Taco Bell is the Fastest Drive-Thru Chain in 2024 🌮

What We’re Showing

This graphic shows fast food chains by their drive-thru time in 2024, based on data from the annual InTouch Insight Drive-Thru Study.

The study captured data through 165 unannounced visits for each restaurant by mystery shoppers, in locations across the U.S.

Key Takeaways

• For the second year in a row, Taco Bell tops the list, with total wait times being half that of Chic-fil-A, at four minutes and 16 seconds.
• While average wait times were the longest for Chic-fil-A and McDonald's, they both tied for the highest order accuracy, at 93%.
• In 2023, America's fast-food sector was $388 billion industry, growing by 66% over the past decade.