Trends · data through September 2026

Burger Chains in Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN

Iceflower tracks 446 stores from 58 burger chains in Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN. Steak 'n Shake grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Jack Brown's Beer & Burger Joint and Jack in the Box.

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
58
Tracked stores
446
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. Steak 'n Shake and Jack Brown's Beer & Burger Joint sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 S Steak 'n Shake logo Steak 'n Shake - +19.5%
2 J Jack Brown's Beer & Burger Joint logo Jack Brown's Beer & Burger Joint - +13.6%
3 J Jack in the Box logo Jack in the Box ▲1 +12.6%
4 W Whataburger logo Whataburger ▲1 +12.4%
5 B Burger King logo Burger King - +8.1%
6 S Shake Shack logo Shake Shack - +7.3%
7 C Culver's logo Culver's - +5.5%
8 W White Castle logo White Castle ▼1 +4.3%
9 F Five Guys logo Five Guys - +1.2%
10 M McDonald's logo McDonald's - +1.0%
11 F Fat Mo's - -2.7%
12 C Cook Out logo Cook Out - -3.2%
13 H Hardee's logo Hardee's ▼1 -5.0%
14 W Wendy's logo Wendy's - -7.3%
15 S Sonic Drive-In logo Sonic Drive-In - -8.7%
  • McDonald's
  • Sonic Drive-In
  • Wendy's
  • Burger King
  • Whataburger
  • Hardee's
  • Cook Out
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

446 tracked store locations in Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • McDonald's (98)
  • Sonic Drive-In (71)
  • Wendy's (52)
  • Burger King (51)
  • Whataburger (16)
  • Hardee's (34)
  • Cook Out (8)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

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