diff --git a/packages/router/src/matcher/index.ts b/packages/router/src/matcher/index.ts
index bdc292c86..a6c593d9b 100644
--- a/packages/router/src/matcher/index.ts
+++ b/packages/router/src/matcher/index.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import {
   _RouteRecordProps,
 } from '../types'
 import { createRouterError, ErrorTypes, MatcherError } from '../errors'
+import { createMatcherTree } from './matcherTree'
 import { createRouteRecordMatcher, RouteRecordMatcher } from './pathMatcher'
 import { RouteRecordNormalized } from './types'
 
@@ -16,8 +17,6 @@ import type {
   _PathParserOptions,
 } from './pathParserRanker'
 
-import { comparePathParserScore } from './pathParserRanker'
-
 import { warn } from '../warning'
 import { assign, noop } from '../utils'
 
@@ -58,8 +57,8 @@ export function createRouterMatcher(
   routes: Readonly<RouteRecordRaw[]>,
   globalOptions: PathParserOptions
 ): RouterMatcher {
-  // normalized ordered array of matchers
-  const matchers: RouteRecordMatcher[] = []
+  // normalized ordered tree of matchers
+  const matcherTree = createMatcherTree()
   const matcherMap = new Map<RouteRecordName, RouteRecordMatcher>()
   globalOptions = mergeOptions(
     { strict: false, end: true, sensitive: false } as PathParserOptions,
@@ -203,37 +202,24 @@ export function createRouterMatcher(
       const matcher = matcherMap.get(matcherRef)
       if (matcher) {
         matcherMap.delete(matcherRef)
-        matchers.splice(matchers.indexOf(matcher), 1)
+        matcherTree.remove(matcher)
         matcher.children.forEach(removeRoute)
         matcher.alias.forEach(removeRoute)
       }
     } else {
-      const index = matchers.indexOf(matcherRef)
-      if (index > -1) {
-        matchers.splice(index, 1)
-        if (matcherRef.record.name) matcherMap.delete(matcherRef.record.name)
-        matcherRef.children.forEach(removeRoute)
-        matcherRef.alias.forEach(removeRoute)
-      }
+      matcherTree.remove(matcherRef)
+      if (matcherRef.record.name) matcherMap.delete(matcherRef.record.name)
+      matcherRef.children.forEach(removeRoute)
+      matcherRef.alias.forEach(removeRoute)
     }
   }
 
   function getRoutes() {
-    return matchers
+    return matcherTree.toArray()
   }
 
   function insertMatcher(matcher: RouteRecordMatcher) {
-    let i = 0
-    while (
-      i < matchers.length &&
-      comparePathParserScore(matcher, matchers[i]) >= 0 &&
-      // Adding children with empty path should still appear before the parent
-      // https://github.com/vuejs/router/issues/1124
-      (matcher.record.path !== matchers[i].record.path ||
-        !isRecordChildOf(matcher, matchers[i]))
-    )
-      i++
-    matchers.splice(i, 0, matcher)
+    matcherTree.add(matcher)
     // only add the original record to the name map
     if (matcher.record.name && !isAliasRecord(matcher))
       matcherMap.set(matcher.record.name, matcher)
@@ -306,7 +292,7 @@ export function createRouterMatcher(
         )
       }
 
-      matcher = matchers.find(m => m.re.test(path))
+      matcher = matcherTree.find(path)
       // matcher should have a value after the loop
 
       if (matcher) {
@@ -319,7 +305,7 @@ export function createRouterMatcher(
       // match by name or path of current route
       matcher = currentLocation.name
         ? matcherMap.get(currentLocation.name)
-        : matchers.find(m => m.re.test(currentLocation.path))
+        : matcherTree.find(currentLocation.path)
       if (!matcher)
         throw createRouterError<MatcherError>(ErrorTypes.MATCHER_NOT_FOUND, {
           location,
@@ -525,13 +511,4 @@ function checkMissingParamsInAbsolutePath(
   }
 }
 
-function isRecordChildOf(
-  record: RouteRecordMatcher,
-  parent: RouteRecordMatcher
-): boolean {
-  return parent.children.some(
-    child => child === record || isRecordChildOf(record, child)
-  )
-}
-
 export type { PathParserOptions, _PathParserOptions }
diff --git a/packages/router/src/matcher/matcherTree.ts b/packages/router/src/matcher/matcherTree.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..aaf889762
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/router/src/matcher/matcherTree.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,219 @@
+import { RouteRecordMatcher } from './pathMatcher'
+import { comparePathParserScore } from './pathParserRanker'
+
+type MatcherTree = {
+  add: (matcher: RouteRecordMatcher) => void
+  remove: (matcher: RouteRecordMatcher) => void
+  find: (path: string) => RouteRecordMatcher | undefined
+  toArray: () => RouteRecordMatcher[]
+}
+
+function normalizePath(path: string) {
+  // We match case-insensitively initially, then let the matcher check more rigorously
+  path = path.toUpperCase()
+
+  // TODO: Check more thoroughly whether this is really necessary
+  while (path.endsWith('/')) {
+    path = path.slice(0, -1)
+  }
+
+  return path
+}
+
+function chooseBestMatcher(
+  firstMatcher: RouteRecordMatcher | undefined,
+  secondMatcher: RouteRecordMatcher | undefined
+) {
+  if (secondMatcher) {
+    if (
+      !firstMatcher ||
+      comparePathParserScore(firstMatcher, secondMatcher) > 0
+    ) {
+      firstMatcher = secondMatcher
+    }
+  }
+
+  return firstMatcher
+}
+
+export function createMatcherTree(): MatcherTree {
+  const root = createMatcherNode()
+  const exactMatchers: Record<string, RouteRecordMatcher[]> =
+    Object.create(null)
+
+  return {
+    add(matcher) {
+      if (matcher.staticPath) {
+        const path = normalizePath(matcher.record.path)
+
+        exactMatchers[path] = exactMatchers[path] || []
+        insertMatcher(matcher, exactMatchers[path])
+      } else {
+        root.add(matcher)
+      }
+    },
+
+    remove(matcher) {
+      if (matcher.staticPath) {
+        const path = normalizePath(matcher.record.path)
+
+        if (exactMatchers[path]) {
+          // TODO: Remove array if length is zero
+          remove(matcher, exactMatchers[path])
+        }
+      } else {
+        root.remove(matcher)
+      }
+    },
+
+    find(path) {
+      const matchers = exactMatchers[normalizePath(path)]
+
+      return chooseBestMatcher(
+        matchers && matchers.find(matcher => matcher.re.test(path)),
+        root.find(path)
+      )
+    },
+
+    toArray() {
+      const arr = root.toArray()
+
+      for (const key in exactMatchers) {
+        arr.unshift(...exactMatchers[key])
+      }
+
+      return arr
+    },
+  }
+}
+
+function createMatcherNode(depth = 1): MatcherTree {
+  let segments: Record<string, MatcherTree> | null = null
+  let wildcards: RouteRecordMatcher[] | null = null
+
+  return {
+    add(matcher) {
+      const { staticTokens } = matcher
+      const myToken = staticTokens[depth - 1]?.toUpperCase()
+
+      if (myToken != null) {
+        if (!segments) {
+          segments = Object.create(null)
+        }
+
+        if (!segments![myToken]) {
+          segments![myToken] = createMatcherNode(depth + 1)
+        }
+
+        segments![myToken].add(matcher)
+
+        return
+      }
+
+      if (!wildcards) {
+        wildcards = []
+      }
+
+      insertMatcher(matcher, wildcards)
+    },
+
+    remove(matcher) {
+      // TODO: Remove any empty data structures
+      if (segments) {
+        const myToken = matcher.staticTokens[depth - 1]?.toUpperCase()
+
+        if (myToken != null) {
+          if (segments[myToken]) {
+            segments[myToken].remove(matcher)
+            return
+          }
+        }
+      }
+
+      if (wildcards) {
+        remove(matcher, wildcards)
+      }
+    },
+
+    find(path) {
+      const tokens = path.split('/')
+      const myToken = tokens[depth]
+      let matcher: RouteRecordMatcher | undefined
+
+      if (segments && myToken != null) {
+        const segmentMatcher = segments[myToken.toUpperCase()]
+
+        if (segmentMatcher) {
+          matcher = segmentMatcher.find(path)
+        }
+      }
+
+      if (wildcards) {
+        matcher = chooseBestMatcher(
+          matcher,
+          wildcards.find(matcher => matcher.re.test(path))
+        )
+      }
+
+      return matcher
+    },
+
+    toArray() {
+      const matchers: RouteRecordMatcher[] = []
+
+      for (const key in segments) {
+        // TODO: push may not scale well enough
+        matchers.push(...segments[key].toArray())
+      }
+
+      if (wildcards) {
+        matchers.push(...wildcards)
+      }
+
+      return matchers
+    },
+  }
+}
+
+function remove<T>(item: T, items: T[]) {
+  const index = items.indexOf(item)
+
+  if (index > -1) {
+    items.splice(index, 1)
+  }
+}
+
+function insertMatcher(
+  matcher: RouteRecordMatcher,
+  matchers: RouteRecordMatcher[]
+) {
+  const index = findInsertionIndex(matcher, matchers)
+  matchers.splice(index, 0, matcher)
+}
+
+function findInsertionIndex(
+  matcher: RouteRecordMatcher,
+  matchers: RouteRecordMatcher[]
+) {
+  let i = 0
+  while (
+    i < matchers.length &&
+    comparePathParserScore(matcher, matchers[i]) >= 0 &&
+    // Adding children with empty path should still appear before the parent
+    // https://github.com/vuejs/router/issues/1124
+    (matcher.record.path !== matchers[i].record.path ||
+      !isRecordChildOf(matcher, matchers[i]))
+  )
+    i++
+
+  return i
+}
+
+function isRecordChildOf(
+  record: RouteRecordMatcher,
+  parent: RouteRecordMatcher
+): boolean {
+  return parent.children.some(
+    child => child === record || isRecordChildOf(record, child)
+  )
+}
diff --git a/packages/router/src/matcher/pathMatcher.ts b/packages/router/src/matcher/pathMatcher.ts
index aae2b7826..78fcc466b 100644
--- a/packages/router/src/matcher/pathMatcher.ts
+++ b/packages/router/src/matcher/pathMatcher.ts
@@ -4,11 +4,14 @@ import {
   PathParser,
   PathParserOptions,
 } from './pathParserRanker'
+import { staticPathToParser } from './staticPathParser'
 import { tokenizePath } from './pathTokenizer'
 import { warn } from '../warning'
 import { assign } from '../utils'
 
 export interface RouteRecordMatcher extends PathParser {
+  staticPath: boolean
+  staticTokens: string[]
   record: RouteRecord
   parent: RouteRecordMatcher | undefined
   children: RouteRecordMatcher[]
@@ -21,7 +24,33 @@ export function createRouteRecordMatcher(
   parent: RouteRecordMatcher | undefined,
   options?: PathParserOptions
 ): RouteRecordMatcher {
-  const parser = tokensToParser(tokenizePath(record.path), options)
+  const tokens = tokenizePath(record.path)
+
+  // TODO: Merge options properly
+  const staticPath =
+    options?.end !== false &&
+    tokens.every(
+      segment =>
+        segment.length === 0 || (segment.length === 1 && segment[0].type === 0)
+    )
+
+  const staticTokens: string[] = []
+
+  for (const token of tokens) {
+    if (token.length === 1 && token[0].type === 0) {
+      staticTokens.push(token[0].value)
+    } else {
+      break
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (options?.end === false && !options?.strict) {
+    staticTokens.pop()
+  }
+
+  const parser = staticPath
+    ? staticPathToParser(record.path, tokens, options)
+    : tokensToParser(tokens, options)
 
   // warn against params with the same name
   if (__DEV__) {
@@ -36,6 +65,8 @@ export function createRouteRecordMatcher(
   }
 
   const matcher: RouteRecordMatcher = assign(parser, {
+    staticPath,
+    staticTokens,
     record,
     parent,
     // these needs to be populated by the parent
diff --git a/packages/router/src/matcher/pathParserRanker.ts b/packages/router/src/matcher/pathParserRanker.ts
index 670013794..dfc4cde03 100644
--- a/packages/router/src/matcher/pathParserRanker.ts
+++ b/packages/router/src/matcher/pathParserRanker.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ export interface PathParser {
   /**
    * The regexp used to match a url
    */
-  re: RegExp
+  re: { test: (str: string) => boolean }
 
   /**
    * The score of the parser
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ export type PathParserOptions = Pick<
 // default pattern for a param: non-greedy everything but /
 const BASE_PARAM_PATTERN = '[^/]+?'
 
-const BASE_PATH_PARSER_OPTIONS: Required<_PathParserOptions> = {
+export const BASE_PATH_PARSER_OPTIONS: Required<_PathParserOptions> = {
   sensitive: false,
   strict: false,
   start: true,
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ const BASE_PATH_PARSER_OPTIONS: Required<_PathParserOptions> = {
 }
 
 // Scoring values used in tokensToParser
-const enum PathScore {
+export const enum PathScore {
   _multiplier = 10,
   Root = 9 * _multiplier, // just /
   Segment = 4 * _multiplier, // /a-segment
diff --git a/packages/router/src/matcher/staticPathParser.ts b/packages/router/src/matcher/staticPathParser.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c4d4af8e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/router/src/matcher/staticPathParser.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+import {
+  PathParser,
+  PathParserOptions,
+  PathScore,
+  BASE_PATH_PARSER_OPTIONS,
+} from './pathParserRanker'
+import { Token } from './pathTokenizer'
+import { assign } from '../utils'
+
+export function staticPathToParser(
+  path: string,
+  tokens: Array<Token[]>,
+  extraOptions?: PathParserOptions
+): PathParser {
+  const options = assign({}, BASE_PATH_PARSER_OPTIONS, extraOptions)
+
+  const matchPath = options.sensitive ? path : path.toUpperCase()
+
+  let test: (p: string) => boolean
+
+  if (options.strict) {
+    if (options.sensitive) {
+      test = p => p === matchPath
+    } else {
+      test = p => p.toUpperCase() === matchPath
+    }
+  } else {
+    const withSlash = matchPath.endsWith('/') ? matchPath : matchPath + '/'
+    const withoutSlash = withSlash.slice(0, -1)
+
+    if (options.sensitive) {
+      test = p => p === withSlash || p === withoutSlash
+    } else {
+      test = p => {
+        p = p.toUpperCase()
+        return p === withSlash || p === withoutSlash
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  const score: Array<number[]> = tokens.map(segment => {
+    if (segment.length === 1) {
+      return [
+        PathScore.Static +
+          PathScore.Segment +
+          (options.sensitive ? PathScore.BonusCaseSensitive : 0),
+      ]
+    } else {
+      return [PathScore.Root]
+    }
+  })
+
+  if (options.strict && options.end) {
+    const i = score.length - 1
+    score[i][score[i].length - 1] += PathScore.BonusStrict
+  }
+
+  return {
+    re: {
+      test,
+    },
+    score,
+    keys: [],
+    parse() {
+      return {}
+    },
+    stringify() {
+      return path || '/'
+    },
+  }
+}