Growth ranking
Fastest-growing tracked fast food restaurants 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. Culver's and Panda Express sit in the high-growth half.
#
Chain
YoY growth
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
C
Culver's
|
▲1 | +19.4% |
| 2 |
P
Panda Express
|
- | +18.6% |
| 3 |
C
Char-Grill
|
- | +15.1% |
| 4 |
P
P.T.'s Olde Fashioned Grille
|
- | +13.8% |
| 5 |
Q
Qdoba
|
- | +6.4% |
| 6 |
D
Dairy Queen
|
▼1 | +4.2% |
| 7 |
F
Freddy's Frozen Custard & Steakburgers
|
- | +1.7% |
| 8 |
T
Taco Bell
|
- | +1.6% |
| 9 |
C
Chick-fil-A
|
- | +1.0% |
| 10 |
C
Cook Out
|
- | +0.5% |
| 11 |
M
McDonald's
|
- | +0.2% |
| 12 |
B
Burger King
|
- | 0.0% |
| 13 |
S
Shake Shack
|
- | -2.0% |
| 14 |
F
Five Guys
|
- | -2.1% |
| 15 |
S
Sonic Drive-In
|
- | -3.6% |
- McDonald's
- Chick-fil-A
- Taco Bell
- Cook Out
- Wendy's
- Burger King
- Hardee's
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
2,346 tracked store locations in North Carolina. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.
- McDonald's (372)
- Chick-fil-A (207)
- Taco Bell (159)
- Cook Out (88)
- Wendy's (267)
- Burger King (270)
- Hardee's (203)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
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1
M
-
2
B
-
3
W
Wendy's 267
-
4
C
-
5
H
Hardee's 203
-
6
T
-
7
A
Arby's 145
-
8
K
KFC 105
-
9
D
-
10
C
-
11
S
-
12
F
-
13
P
-
14
J
Jack in the Box 18
-
15
C
-
16
F
-
17
W
Whataburger 17
-
18
Q
-
19
S
-
20
S
Steak 'n Shake 7
-
21
C
Checkers 6
-
22
C
- 23 A Aggie's Steak and Subs 3
- 24 S Shortstops 3
- 25 K Kobe Express 3
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26
P
-
27
D
Dave's Hot Chicken 3
- 28 L Little J's Pizza & Subs 2
- 29 J Jimmy's Famous Hot Dogs 2
- 30 M Mountain Fried Chicken 2
- 31 W Warren's Hot Dogs 2
-
32
D
Del Taco 2
- 33 C Cali Style Burger 2
-
34
R
Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers 2
- 35 P Pretzel Time 2
-
36
S
- 37 T Tacos Don Sammy 1
- 38 E El Tacorriendo 1
- 39 B Burger Bar 1
- 40 T Taqueria Yanet 1
- 41 S Skid's Drive-In 1
- 42 T The Hot Dog King 1
- 43 T The Chicken Box Cafe 1
- 44 F Flaming Amys Burrito Bar 1
- 45 R Ricko's Churro Bar 1
- 46 A Antojitos Mya’s 1
- 47 D Davino's Pizza of Mooresville 1
- 48 A Awesome Burger 1
- 49 W Williamson's Country Store and Grill 1
- 50 P Papa Lee's Grill 1
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