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. Shake Shack and Quickway sit in the high-growth half.
#
Chain
YoY growth
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
S
Shake Shack
|
▲1 | +19.4% |
| 2 | Q Quickway | ▲1 | +16.6% |
| 3 |
D
Dairy Queen
|
- | +14.0% |
| 4 |
F
Freddy's Frozen Custard & Steakburgers
|
- | +9.0% |
| 5 |
R
Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers
|
- | +8.5% |
| 6 |
J
Jollibee
|
- | +6.4% |
| 7 |
T
Taco Bell
|
▲1 | +4.5% |
| 8 |
P
Panda Express
|
- | +3.8% |
| 9 |
F
Five Guys
|
- | +2.9% |
| 10 |
K
KFC
|
- | +2.4% |
| 11 |
C
Chick-fil-A
|
- | +1.0% |
| 12 |
S
Sonic Drive-In
|
- | +0.9% |
| 13 | B Bandit Taco | - | -2.2% |
| 14 |
H
Hardee's
|
- | -2.2% |
| 15 |
M
McDonald's
|
- | -2.8% |
- McDonald's
- Chick-fil-A
- Taco Bell
- Wendy's
- Burger King
- Panda Express
- Five Guys
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
1,007 tracked store locations in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.
- McDonald's (212)
- Chick-fil-A (69)
- Taco Bell (56)
- Wendy's (87)
- Burger King (77)
- Panda Express (50)
- Five Guys (81)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
-
1
M
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2
W
Wendy's 87
-
3
F
-
4
B
Burger King 77
-
5
C
-
6
T
-
7
P
-
8
K
-
9
D
-
10
A
Arby's 30
-
11
R
Roy Rogers 21
-
12
S
-
13
Q
Qdoba 14
-
14
C
Checkers 12
-
15
C
-
16
R
-
17
S
-
18
H
Hip Hop Fish and Chicken 8
- 19 E Elevation Burger 6
-
20
L
Long John Silver's 5
-
21
H
-
22
N
Nash & Smashed 4
-
23
S
Seoul Spice 4
-
24
D
Dave's Hot Chicken 4
-
25
F
-
26
J
-
27
R
Robeks 3
- 28 Q Quickway 3
- 29 B Bandit Taco 3
- 30 P Pizza Movers 2
- 31 B Ballywhack Shack 2
- 32 L Legacy Carryout & Catering 2
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33
Z
Z-Burger 2
- 34 C Chicken Basket 2
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35
B
BurnBox Pizza 2
- 36 T Turning Natural 2
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37
S
Southern Style Chicken & Waffle 2
-
38
D
Double Up Burger 2
- 39 P Poke Mian 2
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40
C
Cook Out 2
-
41
G
Good Stuff Eatery 2
- 42 P Pica Taco 1
- 43 C Catrachitos Restaurant 1
- 44 J JAWA Sandwich Shop 1
- 45 A Akeno Sushi 1
- 46 G Georgetown Pizza & Grill 1
- 47 G Good Taste Express 1
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48
S
Sandella's Flatbread Cafe 1
- 49 G Golden Bull Restaurant 1
- 50 F FroZenYo 1
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