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. CAVA and Anthony's Coal Fired Pizza sit in the high-growth half.
#
Chain
YoY growth
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
C
CAVA
|
▲7 | +19.6% |
| 2 |
A
Anthony's Coal Fired Pizza
|
▲11 | +18.5% |
| 3 |
P
P.F. Chang's
|
▲6 | +16.3% |
| 4 |
P
Plaza Azteca
|
▲10 | +16.0% |
| 5 |
T
The Capital Grille
|
▲8 | +14.9% |
| 6 |
S
Smoothie King
|
▲10 | +14.1% |
| 7 |
F
Freddy's Frozen Custard & Steakburgers
|
▲7 | +13.8% |
| 8 |
L
LongHorn Steakhouse
|
▲4 | +13.7% |
| 9 | C Crown Fried Chicken | ▲9 | +12.7% |
| 10 |
F
Firebirds Wood Fired Grill
|
▲6 | +11.2% |
| 11 | C China Wok | ▲1 | +10.5% |
| 12 |
S
Sedona Taphouse
|
▲9 | +10.4% |
| 13 |
M
Mission BBQ
|
▲7 | +10.3% |
| 14 |
W
Waffle House
|
- | +9.4% |
| 15 |
O
Outback Steakhouse
|
▲1 | +8.2% |
- Restaurant
- Pizzaria
- Fast Food Restaurant
- Casual Eatery
- Coffee Shop
- Bakery
- Bar
- Other categories
Store footprint
Store map
8,646 tracked store locations in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD, colored by category.
- Restaurant (3,345)
- Pizzaria (1,156)
- Fast Food Restaurant (824)
- Casual Eatery (750)
- Coffee Shop (424)
- Bakery (353)
- Bar (330)
- Other categories
Top tracked chains by store count
-
1
D
Dunkin' 231
-
2
M
McDonald's 166
-
3
S
Starbucks 121
-
4
W
Wendy's 112
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5
R
Rita's Italian Ice & Frozen Custard 112
-
6
D
Domino's Pizza 109
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7
B
Burger King 104
-
8
C
Chipotle Mexican Grill 81
-
9
C
Chick-fil-A 80
-
10
P
Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen 54
-
11
P
Philly Pretzel Factory 51
-
12
P
Papa John's Pizza 50
-
13
T
Taco Bell 48
-
14
D
Dairy Queen 47
-
15
P
PrimoHoagies 47
-
16
S
Subway 43
-
17
P
Panera Bread 41
-
18
A
Auntie Anne's 39
-
19
A
Applebee's Grill + Bar 37
-
20
F
Five Guys 35
-
21
S
Saladworks 33
-
22
W
Wingstop 31
-
23
A
Arby's 27
-
24
J
Jersey Mike's Subs 27
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25
M
Manhattan Bagel 27
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26
P
Pizza Hut 27
-
27
K
KFC 24
-
28
Q
Qdoba 22
-
29
F
First Watch 20
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30
I
IHOP 20
- 31 E El Limon 20
-
32
T
Tropical Smoothie Cafe 19
-
33
P
Playa Bowls 17
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34
P
Panda Express 17
-
35
O
-
36
B
Buffalo Wild Wings 17
-
37
C
Chili's Grill & Bar 16
-
38
S
-
39
L
Little Caesars 16
-
40
P
P.J. Whelihan's Pub + Restaurant 16
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41
R
Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers 15
-
42
N
Nothing Bundt Cakes 15
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43
B
Baskin-Robbins 15
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44
O
Olive Garden 14
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45
L
-
46
C
Capriotti's Sandwich Shop 14
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47
S
Shake Shack 13
-
48
K
Kung Fu Tea 12
-
49
P
Poke Bros. 12
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50
I
Iron Hill Brewery and Restaurant 12
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