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. Cinnabon and Smack Shack sit in the high-growth half.
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Chain
YoY growth
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cinnabon | ▲12 | +17.4% |
| 2 | Smack Shack | ▲6 | +16.7% |
| 3 | Panda Express | ▲1 | +16.3% |
| 4 | Jersey Mike's Subs | ▼1 | +13.4% |
| 5 | India Palace | ▲9 | +12.8% |
| 6 | Tono Pizzeria + Cheesesteaks | ▲5 | +12.3% |
| 7 | Burger King | ▲2 | +11.3% |
| 8 | Hope Breakfast Bar | ▲6 | +10.5% |
| 9 | Zorbaz | ▲4 | +10.4% |
| 10 | Burger Dive | ▲3 | +10.1% |
| 11 | My Burger | ▲9 | +9.6% |
| 12 | Southern Social | ▲7 | +9.4% |
| 13 | Pizza Lucé | ▲2 | +8.9% |
| 14 | Five Guys | ▲1 | +8.8% |
| 15 | Chili's Grill & Bar | ▲1 | +8.8% |
- Bars, Pubs & Breweries
- Casual Dining
- Other restaurants
- Sandwich & Sub Shops
- Cafes & Bakery-Cafes
- Burger Chains
- Coffee Chains
- Other categories
Store footprint
Store map
9,365 tracked store locations in Minnesota, colored by category. The top 5 chains by store count run 1,262 of the 9,365 stores (13%); 4,869 of the 5,337 tracked chains have a single store here. 6% of the tracked food & drink stores here are coffee chains, against 4% across the United States.
- Bars, Pubs & Breweries (1,053)
- Casual Dining (904)
- Other restaurants (766)
- Sandwich & Sub Shops (681)
- Cafes & Bakery-Cafes (646)
- Burger Chains (622)
- Coffee Chains (607)
- Other categories
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Subway 328
- 2 Caribou Coffee 298
- 3 McDonald's 227
- 4 Dairy Queen 214
- 5 Starbucks 195
- 6 Domino's Pizza 147
- 7 Jimmy John's 115
- 8 Taco Bell 102
- 9 Burger King 102
- 10 Chipotle Mexican Grill 90
- 11 Papa Murphy's 84
- 12 Arby's 78
- 13 Wendy's 62
- 14 Taco John's 60
- 15 Culver's 58
- 16 Pizza Hut 57
- 17 Perkins American Food Co. 56
- 18 Jersey Mike's Subs 51
- 19 Pizza Ranch 44
- 20 Applebee's Grill + Bar 42
- 21 Leeann Chin 40
- 22 Bruegger's Bagels 38
- 23 Papa John's Pizza 38
- 24 KFC 36
- 25 Panera Bread 35
- 26 Buffalo Wild Wings 34
- 27 Dunkin' 33
- 28 Scooter's Coffee 31
- 29 Little Caesars 30
- 30 Qdoba 28
- 31 Chick-fil-A 27
- 32 Five Guys 25
- 33 Nautical Bowls 25
- 34 Panda Express 22
- 35 Wingstop 22
- 36 Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen 21
- 37 Potbelly Sandwich Shop 21
- 38 Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers 17
- 39 A&W Restaurant 17
- 40 White Castle 16
- 41 Hardee's 15
- 42 Denny's 14
- 43 Crisp & Green 14
- 44 Pizza Man 13
- 45 Famous Dave's 13
- 46 Olive Garden 13
- 47 Red's Savoy Pizza 13
- 48 Red Lobster 12
- 49 Nothing Bundt Cakes 12
- 50 Green Mill 11
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