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. Stars Drive In and Burgerville sit in the high-growth half.
#
Chain
YoY growth
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
S
Stars Drive In
|
▲7 | +19.9% |
| 2 |
B
Burgerville
|
▲1 | +18.3% |
| 3 |
H
Hartz Chicken Buffet
|
▲9 | +18.0% |
| 4 | W Wings and Seafood | ▲11 | +17.7% |
| 5 |
S
Savvy Sliders
|
▲3 | +16.4% |
| 6 |
Z
Zero's Subs
|
▲3 | +16.4% |
| 7 |
P
Pick Up Stix
|
▲7 | +15.7% |
| 8 |
B
Burros & Fries
|
▲7 | +14.7% |
| 9 |
C
Char-Grill
|
▲9 | +14.5% |
| 10 | B Baba's Famous Steak & Lemonade | ▲10 | +14.0% |
| 11 |
F
Fosters Freeze
|
▲8 | +13.6% |
| 12 |
P
P.T.'s Olde Fashioned Grille
|
▲10 | +13.3% |
| 13 |
I
In-N-Out Burger
|
▲2 | +13.0% |
| 14 | B Bob's Burgers | ▲12 | +12.4% |
| 15 |
M
MOOYAH Burgers, Fries & Shakes
|
▲6 | +12.3% |
- McDonald's
- Chick-fil-A
- Taco Bell
- Wendy's
- Burger King
- Panda Express
- Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
25,000 of 68,525 tracked store locations in the United States. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.
- McDonald's (11,554)
- Chick-fil-A (3,233)
- Taco Bell (4,953)
- Wendy's (5,771)
- Burger King (6,923)
- Panda Express (2,554)
- Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers (848)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
-
1
M
McDonald's 11,554
-
2
B
Burger King 6,923
-
3
W
Wendy's 5,771
-
4
T
Taco Bell 4,953
-
5
D
Dairy Queen 3,658
-
6
C
Chick-fil-A 3,233
-
7
S
Sonic Drive-In 3,230
-
8
A
Arby's 3,176
-
9
P
Panda Express 2,554
-
10
K
KFC 2,267
-
11
J
Jack in the Box 2,064
-
12
F
Five Guys 1,439
-
13
H
Hardee's 1,249
-
14
W
Whataburger 1,211
-
15
C
Culver's 854
-
16
R
Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers 848
-
17
C
Carl's Jr. 726
-
18
Q
Qdoba 636
-
19
D
Del Taco 611
-
20
F
Freddy's Frozen Custard & Steakburgers 549
-
21
S
Steak 'n Shake 411
-
22
C
Checkers and Rally's 375
-
23
S
Shake Shack 361
-
24
W
White Castle 329
-
25
L
Long John Silver's 310
-
26
I
-
27
W
Wienerschnitzel 294
-
28
J
Jack's 274
-
29
C
Cook Out 259
-
30
K
Krystal 231
-
31
G
Golden Chick 216
-
32
T
Taco John's 199
-
33
D
Dave's Hot Chicken 181
-
34
F
Fazoli's 176
-
35
C
-
36
B
Braum's 173
-
37
S
Salad and Go 141
-
38
A
A&W Restaurant 135
-
39
T
Taco Bueno 116
-
40
T
Taco Casa 111
-
41
R
Rally's 110
-
42
P
Portillo's 103
-
43
C
Chicken Express 96
-
44
F
Farmer Boys 81
-
45
A
Arctic Circle 81
-
46
T
Taco Time 77
-
47
F
Flame Broiler 69
-
48
Y
Yoshinoya 69
-
49
J
Jollibee 64
-
50
T
Taco Cabana 61
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