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. Shake Shack and Wingstop sit in the high-growth half.
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shake Shack | ▲4 | +18.9% |
| 2 | Wingstop | ▲5 | +17.2% |
| 3 | Sal's Pizzeria | ▲7 | +16.4% |
| 4 | Baskin-Robbins | ▲7 | +16.4% |
| 5 | The Retreat | ▲9 | +16.3% |
| 6 | Ruth's Chris Steak House | ▲14 | +15.6% |
| 7 | Chopt Creative Salad Co. | ▲13 | +14.4% |
| 8 | China King | ▲1 | +12.7% |
| 9 | Yard House | ▲15 | +11.4% |
| 10 | Panda Express | ▲6 | +10.7% |
| 11 | Cold Stone Creamery | ▼1 | +10.5% |
| 12 | Uncommon Grounds Coffee & Bagels | ▲3 | +10.4% |
| 13 | Paris Baguette | ▲6 | +9.1% |
| 14 | Brooklyn Pickle | ▲8 | +8.2% |
| 15 | Van Leeuwen Ice Cream | ▲5 | +7.8% |
- Bars, Pubs & Breweries
- Casual Dining
- Other restaurants
- Pizzerias
- Cafes & Bakery-Cafes
- Sandwich & Sub Shops
- Bakeries, Donuts & Desserts
- Other categories
Store footprint
Store map
25,000 of 41,066 tracked store locations in New York, colored by category. The top 5 chains by store count run 3,104 of the 41,066 stores (8%); 25,987 of the 28,469 tracked chains have a single store here. 3% of the tracked food & drink stores here are Mexican restaurants & taquerias, against 6% across the United States.
- Bars, Pubs & Breweries (4,097)
- Casual Dining (3,740)
- Other restaurants (3,675)
- Pizzerias (3,048)
- Cafes & Bakery-Cafes (3,040)
- Sandwich & Sub Shops (2,803)
- Bakeries, Donuts & Desserts (2,242)
- Other categories
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Dunkin' 904
- 2 Starbucks 713
- 3 McDonald's 621
- 4 Subway 491
- 5 Burger King 375
- 6 Tim Hortons 289
- 7 Taco Bell 242
- 8 Domino's Pizza 238
- 9 Chipotle Mexican Grill 231
- 10 Wendy's 224
- 11 Baskin-Robbins 219
- 12 Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen 163
- 13 Carvel Ice Cream 154
- 14 Panera Bread 143
- 15 KFC 114
- 16 Papa John's Pizza 101
- 17 Applebee's Grill + Bar 100
- 18 Jersey Mike's Subs 98
- 19 Five Guys 97
- 20 Little Caesars 95
- 21 Wingstop 84
- 22 Pizza Hut 81
- 23 Auntie Anne's 77
- 24 Chick-fil-A 68
- 25 Arby's 67
- 26 Shake Shack 65
- 27 IHOP 64
- 28 Moe's Southwest Grill 64
- 29 Buffalo Wild Wings 56
- 30 Tropical Smoothie Cafe 52
- 31 Just Salad 46
- 32 Pret A Manger 45
- 33 Dairy Queen 42
- 34 Denny's 42
- 35 Paris Baguette 40
- 36 Cold Stone Creamery 35
- 37 Chili's Grill & Bar 34
- 38 Charleys Cheesesteaks 32
- 39 Friendly's 31
- 40 China King 30
- 41 Olive Garden 30
- 42 China Wok 30
- 43 Jreck Subs 29
- 44 Joe & The Juice 29
- 45 Panda Express 26
- 46 Golden Krust 25
- 47 NAYA 25
- 48 Red Lobster 24
- 49 Outback Steakhouse 23
- 50 Texas Roadhouse 23
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