Trends · data through September 2026

Burger Chains in Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC

Iceflower tracks 346 stores from 42 burger chains in Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC. Five Guys grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Burger King and McDonald's.

Rankings come from real card and bank transactions across a panel of 130M+ US and EU consumers. We publish relative growth and rankings, never revenue figures. About the data

Tracked chains
42
Tracked stores
346
Consumer panel
130M+

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. Five Guys and Burger King sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 F Five Guys logo Five Guys - +9.4%
2 B Burger King logo Burger King ▲1 +8.7%
3 M McDonald's logo McDonald's - +4.2%
4 F Freddy's Frozen Custard & Steakburgers logo Freddy's Frozen Custard & Steakburgers - -1.9%
5 C Cook Out logo Cook Out - -2.5%
6 H Hardee's logo Hardee's ▼1 -6.5%
7 S Sonic Drive-In logo Sonic Drive-In - -7.2%
8 W Wendy's logo Wendy's - -13.6%
9 C Checkers and Rally's logo Checkers and Rally's - -19.3%
10 M MOOYAH Burgers, Fries & Shakes logo MOOYAH Burgers, Fries & Shakes - -100.0%
  • McDonald's
  • Wendy's
  • Burger King
  • Hardee's
  • Cook Out
  • Sonic Drive-In
  • Five Guys
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

346 tracked store locations in Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • McDonald's (86)
  • Wendy's (49)
  • Burger King (56)
  • Hardee's (56)
  • Cook Out (9)
  • Sonic Drive-In (21)
  • Five Guys (12)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

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