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. Subway and Elizabeth's Pizza sit in the high-growth half.
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Subway | ▲4 | +14.1% |
| 2 | Elizabeth's Pizza | ▲8 | +10.9% |
| 3 | Starbucks | ▲3 | +9.6% |
| 4 | Burger King | ▲1 | +9.2% |
| 5 | Chick-fil-A | ▲1 | +9.0% |
| 6 | Five Guys | ▲2 | +9.0% |
| 7 | sweetFrog Premium Frozen Yogurt | ▲1 | +8.8% |
| 8 | Cook Out | - | +8.4% |
| 9 | Marco's Pizza | ▲1 | +7.8% |
| 10 | Bojangles' | - | +5.5% |
| 11 | Waffle House | ▲5 | +4.7% |
| 12 | Dairi-O | - | +4.1% |
| 13 | Mi Casa Mexican Restaurant | - | +2.8% |
| 14 | Applebee's Grill + Bar | ▲3 | +2.0% |
| 15 | Cracker Barrel Old Country Store | ▲1 | +0.1% |
- Casual Dining
- Burger Chains
- Bars, Pubs & Breweries
- Other restaurants
- Mexican Restaurants & Taquerias
- Chicken & Wings Fast Food
- Sandwich & Sub Shops
- Other categories
Store footprint
Store map
1,329 tracked store locations in Winston-Salem, NC, colored by category. The top 5 chains by store count run 134 of the 1,329 stores (10%); 822 of the 912 tracked chains have a single store here. 6% of the tracked food & drink stores here are chicken & wings fast food, against 5% across North Carolina.
- Casual Dining (126)
- Burger Chains (111)
- Bars, Pubs & Breweries (105)
- Other restaurants (92)
- Mexican Restaurants & Taquerias (90)
- Chicken & Wings Fast Food (81)
- Sandwich & Sub Shops (70)
- Other categories
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 McDonald's 30
- 2 Bojangles' 29
- 3 Subway 28
- 4 Starbucks 24
- 5 Domino's Pizza 23
- 6 Wendy's 19
- 7 Chick-fil-A 16
- 8 Burger King 15
- 9 Papa John's Pizza 14
- 10 Taco Bell 13
- 11 Jersey Mike's Subs 13
- 12 Arby's 11
- 13 Waffle House 11
- 14 Little Caesars 9
- 15 Pizza Hut 9
- 16 Dunkin' 9
- 17 Cook Out 9
- 18 Zaxby's 9
- 19 Biscuitville 9
- 20 KFC 8
- 21 Hardee's 8
- 22 Jimmy John's 6
- 23 Wingstop 6
- 24 Sonic Drive-In 6
- 25 East Coast Wings + Grill 6
- 26 Dairi-O 6
- 27 IHOP 5
- 28 Cagney's Kitchen 5
- 29 Chipotle Mexican Grill 5
- 30 Five Guys 4
- 31 Mi Pueblo 4
- 32 Krispy Kreme 4
- 33 Panera Bread 4
- 34 Cracker Barrel Old Country Store 4
- 35 Marco's Pizza 4
- 36 Applebee's Grill + Bar 4
- 37 La Carreta 3
- 38 Mi Casa Mexican Restaurant 3
- 39 The Brewer's Kettle 3
- 40 Breakfastime 3
- 41 Tropical Smoothie Cafe 3
- 42 Kimono Japanese Restaurant 3
- 43 sweetFrog Premium Frozen Yogurt 3
- 44 Elizabeth's Pizza 3
- 45 Barberitos 2
- 46 Moe's Southwest Grill 2
- 47 Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen 2
- 48 Mario's Pizza 2
- 49 Little Italy 2
- 50 The Loop Restaurant 2
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