Trends · data through September 2026

Cafes & Bakery-Cafes in Alabama

Iceflower tracks 484 stores from 423 cafes & bakery-cafes in Alabama. Baba Java Coffee grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Yellowhammer Coffee and Panera Bread.

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
423
Tracked stores
484
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked cafes & bakery-cafes

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. Baba Java Coffee and Yellowhammer Coffee sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 B Baba Java Coffee ▲1 +0.2%
2 Y Yellowhammer Coffee logo Yellowhammer Coffee - -2.8%
3 P Panera Bread logo Panera Bread - -4.1%
4 J Just Love Coffee Cafe logo Just Love Coffee Cafe ▼1 -15.3%
5 H Honest Coffee Roasters logo Honest Coffee Roasters - -23.4%
  • Panera Bread
  • Yellowhammer Coffee
  • O'Henry's Coffee
  • Ashley Mac's
  • Santos Coffee
  • 1220 Cafe
  • Elmore Grocery
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

484 tracked store locations in Alabama. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Panera Bread (31)
  • Yellowhammer Coffee (3)
  • O'Henry's Coffee (3)
  • Ashley Mac's (1)
  • Santos Coffee (2)
  • 1220 Cafe (1)
  • Elmore Grocery (1)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 P Panera Bread logo Panera Bread 31
  • 2 E Einstein Bros. Bagels logo Einstein Bros. Bagels 4
  • 3 Y Yellowhammer Coffee logo Yellowhammer Coffee 3
  • 4 J Just Love Coffee Cafe logo Just Love Coffee Cafe 3
  • 5 B Baba Java Coffee 3
  • 6 T Turbo Coffee 3
  • 7 H Honest Coffee Roasters logo Honest Coffee Roasters 3
  • 8 O O'Henry's Coffee logo O'Henry's Coffee 3
  • 9 S Santos Coffee 2
  • 10 P Prevail Union 2
  • 11 M Main Street Cafe 2
  • 12 R Refuge Coffee Co. 2
  • 13 B Bigfoot's Little Donuts 2
  • 14 S Soul Caffeine 2
  • 15 T The Red Cat 2
  • 16 E East 59 Cafe 2
  • 17 F Frothy Monkey logo Frothy Monkey 2
  • 18 C Cala Coffee 2
  • 19 B Bruegger's Bagels logo Bruegger's Bagels 2
  • 20 T The Well 2
  • 21 T The Coffee Shop 2
  • 22 D Dakota Coffee Works 2
  • 23 C Caroline's Cafe 1
  • 24 S Sandra's Place 1
  • 25 W Warrior River Coffee Co. 1
  • 26 O One Bike Coffee 1
  • 27 W West Beach Coffee House 1
  • 28 W Wildflower Cafe 1
  • 29 D Daysol Coffee Lab 1
  • 30 F Fresh Fruit Cafe 1
  • 31 A Anna’s Cafe 1
  • 32 B Blue Moon Cafe 1
  • 33 P Point Mallard Nutrition 1
  • 34 S Sydney's Shoppe of Beauty & Boutique 1
  • 35 M Magic City Nutrition 1
  • 36 G General 1
  • 37 M Michigan Ave Cafe 1
  • 38 3 302 West 1
  • 39 F Fuse Coffee 1
  • 40 T The Corner Coffee House 1
  • 41 R Ristretto Lounge 1
  • 42 R Rivertown Coffee 1
  • 43 L Lanier House 1
  • 44 D Deli 101 1
  • 45 C Coffee Shoppe 1
  • 46 B Bizilia's Cafe 1
  • 47 P Pell City Coffee Company 1
  • 48 D Daily Edition 1
  • 49 M Mural City Coffee Company 1
  • 50 C Cafe 30 1

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