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. Nothing Bundt Cakes and HangOverEasy sit in the high-growth half.
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing Bundt Cakes | ▲7 | +18.9% |
| 2 | HangOverEasy | ▲5 | +17.8% |
| 3 | Culver's | ▲7 | +17.8% |
| 4 | Barry Bagels | ▲9 | +17.4% |
| 5 | Lee's Famous Recipe Chicken | ▲9 | +13.2% |
| 6 | The Original Pancake House | ▲9 | +12.7% |
| 7 | Eli's Sports Bar & Grill | ▲16 | +12.5% |
| 8 | El Vaquero Mexican Restaurant | ▲6 | +12.2% |
| 9 | Panera Bread | ▲2 | +11.7% |
| 10 | Mikey's Late Night Slice | ▲6 | +11.5% |
| 11 | Waffle House | ▲7 | +10.4% |
| 12 | Steak 'n Shake | ▲3 | +9.3% |
| 13 | Chick-fil-A | ▲2 | +9.0% |
| 14 | Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams | ▲3 | +7.6% |
| 15 | Panda Express | - | +7.4% |
- Bars, Pubs & Breweries
- Casual Dining
- Burger Chains
- Sandwich & Sub Shops
- Pizzerias
- Other restaurants
- Cafes & Bakery-Cafes
- Other categories
Store footprint
Store map
25,000 of 26,076 tracked store locations in Ohio, colored by category. The top 5 chains by store count run 2,545 of the 26,076 stores (10%); 12,577 of the 13,972 tracked chains have a single store here. 4% of the tracked food & drink stores here are Mexican restaurants & taquerias, against 6% across the United States.
- Bars, Pubs & Breweries (2,990)
- Casual Dining (2,334)
- Burger Chains (1,975)
- Sandwich & Sub Shops (1,974)
- Pizzerias (1,613)
- Other restaurants (1,495)
- Cafes & Bakery-Cafes (1,416)
- Other categories
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Subway 662
- 2 McDonald's 642
- 3 Starbucks 455
- 4 Wendy's 443
- 5 Burger King 343
- 6 Taco Bell 336
- 7 Dairy Queen 291
- 8 Domino's Pizza 288
- 9 Arby's 281
- 10 Chipotle Mexican Grill 265
- 11 Bob Evans 194
- 12 Dunkin' 192
- 13 Pizza Hut 181
- 14 Papa John's Pizza 178
- 15 Little Caesars 172
- 16 Panera Bread 145
- 17 Jimmy John's 145
- 18 Marco's Pizza 144
- 19 KFC 141
- 20 Tim Hortons 139
- 21 Jersey Mike's Subs 129
- 22 Donatos Pizza 123
- 23 Penn Station East Coast Subs 117
- 24 Buffalo Wild Wings 100
- 25 Skyline Chili 98
- 26 Chick-fil-A 94
- 27 Mr. Hero 93
- 28 Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen 89
- 29 Biggby Coffee 87
- 30 Wingstop 84
- 31 Waffle House 84
- 32 Applebee's Grill + Bar 74
- 33 Five Guys 70
- 34 Frisch's Big Boy 65
- 35 Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers 63
- 36 Panda Express 60
- 37 Charleys Cheesesteaks 59
- 38 White Castle 55
- 39 Tropical Smoothie Cafe 55
- 40 Checkers and Rally's 54
- 41 Hot Head Burritos 54
- 42 Romeo's Pizza 51
- 43 First Watch 49
- 44 Gionino's Pizzeria 49
- 45 Jet's Pizza 49
- 46 Cassano's Pizza King 49
- 47 Auntie Anne's 48
- 48 East of Chicago Pizza 45
- 49 BIBIBOP Asian Grill 42
- 50 Steak 'n Shake 42
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