Trends · data through September 2026

Burger Chains in Ohio

Iceflower tracks 1,996 stores from 134 burger chains in Ohio. Wayback Burgers grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Culver's and Steak 'n Shake.

Rankings come from real card and bank transactions across a panel of 130M+ US and EU consumers. We publish relative growth and rankings, never revenue figures. About the data

Tracked chains
134
Tracked stores
1,996
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked burger 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. Wayback Burgers and Culver's sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 W Wayback Burgers logo Wayback Burgers ▲2 +18.8%
2 C Culver's logo Culver's - +18.5%
3 S Steak 'n Shake logo Steak 'n Shake - +9.5%
4 A A&W Restaurant logo A&W Restaurant - +9.5%
5 B Burger King logo Burger King - +3.4%
6 F Five Guys logo Five Guys - +2.5%
7 M McDonald's logo McDonald's - +0.7%
8 S Swensons Drive-In logo Swensons Drive-In ▲1 +0.4%
9 H Hardee's logo Hardee's - -0.8%
10 C Coaches Burger Bar - -2.4%
11 S Smashburger logo Smashburger - -4.1%
12 W White Castle logo White Castle - -4.1%
13 W Wendy's logo Wendy's - -7.2%
14 H Halal Burgers - -8.3%
15 F Flip Side - -8.5%
  • McDonald's
  • Wendy's
  • Burger King
  • Culver's
  • Five Guys
  • Steak 'n Shake
  • White Castle
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

1,996 tracked store locations in Ohio. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • McDonald's (659)
  • Wendy's (441)
  • Burger King (355)
  • Culver's (28)
  • Five Guys (70)
  • Steak 'n Shake (42)
  • White Castle (53)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

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