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. Chick-fil-A and Cold Stone Creamery sit in the high-growth half.
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chick-fil-A | ▲1 | +15.3% |
| 2 | Cold Stone Creamery | ▲3 | +15.0% |
| 3 | Wendy's | ▲2 | +12.8% |
| 4 | Applebee's Grill + Bar | ▲1 | +11.2% |
| 5 | Dippin Donuts | ▲1 | +11.1% |
| 6 | D'Angelo Grilled Sandwiches | - | +7.6% |
| 7 | Rocco's Doughnut Company | ▲3 | +5.7% |
| 8 | McDonald's | - | +4.1% |
| 9 | Five Guys | ▲2 | +3.9% |
| 10 | Qdoba | ▲1 | +2.8% |
| 11 | Panera Bread | ▲2 | +2.1% |
| 12 | Friendly's | ▲1 | +1.5% |
| 13 | Jersey Mike's Subs | ▲1 | +0.9% |
| 14 | Dunkin' | - | -0.3% |
| 15 | Dairy Queen | - | -2.6% |
- Pizzerias
- Coffee Chains
- Casual Dining
- Bars, Pubs & Breweries
- Other restaurants
- Cafes & Bakery-Cafes
- Bakeries, Donuts & Desserts
- Other categories
Store footprint
Store map
1,479 tracked store locations in Worcester, MA, colored by category. The top 5 chains by store count run 244 of the 1,479 stores (16%); 972 of the 1,051 tracked chains have a single store here. 5% of the tracked food & drink stores here are sandwich & sub shops, against 4% across Massachusetts.
- Pizzerias (189)
- Coffee Chains (158)
- Casual Dining (142)
- Bars, Pubs & Breweries (110)
- Other restaurants (102)
- Cafes & Bakery-Cafes (86)
- Bakeries, Donuts & Desserts (83)
- Other categories
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Dunkin' 129
- 2 McDonald's 35
- 3 Subway 35
- 4 Starbucks 27
- 5 Domino's Pizza 18
- 6 Burger King 17
- 7 Wendy's 13
- 8 Dippin Donuts 10
- 9 Dairy Queen 9
- 10 Panera Bread 9
- 11 Jersey Mike's Subs 7
- 12 KFC 6
- 13 Applebee's Grill + Bar 6
- 14 Chipotle Mexican Grill 6
- 15 99 Restaurants 6
- 16 Gourmet Donuts 6
- 17 Taco Bell 5
- 18 110 Grill 5
- 19 Five Guys 5
- 20 Village Pizza 4
- 21 Moe's Southwest Grill 4
- 22 Friendly's 4
- 23 D'Angelo Grilled Sandwiches 4
- 24 Cold Stone Creamery 4
- 25 Uno Pizzeria & Grill 4
- 26 MOOYAH Burgers, Fries & Shakes 3
- 27 Jimmy John's 3
- 28 Chick-fil-A 3
- 29 Qdoba 3
- 30 Rocco's Doughnut Company 3
- 31 Harry's Famous Pizza 3
- 32 IHOP 3
- 33 Coffeelands 2
- 34 Brown Rice Thai Cuisine 2
- 35 Baba Sushi 2
- 36 Red Heat Tavern 2
- 37 Mexicali Cantina Grill 2
- 38 The Vault 2
- 39 The Fix Burger Bar 2
- 40 Buffalo Wild Wings 2
- 41 Gold Bowl 2
- 42 Texas Roadhouse 2
- 43 Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen 2
- 44 Papa Gino's 2
- 45 Chili's Grill & Bar 2
- 46 LongHorn Steakhouse 2
- 47 Olive Garden 2
- 48 Athens Pizza 2
- 49 Outback Steakhouse 2
- 50 Pho Sure 2
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