Chain stores and restaurants are expanding rapidly in New York City.
The city’s biggest chain, Dunkin’ Donuts, has grown 12.6% to 536 locations since 2012, according to a recent report by the Center For An Urban Future.
But a handful of smaller chains are growing even faster than Dunkin’ Donuts.
Here are the chains that have added the most locations in New York City over the past two years, according to the report.
We included only retailers that have added 10 or more locations over the two-year period.
Here is the number of locations that each retailer has added over the past two years, as well as each chain’s total number of locations:
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