake ▲1 +13.5%
3 C Culver's logo Culver's - +10.7%
4 B Burger King logo Burger King ▲1 +5.5%
5 F Five Guys logo Five Guys - +3.4%
6 M Mr. Burger ▲1 +1.1%
7 M McDonald's logo McDonald's - +0.8%
8 S Shake Shack logo Shake Shack ▲2 -0.4%
9 H Halo Burger logo Halo Burger - -1.7%
10 W White Castle logo White Castle - -5.5%
11 F Freddy's Frozen Custard & Steakburgers logo Freddy's Frozen Custard & Steakburgers - -5.7%
12 H Hardee's logo Hardee's ▲1 -6.0%
13 S Sonic Drive-In logo Sonic Drive-In ▼1 -13.6%
14 W Wendy's logo Wendy's ▼1 -14.5%
15 S Savvy Sliders logo Savvy Sliders ▼1 -16.3%
  • McDonald's
  • Culver's
  • Burger King
  • Wendy's
  • Five Guys
  • White Castle
  • Steak 'n Shake
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

1,664 tracked store locations in Michigan. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • McDonald's (555)
  • Culver's (98)
  • Burger King (301)
  • Wendy's (242)
  • Five Guys (40)
  • White Castle (39)
  • Steak 'n Shake (14)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

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