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. The Taco Stand and Urbane Cafe sit in the high-growth half.
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Chain
YoY growth
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Taco Stand | ▲8 | +16.9% |
| 2 | Urbane Cafe | - | +13.6% |
| 3 | Menchie's Frozen Yogurt | ▲9 | +11.7% |
| 4 | Brigantine | ▲2 | +11.6% |
| 5 | Village Pizza | ▲10 | +11.2% |
| 6 | Wienerschnitzel | ▲7 | +10.8% |
| 7 | See's Candies | ▲6 | +10.4% |
| 8 | Tajima | ▲6 | +10.2% |
| 9 | Burger King | ▲6 | +10.1% |
| 10 | Handel's Homemade Ice Cream | ▲6 | +10.0% |
| 11 | Valerio's Tropical Bakeshop | ▲7 | +9.6% |
| 12 | In-N-Out Burger | ▲2 | +9.0% |
| 13 | Outback Steakhouse | ▲3 | +8.3% |
| 14 | CAVA | ▲7 | +8.3% |
| 15 | Del Taco | ▲7 | +8.0% |
- Mexican Restaurants & Taquerias
- Cafes & Bakery-Cafes
- Bars, Pubs & Breweries
- Other restaurants
- Casual Dining
- Burger Chains
- Coffee Chains
- Other categories
Store footprint
Store map
8,288 tracked store locations in San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA, colored by category. The top 5 chains by store count run 689 of the 8,288 stores (8%); 4,847 of the 5,457 tracked chains have a single store here.
- Mexican Restaurants & Taquerias (823)
- Cafes & Bakery-Cafes (689)
- Bars, Pubs & Breweries (631)
- Other restaurants (537)
- Casual Dining (526)
- Burger Chains (523)
- Coffee Chains (413)
- Other categories
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Starbucks 331
- 2 McDonald's 109
- 3 Jack in the Box 105
- 4 Subway 77
- 5 Panda Express 67
- 6 Carl's Jr. 63
- 7 Domino's Pizza 62
- 8 Little Caesars 57
- 9 Rubio's 47
- 10 Jersey Mike's Subs 45
- 11 Jamba 43
- 12 Chipotle Mexican Grill 41
- 13 Taco Bell 39
- 14 Denny's 37
- 15 Burger King 35
- 16 Wendy's 32
- 17 El Pollo Loco 32
- 18 Cold Stone Creamery 28
- 19 Wingstop 24
- 20 Papa John's Pizza 23
- 21 Better Buzz Coffee 22
- 22 Roberto's Taco Shop 22
- 23 Einstein Bros. Bagels 22
- 24 Baskin-Robbins 22
- 25 IHOP 22
- 26 Round Table Pizza 21
- 27 Dunkin' 21
- 28 In-N-Out Burger 21
- 29 Chick-fil-A 21
- 30 Panera Bread 20
- 31 Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen 20
- 32 The Habit Burger Grill 20
- 33 KFC 19
- 34 Del Taco 18
- 35 Wienerschnitzel 17
- 36 Luna Grill 17
- 37 See's Candies 16
- 38 Yum Yum Donuts 15
- 39 Five Guys 14
- 40 Pizza Hut 14
- 41 Wetzel's Pretzels 14
- 42 Peet's Coffee 14
- 43 Cotijas Taco Shop 12
- 44 Epic Wings 12
- 45 Buffalo Wild Wings 12
- 46 Chili's Grill & Bar 12
- 47 L&L Hawaiian Barbecue 11
- 48 Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers 11
- 49 Broken Yolk Cafe 10
- 50 Dairy Queen 10
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