Where
Every First Watch opening, on the map
The wash is where US retail is opening overall. The dots are this brand — drag the timeline to watch them land.
The full report finds the trade areas that look like the ones First Watch already wins in — demographics, co-tenancy, traffic.
US locations
As of Q3 2026
Net new stores
8 quarters · Q4 2024 → Q3 2026
Verified new locations
8 quarters · Q4 2024 → Q3 2026
Individually verified openings, not a count difference.
Growth
8 quarters · Q4 2024 → Q3 2026
Latest quarter
1 quarter, against the quarter before it
+1.3% last quarter vs +2.8% the quarter before
First Watch
Indexed to 100 at the first quarter — the shape is the growth rate, not the store count.
Rankings
The fastest-growing chains in Restaurants & Fast Casual
Ranked by acceleration — opening faster now than they were a year ago.
Placing First Watch in its category…
Rankings exclude companies whose entire rise lands in a single quarter — that pattern is a change in data coverage, not expansion.
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Click any company to compare it against First Watch — the chart, the metric table and the link at the bottom of this page all follow.
Compare
First Watch against anyone
Indexed to 100 at the first quarter, so a 300-store chain and a 3,000-store chain are the same shape. First Watch plus up to 4 others.
Who
Who to call at First Watch
The people behind this brand's growth — real estate first.
Real estate
Leadership
Chris Tomasso
President and Chief Executive Officer
Knowing how fast First Watch is growing is half of it. The other half is where they should open next.
We'll find the trade areas that look like the ones First Watch already wins in — demographics, co-tenancy, traffic, and the specific neighbourhoods that match.