About Guess the Chain

Guess the Chain is a free daily game. Every day it shows a map of every US location of one chain, and you guess which chain it is. It started from a simple question: could you recognize a chain from nothing but its dots?

The site also has a map and state-by-state counts for each of the 547 chains in the game. They are in the chain maps section.

The data

Store locations come from All the Places, which gathers them from chains' public store locators and publishes them under the CC0 public domain dedication. The current maps use data collected around September 2026. State outlines and population estimates come from the US Census Bureau.

The data is not perfect. Stores open and close every week, and a chain's own locator can be incomplete. If a map looks wrong, let us know.

Not affiliated

Guess the Chain is an independent project. It is not affiliated with, sponsored or endorsed by any of the companies shown. Chain names are trademarks of their owners and are used only to identify them.

Contact

Email hello@guessthechain.com.