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. Tatte Bakery & Cafe and Shake Shack sit in the high-growth half.
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tatte Bakery & Cafe | ▲8 | +16.5% |
| 2 | Shake Shack | ▲8 | +14.3% |
| 3 | Baskin-Robbins | ▲6 | +13.0% |
| 4 | Barcelona Wine Bar | ▲13 | +12.3% |
| 5 | Copper Canyon Grill | ▲15 | +12.3% |
| 6 | Auntie Anne's | ▲5 | +10.9% |
| 7 | Yard House | ▲4 | +10.8% |
| 8 | Sardi's Pollo A La Brasa | ▲3 | +10.5% |
| 9 | LongHorn Steakhouse | ▲1 | +10.1% |
| 10 | Chicken Rico | ▲8 | +9.9% |
| 11 | Panda Express | ▲2 | +9.6% |
| 12 | Hunan Cafe | ▲7 | +9.5% |
| 13 | Dairy Queen | ▲5 | +9.4% |
| 14 | Bruster's Real Ice Cream | ▲8 | +9.4% |
| 15 | sweetFrog Premium Frozen Yogurt | ▲7 | +9.3% |
- Other restaurants
- Casual Dining
- Bars, Pubs & Breweries
- Cafes & Bakery-Cafes
- Burger Chains
- Coffee Chains
- Sandwich & Sub Shops
- Other categories
Store footprint
Store map
13,895 tracked store locations in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV, colored by category. The top 5 chains by store count run 1,242 of the 13,895 stores (9%); 7,076 of the 8,077 tracked chains have a single store here. 7% of the tracked food & drink stores here are bars, pubs & breweries, against 15% across District of Columbia.
- Other restaurants (1,218)
- Casual Dining (979)
- Bars, Pubs & Breweries (918)
- Cafes & Bakery-Cafes (809)
- Burger Chains (752)
- Coffee Chains (673)
- Sandwich & Sub Shops (641)
- Other categories
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Starbucks 467
- 2 McDonald's 275
- 3 Subway 192
- 4 Dunkin' 159
- 5 Chipotle Mexican Grill 149
- 6 Domino's Pizza 136
- 7 Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen 104
- 8 Papa John's Pizza 104
- 9 Wendy's 96
- 10 Taco Bell 92
- 11 Chick-fil-A 90
- 12 Panera Bread 88
- 13 Baskin-Robbins 87
- 14 Burger King 83
- 15 Five Guys 79
- 16 Jersey Mike's Subs 64
- 17 Potbelly Sandwich Shop 57
- 18 Tropical Smoothie Cafe 56
- 19 IHOP 54
- 20 Panda Express 51
- 21 Wingstop 43
- 22 Charleys Cheesesteaks 41
- 23 Little Caesars 40
- 24 Pizza Hut 39
- 25 KFC 38
- 26 Cold Stone Creamery 38
- 27 Auntie Anne's 36
- 28 CAVA 35
- 29 Smoothie King 35
- 30 Hangry Joe's Hot Chicken & Wings 33
- 31 Arby's 32
- 32 Dairy Queen 32
- 33 sweetFrog Premium Frozen Yogurt 32
- 34 Rita's Italian Ice & Frozen Custard 30
- 35 Buffalo Wild Wings 30
- 36 Pizza Boli's 29
- 37 America's Best Wings 29
- 38 Firehouse Subs 28
- 39 Quickway Japanese Hibachi 26
- 40 Paisano's Pizza 26
- 41 Moby Dick House of Kabob 24
- 42 &pizza 24
- 43 Jimmy John's 23
- 44 Outback Steakhouse 23
- 45 mezeh 22
- 46 Roy Rogers 22
- 47 Nothing Bundt Cakes 20
- 48 Qdoba 20
- 49 Shake Shack 20
- 50 Bonchon Chicken 19
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