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. Twistee Treat and Panda Express sit in the high-growth half.
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Twistee Treat | ▲7 | +16.1% |
| 2 | Panda Express | ▲10 | +16.0% |
| 3 | Perry's BBQ | ▲13 | +14.9% |
| 4 | Baskin-Robbins | ▲9 | +14.0% |
| 5 | Steak 'n Shake | ▲3 | +10.7% |
| 6 | Qdoba | ▲15 | +10.5% |
| 7 | Culver's | ▲2 | +9.6% |
| 8 | Nothing Bundt Cakes | ▲9 | +9.1% |
| 9 | Buddy Brew Coffee | ▲2 | +7.9% |
| 10 | The Hungry Greek | ▲7 | +7.0% |
| 11 | Church's Chicken | ▲10 | +5.2% |
| 12 | Texas Roadhouse | - | +5.0% |
| 13 | Dunkin' | ▲2 | +4.9% |
| 14 | Chick-fil-A | - | +4.6% |
| 15 | Waffle House | ▲4 | +4.3% |
- Bars, Pubs & Breweries
- Casual Dining
- Other restaurants
- Burger Chains
- Cafes & Bakery-Cafes
- Sandwich & Sub Shops
- Mexican Restaurants & Taquerias
- Other categories
Store footprint
Store map
7,517 tracked store locations in Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL, colored by category. The top 5 chains by store count run 538 of the 7,517 stores (7%); 4,297 of the 4,800 tracked chains have a single store here. 10% of the tracked food & drink stores here are bars, pubs & breweries, against 8% across Florida.
- Bars, Pubs & Breweries (724)
- Casual Dining (603)
- Other restaurants (523)
- Burger Chains (485)
- Cafes & Bakery-Cafes (433)
- Sandwich & Sub Shops (351)
- Mexican Restaurants & Taquerias (314)
- Other categories
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Starbucks 133
- 2 McDonald's 131
- 3 Dunkin' 105
- 4 Burger King 85
- 5 Subway 84
- 6 Wendy's 78
- 7 Domino's Pizza 67
- 8 Chick-fil-A 54
- 9 Taco Bell 48
- 10 Papa John's Pizza 45
- 11 Chipotle Mexican Grill 39
- 12 Little Caesars 39
- 13 Hungry Howie's Pizza 38
- 14 Marco's Pizza 34
- 15 Panera Bread 30
- 16 Smoothie King 29
- 17 Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen 29
- 18 Baskin-Robbins 29
- 19 Chili's Grill & Bar 28
- 20 Charleys Cheesesteaks 28
- 21 Pizza Hut 27
- 22 Jimmy John's 27
- 23 Beef 'O' Brady's 26
- 24 Culver's 26
- 25 Jersey Mike's Subs 25
- 26 Firehouse Subs 25
- 27 First Watch 24
- 28 Five Guys 24
- 29 Dairy Queen 24
- 30 Checkers 23
- 31 Wingstop 23
- 32 Tijuana Flats 23
- 33 Waffle House 23
- 34 Arby's 22
- 35 Applebee's Grill + Bar 22
- 36 Steak 'n Shake 20
- 37 KFC 20
- 38 Outback Steakhouse 19
- 39 Twistee Treat 18
- 40 IHOP 17
- 41 Moe's Southwest Grill 16
- 42 Einstein Bros. Bagels 16
- 43 Tropical Smoothie Cafe 16
- 44 Zaxby's 15
- 45 Carrabba's Italian Grill 15
- 46 Sonic Drive-In 14
- 47 China Wok 14
- 48 Village Inn 14
- 49 Panda Express 14
- 50 Little Greek Fresh Grill 13
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