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. Waffle House and Ruth's Chris Steak House sit in the high-growth half.
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Waffle House | ▲4 | +16.8% |
| 2 | Ruth's Chris Steak House | ▲13 | +16.6% |
| 3 | Olympic Steak & Pizza | ▲3 | +16.0% |
| 4 | Tupelo Honey Southern Kitchen & Bar | ▲18 | +15.1% |
| 5 | LongHorn Steakhouse | ▲2 | +14.6% |
| 6 | American Deli | ▲11 | +14.5% |
| 7 | Dutch Bros Coffee | ▲3 | +14.1% |
| 8 | Aubrey's | ▲2 | +13.8% |
| 9 | Gondolier Pizza | ▲10 | +12.1% |
| 10 | Buddy's Bar-B-Q | ▲4 | +11.9% |
| 11 | Gus's World Famous Fried Chicken | ▲10 | +11.4% |
| 12 | Jack Brown's Beer & Burger Joint | ▲12 | +10.5% |
| 13 | Panda Express | ▲2 | +9.4% |
| 14 | Tropical Smoothie Cafe | ▲2 | +8.8% |
| 15 | DosBros | ▲7 | +8.6% |
- Burger Chains
- Casual Dining
- Mexican Restaurants & Taquerias
- Bars, Pubs & Breweries
- Other restaurants
- Sandwich & Sub Shops
- Cafes & Bakery-Cafes
- Other categories
Store footprint
Store map
15,757 tracked store locations in Tennessee, colored by category. The top 5 chains by store count run 1,475 of the 15,757 stores (9%); 7,517 of the 8,464 tracked chains have a single store here. 10% of the tracked food & drink stores here are burger chains, against 7% across the United States.
- Burger Chains (1,632)
- Casual Dining (1,395)
- Mexican Restaurants & Taquerias (1,110)
- Bars, Pubs & Breweries (1,085)
- Other restaurants (1,041)
- Sandwich & Sub Shops (980)
- Cafes & Bakery-Cafes (884)
- Other categories
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Subway 372
- 2 McDonald's 366
- 3 Starbucks 281
- 4 Sonic Drive-In 229
- 5 Taco Bell 227
- 6 Wendy's 211
- 7 Burger King 199
- 8 Domino's Pizza 194
- 9 Little Caesars 156
- 10 Hardee's 149
- 11 Waffle House 144
- 12 Arby's 131
- 13 Papa John's Pizza 118
- 14 Dunkin' 118
- 15 Chick-fil-A 115
- 16 Pizza Hut 106
- 17 Zaxby's 101
- 18 Dairy Queen 89
- 19 Captain D's 86
- 20 KFC 82
- 21 Bojangles' 74
- 22 Krystal 70
- 23 Jersey Mike's Subs 67
- 24 Smoothie King 66
- 25 Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen 60
- 26 Firehouse Subs 60
- 27 Chipotle Mexican Grill 56
- 28 Cracker Barrel Old Country Store 56
- 29 Baskin-Robbins 53
- 30 Wingstop 52
- 31 Marco's Pizza 51
- 32 Panera Bread 49
- 33 Panda Express 49
- 34 Jimmy John's 48
- 35 Chili's Grill & Bar 39
- 36 Shoney's 38
- 37 McAlister's Deli 37
- 38 Tropical Smoothie Cafe 37
- 39 Cook Out 36
- 40 IHOP 35
- 41 Dutch Bros Coffee 34
- 42 Five Guys 34
- 43 Jet's Pizza 32
- 44 Applebee's Grill + Bar 28
- 45 Scooter's Coffee 28
- 46 Buffalo Wild Wings 28
- 47 Whataburger 27
- 48 First Watch 26
- 49 LongHorn Steakhouse 25
- 50 Pal's Sudden Service 24
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