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. Paris Baguette and Shake Shack sit in the high-growth half.
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paris Baguette | ▲15 | +19.8% |
| 2 | Shake Shack | ▲7 | +19.3% |
| 3 | Founding Farmers | ▲8 | +18.7% |
| 4 | Gelati Celesti Ice Cream | ▲8 | +14.6% |
| 5 | First Watch | ▲6 | +14.0% |
| 6 | Las Palmas | ▲5 | +12.2% |
| 7 | The Cheesecake Factory | ▲3 | +12.0% |
| 8 | Pollo Campero | ▲12 | +11.7% |
| 9 | Yard House | ▲5 | +11.4% |
| 10 | Marco's Pizza | ▲5 | +10.3% |
| 11 | Panda Express | ▲3 | +10.2% |
| 12 | Bruster's Real Ice Cream | ▲14 | +9.7% |
| 13 | Auntie Anne's | ▲3 | +9.7% |
| 14 | Kelly's Tavern | ▲13 | +9.3% |
| 15 | sweetFrog Premium Frozen Yogurt | ▲4 | +9.2% |
- Casual Dining
- Other restaurants
- Burger Chains
- Bars, Pubs & Breweries
- Cafes & Bakery-Cafes
- Sandwich & Sub Shops
- Mexican Restaurants & Taquerias
- Other categories
Store footprint
Store map
18,850 tracked store locations in Virginia, colored by category. The top 5 chains by store count run 1,743 of the 18,850 stores (9%); 9,411 of the 10,663 tracked chains have a single store here. 6% of the tracked food & drink stores here are bars, pubs & breweries, against 9% across the United States.
- Casual Dining (1,672)
- Other restaurants (1,623)
- Burger Chains (1,419)
- Bars, Pubs & Breweries (1,087)
- Cafes & Bakery-Cafes (1,061)
- Sandwich & Sub Shops (1,023)
- Mexican Restaurants & Taquerias (935)
- Other categories
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Starbucks 512
- 2 McDonald's 423
- 3 Subway 353
- 4 Domino's Pizza 238
- 5 Wendy's 217
- 6 Burger King 204
- 7 Taco Bell 190
- 8 Dunkin' 188
- 9 Hardee's 177
- 10 Papa John's Pizza 153
- 11 Chick-fil-A 144
- 12 Chipotle Mexican Grill 141
- 13 Arby's 109
- 14 Little Caesars 108
- 15 Jersey Mike's Subs 105
- 16 Panera Bread 102
- 17 Pizza Hut 93
- 18 Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen 93
- 19 Dairy Queen 92
- 20 Five Guys 83
- 21 Waffle House 75
- 22 Bojangles' 72
- 23 IHOP 68
- 24 Tropical Smoothie Cafe 67
- 25 KFC 65
- 26 Baskin-Robbins 60
- 27 Panda Express 56
- 28 Jimmy John's 55
- 29 Sonic Drive-In 55
- 30 Firehouse Subs 53
- 31 sweetFrog Premium Frozen Yogurt 51
- 32 Applebee's Grill + Bar 50
- 33 Wingstop 48
- 34 Buffalo Wild Wings 47
- 35 Marco's Pizza 45
- 36 Cold Stone Creamery 44
- 37 Auntie Anne's 38
- 38 Cook Out 37
- 39 Moe's Southwest Grill 34
- 40 Charleys Cheesesteaks 34
- 41 Hangry Joe's Hot Chicken & Wings 33
- 42 First Watch 32
- 43 Cracker Barrel Old Country Store 32
- 44 Qdoba 31
- 45 Potbelly Sandwich Shop 31
- 46 CAVA 31
- 47 Outback Steakhouse 30
- 48 Chili's Grill & Bar 27
- 49 Texas Roadhouse 25
- 50 Nothing Bundt Cakes 25
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