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. Arby's and Scooter's Coffee sit in the high-growth half.
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arby's | ▲1 | +9.3% |
| 2 | Scooter's Coffee | ▲1 | +7.9% |
| 3 | McDonald's | - | +6.0% |
| 4 | Sub City | ▲1 | +5.1% |
| 5 | Burger King | ▲2 | +3.6% |
| 6 | Dairy Queen | ▲1 | +3.2% |
| 7 | Applebee's Grill + Bar | - | +1.5% |
| 8 | The Other Place | - | +1.2% |
| 9 | Taco John's | ▲1 | +1.2% |
| 10 | Starbucks | - | +1.0% |
| 11 | Jimmy John's | - | +0.1% |
| 12 | Domino's Pizza | - | -1.0% |
| 13 | Subway | - | -8.9% |
| 14 | Scratch Cupcakery | ▲1 | -12.1% |
| 15 | Taco Bell | - | -17.5% |
- Bars, Pubs & Breweries
- Casual Dining
- Sandwich & Sub Shops
- Other restaurants
- Cafes & Bakery-Cafes
- Burger Chains
- Ice Cream & Frozen Treats
- Other categories
Store footprint
Store map
401 tracked store locations in Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA, colored by category. The top 5 chains by store count run 40 of the 401 stores (10%); 265 of the 306 tracked chains have a single store here. 5% of the tracked food & drink stores here are Mexican restaurants & taquerias, against 7% across Iowa.
- Bars, Pubs & Breweries (75)
- Casual Dining (34)
- Sandwich & Sub Shops (31)
- Other restaurants (29)
- Cafes & Bakery-Cafes (28)
- Burger Chains (25)
- Ice Cream & Frozen Treats (21)
- Other categories
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Subway 13
- 2 McDonald's 9
- 3 Dairy Queen 6
- 4 Starbucks 6
- 5 Burger King 6
- 6 Jimmy John's 6
- 7 Taco Bell 5
- 8 Domino's Pizza 4
- 9 4 Queens Dairy Cream 4
- 10 The Other Place 4
- 11 Arby's 4
- 12 Taco John's 4
- 13 Scooter's Coffee 4
- 14 Sub City 3
- 15 Carlos O'Kelly's 3
- 16 Scratch Cupcakery 3
- 17 Wendy's 3
- 18 Applebee's Grill + Bar 3
- 19 KFC 2
- 20 GreenHouse Kitchen 2
- 21 IHOP 2
- 22 Godfather's Pizza Express 2
- 23 Hansen's Dairy 2
- 24 Pizza Hut 2
- 25 Maid-Rite 2
- 26 Jersey Mike's Subs 2
- 27 Papa Murphy's 2
- 28 Cindy Lou's BBQ 2
- 29 Papa John's Pizza 2
- 30 East China 2
- 31 Culver's 2
- 32 Texas Roadhouse 2
- 33 Tropical Smoothie Cafe 2
- 34 Panera Bread 2
- 35 Sidecar Coffee 2
- 36 Pancheros Mexican Grill 2
- 37 Village Inn 2
- 38 Pizza Ranch 2
- 39 Panda Express 2
- 40 Chad's Pizza 1
- 41 Bambinos 1
- 42 Blue Barn BBQ 1
- 43 Villa Italian Kitchen 1
- 44 The Old Stone Bistro 1
- 45 PepperJax Grill 1
- 46 Fat Cup Coffee Company 1
- 47 China King 1
- 48 Joyful Java 1
- 49 Endi Bakery 1
- 50 El Sol Mexican Restaurant 1
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