Growth ranking
Fastest-growing tracked Mediterranean & Middle Eastern 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. Nick The Greek and Eat Greek sit in the high-growth half.
#
Chain
YoY growth
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
N
Nick The Greek
|
▲3 | +19.6% |
| 2 | E Eat Greek | ▲13 | +18.4% |
| 3 | S Sam's Gyros | ▲8 | +15.3% |
| 4 | T The Green Olive | ▲10 | +15.2% |
| 5 | Z Zaytoon Mediterranean Grill | ▲15 | +14.9% |
| 6 |
C
CAVA
|
- | +13.8% |
| 7 | A AnF Gyros & Grill | ▲11 | +13.7% |
| 8 |
P
Panini Kabob Grill
|
▲5 | +13.5% |
| 9 | S Shawarma Shack | ▲13 | +13.3% |
| 10 |
D
Delbar
|
▲5 | +13.3% |
| 11 |
P
Pita Way
|
▲1 | +12.6% |
| 12 | O Opa Grill & Tavern | ▲8 | +12.6% |
| 13 | G Gyro Hut | ▲5 | +12.1% |
| 14 |
T
Taziki's Mediterranean Cafe
|
- | +11.7% |
| 15 | E Ema | ▲13 | +11.7% |
- CAVA
- Taziki's Mediterranean Cafe
- Luna Grill
- Aladdin's Eatery
- The Great Greek Mediterranean Grill
- mezeh
- Moby Dick House of Kabob
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
8,518 tracked store locations in the United States. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.
- CAVA (309)
- Taziki's Mediterranean Cafe (89)
- Luna Grill (54)
- Aladdin's Eatery (29)
- The Great Greek Mediterranean Grill (76)
- mezeh (44)
- Moby Dick House of Kabob (27)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
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1
C
-
2
T
-
3
T
The Halal Guys 78
-
4
T
The Great Greek Mediterranean Grill 76
-
5
N
-
6
L
Luna Grill 54
-
7
M
mezeh 44
-
8
L
Little Greek Fresh Grill 44
-
9
S
Shah's Halal Food 43
-
10
N
Naf Naf Grill 36
-
11
N
NAYA 35
-
12
P
-
13
P
Pita Mediterranean Street Food 33
-
14
A
Aladdin's Eatery 29
-
15
S
Spitz 28
-
16
M
Moby Dick House of Kabob 27
-
17
N
Naz's Halal Food 26
-
18
P
- 19 G Gyro King 24
-
20
G
Garbanzo Mediterranean Fresh 20
-
21
K
King Gyros 19
- 22 M Mediterranean Grill 18
-
23
Z
Zankou Chicken 15
-
24
M
Mr. Gyros 14
- 25 T The Big Greek Cafe 14
- 26 C Casablanca Restaurant 13
- 27 S Shawarma House 13
- 28 P Pita Pita Mediterranean Grill 13
- 29 G Gyro House 13
- 30 T The Olive Tree 13
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31
H
Halal Munchies 13
- 32 G Grill Kabob 13
- 33 C Casablanca 12
- 34 A Ali Baba 12
- 35 I Istanbul Grill 12
- 36 G Gyro Express 12
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37
F
Fadi's Mediterranean Grill 11
- 38 C Cafe Istanbul 11
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39
P
Pita Jungle 11
- 40 T The Green Olive 10
- 41 K Kabob House 10
- 42 E Eat Greek 9
- 43 L La Marsa 9
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44
M
Meddys 9
- 45 S Shawarma Shack 9
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46
S
Shawarma Guys 9
- 47 G Greek Islands 8
- 48 Y Yaya's 8
- 49 G Gyro Hut 8
- 50 G Gyro Shack 8
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