Growth ranking
Fastest-growing tracked fast food restaurants 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. Culver's and Freddy's Frozen Custard & Steakburgers sit in the high-growth half.
#
Chain
YoY growth
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
C
Culver's
|
▲1 | +17.3% |
| 2 |
F
Freddy's Frozen Custard & Steakburgers
|
- | +15.4% |
| 3 |
L
Long John Silver's
|
- | +10.8% |
| 4 |
R
Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers
|
- | +10.4% |
| 5 |
D
Dairy Queen
|
- | +8.9% |
| 6 |
P
Panda Express
|
▲1 | +7.0% |
| 7 |
C
Chick-fil-A
|
- | +4.3% |
| 8 |
T
Taco Bell
|
▲1 | +1.6% |
| 9 |
M
McDonald's
|
- | -2.6% |
| 10 |
C
Cook Out
|
▲1 | -2.8% |
| 11 |
C
Checkers and Rally's
|
▲1 | -2.9% |
| 12 |
K
KFC
|
- | -3.9% |
| 13 |
A
Arby's
|
- | -4.7% |
| 14 |
S
Sonic Drive-In
|
▼1 | -4.8% |
| 15 |
B
Burger King
|
- | -5.2% |
- Chick-fil-A
- McDonald's
- Taco Bell
- Wendy's
- Burger King
- Cook Out
- Sonic Drive-In
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
1,234 tracked store locations in South Carolina. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.
- Chick-fil-A (107)
- McDonald's (154)
- Taco Bell (74)
- Wendy's (137)
- Burger King (167)
- Cook Out (35)
- Sonic Drive-In (78)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
-
1
B
-
2
M
-
3
W
Wendy's 137
-
4
C
-
5
A
-
6
H
Hardee's 94
-
7
S
-
8
T
-
9
K
-
10
C
-
11
F
Five Guys 33
-
12
D
-
13
P
-
14
W
Whataburger 18
-
15
F
-
16
C
-
17
C
- 18 R Rush's 5
-
19
J
Jack in the Box 5
-
20
L
- 21 H HipBurger 3
-
22
M
Mozzo Deli 3
-
23
K
Krystal 3
-
24
R
- 25 R Ruby's New York Style Bagels 3
- 26 W Wings Co. 2
-
27
F
Fazoli's 2
- 28 C Craft Taco 2
-
29
G
Guthrie's 2
- 30 N Nick's Gyros and Seafood 2
-
31
C
- 32 U US Wings & Deli 2
- 33 N Nick's Gyros and Grill 1
- 34 M Mayo Drive In 1
- 35 B Bowl N' Burrito 1
- 36 D Dairy Hut 1
- 37 H Hot Tamale 1
- 38 S Sno-Cap Drive in 1
- 39 H Hutto Seafood & Wings 1
- 40 J Jesse's Hot Subs 1
- 41 R Rico's Taco Cafe 1
- 42 S Southern Chicken 1
- 43 P Palmetto Fine Foods 1
- 44 K King Claw 1
- 45 T The Sheriff Burger 1
- 46 D Dixie Drive-In 1
- 47 S Sundae House 1
-
48
A
A&W Restaurant 1
- 49 A Anthony's Dairy Bar 1
- 50 S Stop N Go Wings & Deli 1
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