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. Marco's Pizza and Cure Coffeehouse sit in the high-growth half.
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marco's Pizza | ▲7 | +18.4% |
| 2 | Cure Coffeehouse | ▲3 | +18.2% |
| 3 | Nothing Bundt Cakes | ▲8 | +14.8% |
| 4 | Baker's Crust Artisan Kitchen | ▲8 | +13.2% |
| 5 | Bonefish Grill | ▲6 | +12.7% |
| 6 | Jersey Mike's Subs | ▲6 | +12.6% |
| 7 | Las Palmas | ▲6 | +10.9% |
| 8 | Chili's Grill & Bar | - | +9.5% |
| 9 | Kelly's Tavern | ▲6 | +9.0% |
| 10 | Dunkin' | ▲2 | +8.6% |
| 11 | Five Guys | ▲4 | +8.2% |
| 12 | Panda Express | ▲2 | +7.9% |
| 13 | Burger King | ▲1 | +7.7% |
| 14 | sweetFrog Premium Frozen Yogurt | - | +7.7% |
| 15 | Redwood Smoke Shack | ▲4 | +7.3% |
- Casual Dining
- Burger Chains
- Other restaurants
- Bars, Pubs & Breweries
- Sandwich & Sub Shops
- Cafes & Bakery-Cafes
- Chinese
- Other categories
Store footprint
Store map
3,897 tracked store locations in Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC, colored by category. The top 5 chains by store count run 352 of the 3,897 stores (9%); 2,045 of the 2,356 tracked chains have a single store here. 5% of the tracked food & drink stores here are Chinese, against 4% across Virginia.
- Casual Dining (361)
- Burger Chains (343)
- Other restaurants (315)
- Bars, Pubs & Breweries (255)
- Sandwich & Sub Shops (225)
- Cafes & Bakery-Cafes (202)
- Chinese (202)
- Other categories
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Starbucks 94
- 2 McDonald's 85
- 3 Subway 62
- 4 Burger King 56
- 5 Hardee's 55
- 6 Taco Bell 53
- 7 Domino's Pizza 50
- 8 Wendy's 49
- 9 Dunkin' 38
- 10 Chick-fil-A 34
- 11 Papa John's Pizza 30
- 12 Little Caesars 25
- 13 Jersey Mike's Subs 23
- 14 Chipotle Mexican Grill 22
- 15 Arby's 21
- 16 Sonic Drive-In 21
- 17 Waffle House 20
- 18 Panera Bread 20
- 19 Dairy Queen 19
- 20 Jimmy John's 19
- 21 Panda Express 17
- 22 Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen 15
- 23 IHOP 15
- 24 Marco's Pizza 15
- 25 Wingstop 15
- 26 Tropical Smoothie Cafe 13
- 27 Firehouse Subs 13
- 28 Bojangles' 13
- 29 Moe's Southwest Grill 12
- 30 Five Guys 12
- 31 Chanello's Pizza 12
- 32 Pizza Hut 12
- 33 Applebee's Grill + Bar 11
- 34 Charleys Cheesesteaks 11
- 35 Buffalo Wild Wings 10
- 36 Auntie Anne's 10
- 37 Plaza Azteca 10
- 38 Cook Out 10
- 39 Cold Stone Creamery 9
- 40 Zero's Subs 9
- 41 KFC 9
- 42 First Watch 8
- 43 Ruby Tuesday 8
- 44 Qdoba 8
- 45 America's Best Wings 8
- 46 Chili's Grill & Bar 8
- 47 sweetFrog Premium Frozen Yogurt 8
- 48 Krispy Kreme 7
- 49 Surf Rider 7
- 50 Rita's Italian Ice & Frozen Custard 7
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