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. Ichiran and Tim Hortons sit in the high-growth half.
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ichiran | ▲18 | +16.6% |
| 2 | Tim Hortons | ▲13 | +16.4% |
| 3 | Rook Coffee | ▲18 | +16.2% |
| 4 | Melt Shop | ▲18 | +16.1% |
| 5 | Tommy's Tavern and Tap | ▲2 | +15.6% |
| 6 | Lenwich | ▲16 | +15.0% |
| 7 | Tropical Smoothie Cafe | ▲14 | +14.7% |
| 8 | Kennedy Fried Chicken | ▲16 | +13.3% |
| 9 | Chopt Creative Salad Co. | ▲17 | +12.1% |
| 10 | Brooklyn Diner | ▲8 | +9.8% |
| 11 | Zaro's Family Bakery | ▲14 | +9.8% |
| 12 | Van Leeuwen Ice Cream | ▲15 | +8.3% |
| 13 | Dos Toros Taqueria | ▲11 | +7.9% |
| 14 | 16 Handles | ▲3 | +7.8% |
| 15 | Paris Baguette | ▲2 | +7.8% |
- Other restaurants
- Casual Dining
- Bars, Pubs & Breweries
- Cafes & Bakery-Cafes
- Pizzerias
- Bakeries, Donuts & Desserts
- Sandwich & Sub Shops
- Other categories
Store footprint
Store map
25,000 of 39,730 tracked store locations in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ, colored by category. The top 5 chains by store count run 2,609 of the 39,730 stores (7%); 24,964 of the 27,464 tracked chains have a single store here. 8% of the tracked food & drink stores here are bars, pubs & breweries, against 10% across New York.
- Other restaurants (3,490)
- Casual Dining (3,065)
- Bars, Pubs & Breweries (2,984)
- Cafes & Bakery-Cafes (2,814)
- Pizzerias (2,749)
- Bakeries, Donuts & Desserts (2,747)
- Sandwich & Sub Shops (2,593)
- Other categories
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Dunkin' 846
- 2 Starbucks 712
- 3 McDonald's 467
- 4 Burger King 300
- 5 Baskin-Robbins 284
- 6 Domino's Pizza 281
- 7 Chipotle Mexican Grill 245
- 8 Wendy's 212
- 9 Subway 200
- 10 Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen 189
- 11 Carvel Ice Cream 187
- 12 Taco Bell 186
- 13 Jersey Mike's Subs 156
- 14 Panera Bread 142
- 15 Papa John's Pizza 123
- 16 Wingstop 107
- 17 IHOP 93
- 18 Five Guys 85
- 19 Chick-fil-A 84
- 20 Applebee's Grill + Bar 83
- 21 Auntie Anne's 81
- 22 Shake Shack 78
- 23 Playa Bowls 78
- 24 KFC 74
- 25 Rita's Italian Ice & Frozen Custard 68
- 26 Paris Baguette 64
- 27 Little Caesars 60
- 28 Dairy Queen 60
- 29 White Castle 60
- 30 Tropical Smoothie Cafe 60
- 31 Buffalo Wild Wings 58
- 32 Just Salad 54
- 33 Bubbakoo's Burritos 52
- 34 Pizza Hut 48
- 35 Pret A Manger 47
- 36 Gong Cha 44
- 37 Moe's Southwest Grill 44
- 38 Qdoba 43
- 39 Panda Express 43
- 40 Tim Hortons 42
- 41 Charleys Cheesesteaks 38
- 42 Smashburger 36
- 43 Chili's Grill & Bar 33
- 44 Sarku Japan 31
- 45 Golden Krust 30
- 46 Sweetgreen 28
- 47 Frank's Pizza 28
- 48 Joe & The Juice 28
- 49 Bluestone Lane 27
- 50 Outback Steakhouse 26
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