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. LongHorn Steakhouse and Taco Bell sit in the high-growth half.
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | LongHorn Steakhouse | ▲1 | +15.3% |
| 2 | Taco Bell | ▲3 | +13.2% |
| 3 | Panera Bread | ▲2 | +12.6% |
| 4 | Five Guys | ▲2 | +12.3% |
| 5 | Denny's | ▲4 | +11.6% |
| 6 | Panda Express | - | +8.2% |
| 7 | Chipotle Mexican Grill | ▲1 | +7.9% |
| 8 | Perkins American Food Co. | - | +7.0% |
| 9 | Burger King | ▲2 | +6.2% |
| 10 | Chick-fil-A | ▲3 | +5.2% |
| 11 | Scooter's Coffee | ▲1 | +4.9% |
| 12 | Meg-A-Latte | ▲2 | +4.5% |
| 13 | Qdoba | - | +4.2% |
| 14 | McDonald's | - | +4.1% |
| 15 | Kroll's Diner | ▲1 | +2.9% |
- Bars, Pubs & Breweries
- Casual Dining
- Cafes & Bakery-Cafes
- Sandwich & Sub Shops
- Burger Chains
- Coffee Chains
- Pizza Chains
- Other categories
Store footprint
Store map
1,247 tracked store locations in North Dakota, colored by category. The top 5 chains by store count run 163 of the 1,247 stores (13%); 675 of the 774 tracked chains have a single store here. 14% of the tracked food & drink stores here are bars, pubs & breweries, against 9% across the United States.
- Bars, Pubs & Breweries (169)
- Casual Dining (134)
- Cafes & Bakery-Cafes (109)
- Sandwich & Sub Shops (90)
- Burger Chains (87)
- Coffee Chains (72)
- Pizza Chains (66)
- Other categories
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Dairy Queen 41
- 2 Subway 35
- 3 Caribou Coffee 33
- 4 McDonald's 28
- 5 Starbucks 26
- 6 Taco John's 21
- 7 Burger King 20
- 8 Domino's Pizza 18
- 9 Jimmy John's 14
- 10 Little Caesars 12
- 11 Pizza Ranch 12
- 12 Applebee's Grill + Bar 12
- 13 Arby's 11
- 14 Papa Murphy's 10
- 15 Papa John's Pizza 9
- 16 Taco Bell 9
- 17 Qdoba 8
- 18 Buffalo Wild Wings 8
- 19 Pizza Hut 7
- 20 Culver's 7
- 21 Wendy's 7
- 22 KFC 7
- 23 Hardee's 6
- 24 Five Guys 6
- 25 Panda Express 5
- 26 Perkins American Food Co. 5
- 27 JL Beers 5
- 28 Jersey Mike's Subs 5
- 29 Chick-fil-A 5
- 30 Scooter's Coffee 4
- 31 Power Plate Meals 4
- 32 Kroll's Diner 4
- 33 Jimmy's Pizza 4
- 34 Olive Garden 4
- 35 LongHorn Steakhouse 4
- 36 Panera Bread 4
- 37 Meg-A-Latte 4
- 38 Texas Roadhouse 3
- 39 IHOP 3
- 40 Chipotle Mexican Grill 3
- 41 Tropical Smoothie Cafe 3
- 42 Slim Chickens 3
- 43 Denny's 3
- 44 Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen 3
- 45 Red Pepper 2
- 46 Blarney Stone Pub 2
- 47 Wurst Bier Hall 2
- 48 Famous Dave's 2
- 49 Lucky's 13 Pub 2
- 50 Rhombus Guys 2
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