Growth ranking
Fastest-growing tracked burger 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. Bareburger and Frugals sit in the high-growth half.
#
Chain
YoY growth
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | B Bareburger | ▲20 | +19.4% |
| 2 | F Frugals | ▲9 | +15.0% |
| 3 |
H
Hopdoddy Burger Bar
|
- | +14.7% |
| 4 | D D.C. Cobb's | ▲19 | +14.6% |
| 5 | R Ron's Hamburgers & Chili | ▲9 | +12.7% |
| 6 |
I
Iceberg Drive Inn
|
▲4 | +11.2% |
| 7 |
S
Shake Shack
|
▲1 | +11.0% |
| 8 |
H
Huey's
|
▲6 | +10.8% |
| 9 | G Grumps Burgers | ▲14 | +10.4% |
| 10 |
I
In-N-Out Burger
|
▲1 | +10.1% |
| 11 |
S
Sonic
|
▲2 | +9.1% |
| 12 |
C
Culver's
|
- | +8.5% |
| 13 |
D
Dick's Drive-In
|
▲2 | +7.6% |
| 14 |
P
Pal's Sudden Service
|
▲1 | +7.2% |
| 15 |
S
Super Duper Burgers
|
▲6 | +7.2% |
- McDonald's
- Wendy's
- Burger King
- Culver's
- Sonic Drive-In
- Whataburger
- In-N-Out Burger
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
25,000 of 53,830 tracked store locations in the United States. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.
- McDonald's (14,625)
- Wendy's (6,362)
- Burger King (7,799)
- Culver's (931)
- Sonic Drive-In (3,647)
- Whataburger (1,222)
- In-N-Out Burger (335)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
-
1
M
McDonald's 14,625
-
2
B
Burger King 7,799
-
3
W
Wendy's 6,362
-
4
S
-
5
J
Jack in the Box 2,338
-
6
F
Five Guys 1,624
-
7
H
Hardee's 1,454
-
8
W
Whataburger 1,222
-
9
C
Carl's Jr. 941
-
10
C
-
11
F
Freddy's Frozen Custard & Steakburgers 568
-
12
C
Checkers and Rally's 412
-
13
S
-
14
S
Steak 'n Shake 409
-
15
W
White Castle 357
-
16
W
Wienerschnitzel 354
-
17
C
-
18
T
The Habit Burger Grill 337
-
19
I
-
20
J
Jack's 308
-
21
C
Cook Out 267
-
22
K
Krystal 261
-
23
S
Smashburger 251
-
24
A
A&W Restaurant 202
-
25
W
Wayback Burgers 154
-
26
B
BurgerFi 92
-
27
F
Farmer Boys 90
-
28
B
Blake's Lotaburger 90
-
29
F
Fatburger 85
-
30
A
Arctic Circle 78
-
31
S
-
32
H
Hwy 55 Burgers Shakes & Fries 75
-
33
R
Runza 69
-
34
J
Johnny Rockets 66
-
35
M
MOOYAH Burgers, Fries & Shakes 63
-
36
R
Rally's 59
-
37
B
Burgerville 49
-
38
F
Fuddruckers 43
-
39
S
Savvy Sliders 41
-
40
R
Roy Rogers 39
-
41
H
- 42 T The Stand 36
-
43
W
Wahlburgers 33
- 44 T Tam's Burgers 33
-
45
B
Baker's Drive-Thru 33
- 46 B Bareburger 32
- 47 O Original Tommy's 31
-
48
N
Nation's Giant Hamburgers 31
-
49
P
-
50
W
Ward's Restaurant 28
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