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. Baja's Fresh Grill and The Nest sit in the high-growth half.
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Baja's Fresh Grill | - | +17.4% |
| 2 | The Nest | ▲2 | +11.8% |
| 3 | Empire Tea & Coffee | ▲1 | +10.1% |
| 4 | Applebee's Grill + Bar | - | +9.1% |
| 5 | Antonio's Pizza | ▲3 | +7.8% |
| 6 | Texas Roadhouse | ▲1 | +6.4% |
| 7 | Panera Bread | - | +6.0% |
| 8 | Gansett Wraps | ▲2 | +6.0% |
| 9 | Five Guys | ▲1 | +4.1% |
| 10 | Newport Creamery | ▲1 | +1.1% |
| 11 | Jersey Mike's Subs | ▲1 | +1.0% |
| 12 | Dunkin' | - | +0.9% |
| 13 | El Tapatio Mexican Restaurant | - | +0.6% |
| 14 | McDonald's | - | +0.1% |
| 15 | Sonic Drive-In | ▲2 | -0.1% |
- Casual Dining
- Bars, Pubs & Breweries
- Other restaurants
- Pizzerias
- Cafes & Bakery-Cafes
- Coffee Chains
- Bakeries, Donuts & Desserts
- Other categories
Store footprint
Store map
2,752 tracked store locations in Rhode Island, colored by category. The top 5 chains by store count run 299 of the 2,752 stores (11%); 1,904 of the 2,062 tracked chains have a single store here. 3% of the tracked food & drink stores here are Mexican restaurants & taquerias, against 6% across the United States.
- Casual Dining (308)
- Bars, Pubs & Breweries (271)
- Other restaurants (268)
- Pizzerias (227)
- Cafes & Bakery-Cafes (207)
- Coffee Chains (201)
- Bakeries, Donuts & Desserts (152)
- Other categories
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Dunkin' 160
- 2 Subway 47
- 3 Starbucks 33
- 4 McDonald's 32
- 5 Domino's Pizza 27
- 6 Burger King 26
- 7 Taco Bell 17
- 8 Wendy's 16
- 9 Chipotle Mexican Grill 15
- 10 KFC 14
- 11 Jersey Mike's Subs 13
- 12 Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen 10
- 13 California Taco Shop 8
- 14 Newport Creamery 8
- 15 Panera Bread 8
- 16 Applebee's Grill + Bar 7
- 17 D'Angelo Grilled Sandwiches 6
- 18 Five Guys 6
- 19 Baja's Fresh Grill 6
- 20 Chili's Grill & Bar 6
- 21 IHOP 5
- 22 Filippou's Twisted Pizza 5
- 23 Seven Stars Bakery 5
- 24 Dragon Palace 5
- 25 Chelo's Hometown Bar & Grille 5
- 26 Antonio's Pizza 4
- 27 Gansett Wraps 4
- 28 Pasta Beach Newport 4
- 29 Gregg's Restaurants and Taverns 4
- 30 Flo's Clam Shack 3
- 31 Iggy's Doughboys & Chowder House 3
- 32 Sonic Drive-In 3
- 33 Empire Tea & Coffee 3
- 34 T's Restaurant 3
- 35 Texas Roadhouse 3
- 36 China Star 3
- 37 El Tapatio Mexican Restaurant 3
- 38 Shake Shack 3
- 39 Clementine's Homemade Ice Cream 3
- 40 The Nest 3
- 41 99 Restaurants 3
- 42 Borealis Coffee Company 2
- 43 Diego's 2
- 44 Caliente Mexican Grill 2
- 45 CAVA 2
- 46 Jitters Cafe 2
- 47 Classic Pizza 2
- 48 Provencal Bakery & Cafe 2
- 49 Buffalo Wild Wings 2
- 50 Chomp Kitchen and Drinks 2
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