The 2017 Growth 40 - Large Markets

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    DMA 2016 Population 2021 Population Projected Projected Population Percent Change Total Restaurants Open* QSRs open* Total Restaurants per 100,000 population* QSRs per 100,000 Population* Forecasted QSR Traffic Growth 2016–2021 score
    Phoenix, AZ 5,315,650 5,657,874 6.4% 9,140 5,302 171.95 93.71 6% 9
    Washington, DC 6,780,382 7,271,587 7.2% 12,874 6,882 189.87 94.64 3% 5
    Atlanta, GA 6,837,862 7,196,587 5.2% 13,323 7,168 194.84 99.60 4% 3
    Boston, MA 6,627,243 6,902,523 4.2% 14,121 7,424 213.08 107.55 10% 2
    Houston, TX 6,858,674 7,636,829 11.3% 13,112 7,543 191.17 98.77 8% 1
    Los Angeles, CA 18,299,469 19,061,292 4.2% 37,385 21,059 204.30 110.48 12% 1
    Philadelphia, PA 8,021,138 8,151,796 1.6% 16,271 8,572 202.85 105.15 1% -2
    Chicago, IL 9,767,305 9,931,261 1.7% 19,534 10,915 199.99 109.91 5% -3
    San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA 7,453,804 8,007,888 7.4% 16,781 8,512 225.13 106.30 3% -7
    Dallas-Ft. Worth, TX 7,628,522 8,220,165 7.8% 14,965 9,173 196.17 111.59 5% -10

    *As of March 31, 2016

    METHODOLOGY: Market size is based on population, wherein each size designation makes up roughly a third of the total U.S. population. The Score is a proprietary metric from The NPD Group that is the measure of market opportunity. It takes into account the quick-service restaurant density in a market, as well as the difference between traffic and population growth. A high score could be driven by a large difference between population and traffic growth and/or a low quick-service restaurant density.

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