Trends · data through July 2026

Restaurants in Akron, OH

Iceflower tracks 391 stores from 323 restaurants chains in Akron, OH. The Farmer's Rail grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Bob Evans and Winking Lizard Tavern.

Rankings come from real card and bank transactions across a panel of 130M+ US and EU consumers. We publish relative growth and rankings, never revenue figures. About the data

Tracked chains
323
Tracked stores
391
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked restaurants chains

Ranked by year-over-year growth of share of tracked local spend. Arrows show movement in the rankings since last year. Each dot in the chart is one tracked chain: bigger market position to the right, faster growth higher up, more tracked stores in a bigger dot. Colors match the store map below. The Farmer's Rail and Bob Evans sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 T The Farmer's Rail ▲1 +6.4%
2 B Bob Evans logo Bob Evans - +3.7%
3 W Winking Lizard Tavern logo Winking Lizard Tavern - -0.1%
4 D Denny's logo Denny's - -0.3%
5 C Cracker Barrel Old Country Store logo Cracker Barrel Old Country Store - -1.3%
6 A Applebee's Grill + Bar logo Applebee's Grill + Bar - -4.2%
7 C Chipotle Mexican Grill logo Chipotle Mexican Grill - -6.8%
8 P Panini's Bar & Grill logo Panini's Bar & Grill - -8.3%
9 R Rockne's logo Rockne's - -11.3%
10 A Aladdin's Eatery logo Aladdin's Eatery ▼1 -12.8%
  • Chipotle Mexican Grill
  • Applebee's Grill + Bar
  • Winking Lizard Tavern
  • Bob Evans
  • Chili's Grill & Bar
  • Texas Roadhouse
  • Olive Garden
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

391 tracked store locations in Akron, OH. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Chipotle Mexican Grill (19)
  • Applebee's Grill + Bar (7)
  • Winking Lizard Tavern (3)
  • Bob Evans (8)
  • Chili's Grill & Bar (2)
  • Texas Roadhouse (1)
  • Olive Garden (2)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

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