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. Asad's Hot Chicken and LongHorn Steakhouse sit in the high-growth half.
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Asad's Hot Chicken | ▲12 | +18.1% |
| 2 | LongHorn Steakhouse | ▲3 | +16.2% |
| 3 | The Juice Pod | ▲4 | +15.8% |
| 4 | Texas Roadhouse | ▲1 | +15.6% |
| 5 | China Wok | ▲12 | +14.7% |
| 6 | P.J. Whelihan's Pub + Restaurant | ▲1 | +13.9% |
| 7 | The Capital Grille | ▲9 | +12.2% |
| 8 | The Cheesecake Factory | ▲1 | +9.9% |
| 9 | Aramark | ▲1 | +9.2% |
| 10 | Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen | - | +8.9% |
| 11 | Rey Azteca | ▲3 | +8.6% |
| 12 | Bonefish Grill | ▲6 | +8.6% |
| 13 | Philly Pretzel Factory | ▲8 | +8.0% |
| 14 | Jersey Mike's Subs | ▲3 | +7.9% |
| 15 | Mission BBQ | ▲5 | +7.9% |
- Pizzerias
- Casual Dining
- Bars, Pubs & Breweries
- Other restaurants
- Cafes & Bakery-Cafes
- Bakeries, Donuts & Desserts
- Chinese
- Other categories
Store footprint
Store map
13,216 tracked store locations in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD, colored by category. The top 5 chains by store count run 1,038 of the 13,216 stores (8%); 8,196 of the 8,979 tracked chains have a single store here. 8% of the tracked food & drink stores here are bars, pubs & breweries, against 11% across Pennsylvania.
- Pizzerias (1,338)
- Casual Dining (1,175)
- Bars, Pubs & Breweries (1,122)
- Other restaurants (1,029)
- Cafes & Bakery-Cafes (742)
- Bakeries, Donuts & Desserts (678)
- Chinese (641)
- Other categories
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Dunkin' 357
- 2 Starbucks 236
- 3 McDonald's 193
- 4 Rita's Italian Ice & Frozen Custard 135
- 5 Wendy's 117
- 6 Domino's Pizza 113
- 7 Burger King 112
- 8 Chipotle Mexican Grill 83
- 9 Chick-fil-A 78
- 10 Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen 73
- 11 Philly Pretzel Factory 59
- 12 Subway 58
- 13 Papa John's Pizza 58
- 14 PrimoHoagies 54
- 15 Taco Bell 54
- 16 Dairy Queen 52
- 17 Panera Bread 44
- 18 Applebee's Grill + Bar 43
- 19 Little Caesars 39
- 20 Saladworks 39
- 21 Auntie Anne's 36
- 22 Five Guys 35
- 23 Wingstop 31
- 24 Arby's 30
- 25 Pizza Hut 30
- 26 Manhattan Bagel 29
- 27 Jersey Mike's Subs 27
- 28 KFC 24
- 29 El Limon 22
- 30 IHOP 21
- 31 Smoothie King 21
- 32 Qdoba 21
- 33 Tropical Smoothie Cafe 20
- 34 Capriotti's Sandwich Shop 20
- 35 Playa Bowls 19
- 36 First Watch 19
- 37 Pat's Pizzeria 18
- 38 P.J. Whelihan's Pub + Restaurant 17
- 39 China Wok 17
- 40 Chili's Grill & Bar 17
- 41 Panda Express 17
- 42 Friendly's 17
- 43 Buffalo Wild Wings 17
- 44 Baskin-Robbins 17
- 45 Outback Steakhouse 17
- 46 Insomnia Cookies 16
- 47 China King 16
- 48 Nudy's Cafe 15
- 49 Nothing Bundt Cakes 15
- 50 LongHorn Steakhouse 15
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