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. Auntie Anne's and Nothing Bundt Cakes sit in the high-growth half.
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Auntie Anne's | ▲9 | +18.5% |
| 2 | Nothing Bundt Cakes | ▲7 | +17.0% |
| 3 | Metro Diner | ▲7 | +16.5% |
| 4 | Konnichiwa | ▲4 | +16.1% |
| 5 | CAVA | ▲5 | +13.1% |
| 6 | Culver's | ▲7 | +12.2% |
| 7 | Five Guys | ▲6 | +11.8% |
| 8 | American Deli | ▲18 | +8.8% |
| 9 | Burger King | ▲1 | +8.7% |
| 10 | Bonefish Grill | ▲3 | +8.5% |
| 11 | Freddy's Frozen Custard & Steakburgers | ▲6 | +8.0% |
| 12 | Panda Express | ▲4 | +7.5% |
| 13 | Rioz Brazilian Steakhouse | ▲6 | +7.3% |
| 14 | Mi Rancho | ▲1 | +7.2% |
| 15 | Giuseppi's Pizza | ▲16 | +6.8% |
- Casual Dining
- Burger Chains
- Bars, Pubs & Breweries
- Other restaurants
- Sandwich & Sub Shops
- Mexican Restaurants & Taquerias
- Chicken & Wings Fast Food
- Other categories
Store footprint
Store map
12,242 tracked store locations in South Carolina, colored by category. The top 5 chains by store count run 1,054 of the 12,242 stores (9%); 6,208 of the 6,970 tracked chains have a single store here. 5% of the tracked food & drink stores here are chicken & wings fast food, against 3% across the United States.
- Casual Dining (1,157)
- Burger Chains (1,048)
- Bars, Pubs & Breweries (993)
- Other restaurants (958)
- Sandwich & Sub Shops (800)
- Mexican Restaurants & Taquerias (677)
- Chicken & Wings Fast Food (636)
- Other categories
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 McDonald's 239
- 2 Subway 236
- 3 Starbucks 229
- 4 Waffle House 176
- 5 Burger King 174
- 6 Bojangles' 155
- 7 Wendy's 143
- 8 Hardee's 135
- 9 Domino's Pizza 124
- 10 Chick-fil-A 112
- 11 Dunkin' 110
- 12 Zaxby's 107
- 13 Little Caesars 101
- 14 Taco Bell 96
- 15 Jersey Mike's Subs 96
- 16 Arby's 95
- 17 Pizza Hut 84
- 18 Sonic Drive-In 81
- 19 Papa John's Pizza 76
- 20 KFC 71
- 21 Firehouse Subs 69
- 22 Chipotle Mexican Grill 51
- 23 Marco's Pizza 47
- 24 Panera Bread 41
- 25 Eggs Up Grill 40
- 26 Cook Out 40
- 27 Moe's Southwest Grill 39
- 28 Jimmy John's 36
- 29 Five Guys 35
- 30 Tropical Smoothie Cafe 35
- 31 Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen 34
- 32 Applebee's Grill + Bar 30
- 33 IHOP 30
- 34 Smoothie King 28
- 35 McAlister's Deli 28
- 36 Wingstop 26
- 37 Cracker Barrel Old Country Store 26
- 38 Dairy Queen 25
- 39 Groucho's Deli 25
- 40 Captain D's 25
- 41 Outback Steakhouse 24
- 42 Chili's Grill & Bar 20
- 43 Sub Station II 20
- 44 LongHorn Steakhouse 19
- 45 Huddle House 19
- 46 Panda Express 19
- 47 Krispy Kreme 19
- 48 Buffalo Wild Wings 18
- 49 Whataburger 18
- 50 Auntie Anne's 17
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