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. Chipotle Mexican Grill and Five Guys sit in the high-growth half.
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chipotle Mexican Grill | ▲1 | +17.1% |
| 2 | Five Guys | ▲1 | +13.1% |
| 3 | Subway | ▲1 | +11.7% |
| 4 | Chili's Grill & Bar | ▲1 | +6.7% |
| 5 | The Plum Tomato | ▲2 | +4.9% |
| 6 | McDonald's | - | +3.3% |
| 7 | Dairy Queen | ▲1 | +2.8% |
| 8 | Dunkin' | - | +2.7% |
| 9 | Great Wall | - | +1.9% |
| 10 | Mystic Pizza | - | +1.9% |
| 11 | Starbucks | ▲1 | +1.7% |
| 12 | Jersey Mike's Subs | - | -3.0% |
| 13 | Burger King | - | -3.1% |
| 14 | The Shack | ▼1 | -4.2% |
| 15 | Wendy's | - | -6.7% |
- Pizzerias
- Bars, Pubs & Breweries
- Casual Dining
- Other restaurants
- Coffee Chains
- Sandwich & Sub Shops
- Cafes & Bakery-Cafes
- Other categories
Store footprint
Store map
859 tracked store locations in Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT, colored by category. The top 5 chains by store count run 116 of the 859 stores (14%); 629 of the 674 tracked chains have a single store here. 10% of the tracked food & drink stores here are bars, pubs & breweries, against 7% across Connecticut.
- Pizzerias (88)
- Bars, Pubs & Breweries (87)
- Casual Dining (86)
- Other restaurants (84)
- Coffee Chains (68)
- Sandwich & Sub Shops (47)
- Cafes & Bakery-Cafes (45)
- Other categories
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Dunkin' 52
- 2 Subway 25
- 3 McDonald's 16
- 4 Starbucks 16
- 5 Dairy Queen 7
- 6 Domino's Pizza 6
- 7 Illiano's of Colchester 5
- 8 Jersey Mike's Subs 5
- 9 Burger King 5
- 10 Wendy's 5
- 11 The Shack 4
- 12 Moe's Southwest Grill 4
- 13 Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen 4
- 14 Wings 'n Pies 4
- 15 Mystic Pizza 3
- 16 Five Guys 3
- 17 Great Wall 3
- 18 The Plum Tomato 3
- 19 Chili's Grill & Bar 3
- 20 Panera Bread 3
- 21 Chipotle Mexican Grill 3
- 22 KFC 3
- 23 Taco Bell 3
- 24 Hard Rock Cafe 2
- 25 Oakdale Pizza 2
- 26 Pizzarama Drive-In 2
- 27 Pokemoto 2
- 28 Giuliano's Bakery 2
- 29 Bakers Dozen 2
- 30 Pizza Palace 2
- 31 Johnny Rockets 2
- 32 Gung Ho 2
- 33 Tox Brewing Company 2
- 34 China House 2
- 35 Friendly's 2
- 36 Dog Watch Cafe 2
- 37 Family Pizza 2
- 38 Sift Bake Shop 2
- 39 Beauty & Essex 1
- 40 D'Angelo Grilled Sandwiches 1
- 41 Wayback Burgers 1
- 42 Fox Farm Brewery 1
- 43 When Pigs Fly 1
- 44 Reunions Deli 1
- 45 Mystic Drawbridge Ice Cream 1
- 46 Washington Street Coffee House 1
- 47 Somewhere In Time 1
- 48 Guy Fieri's Foxwoods Kitchen & Bar 1
- 49 Bozrah Pizza Restaurant 1
- 50 Trigo Wood Fired Pizza 1
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