Trends · data through September 2026

Seafood & Cajun in Alabama

Iceflower tracks 353 stores from 218 seafood & Cajun chains in Alabama. Half Shell Oyster House grew fastest over the last year, ahead of The Juicy Crab and Top O the River.

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
218
Tracked stores
353
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked seafood & Cajun 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. Half Shell Oyster House and The Juicy Crab sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 H Half Shell Oyster House logo Half Shell Oyster House - +13.2%
2 T The Juicy Crab logo The Juicy Crab ▲1 +7.9%
3 T Top O the River - +3.5%
4 W Wharf Casual Seafood - +1.5%
5 C Captain D's logo Captain D's - -0.4%
6 W Wintzell's Oyster House logo Wintzell's Oyster House - -9.9%
7 M Market By The Bay ▲2 -10.3%
8 T The Juicy Seafood logo The Juicy Seafood - -10.8%
9 S Shrimp Basket logo Shrimp Basket - -20.9%
10 S Sam's Southern Eatery - -28.5%
11 C Chuck's Fish logo Chuck's Fish ▼3 -67.9%
  • Captain D's
  • Half Shell Oyster House
  • The Juicy Seafood
  • Top O the River
  • Original Oyster House
  • Coastal Orange Beach
  • Pappadeaux Seafood Kitchen
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

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

  • Captain D's (80)
  • Half Shell Oyster House (5)
  • The Juicy Seafood (6)
  • Top O the River (3)
  • Original Oyster House (2)
  • Coastal Orange Beach (1)
  • Pappadeaux Seafood Kitchen (1)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 C Captain D's logo Captain D's 80
  • 2 D David's Catfish House logo David's Catfish House 7
  • 3 S Shrimp Basket logo Shrimp Basket 7
  • 4 W Wharf Casual Seafood 6
  • 5 S Sam's Southern Eatery 6
  • 6 T The Juicy Seafood logo The Juicy Seafood 6
  • 7 W Wintzell's Oyster House logo Wintzell's Oyster House 5
  • 8 H Half Shell Oyster House logo Half Shell Oyster House 5
  • 9 T The Juicy Crab logo The Juicy Crab 4
  • 10 C Chuck's Fish logo Chuck's Fish 4
  • 11 T Top O the River 3
  • 12 T The Wharf 3
  • 13 M Market By The Bay 3
  • 14 S Seafood King 2
  • 15 C Cozy Brown's Kitchen 2
  • 16 W Wolf Bay Lodge 2
  • 17 F Fish River Grill 2
  • 18 B Blalock Seafood & Specialty Market 2
  • 19 T The Seafood King 2
  • 20 T Tacky Jack's logo Tacky Jack's 2
  • 21 O Original Oyster House 2
  • 22 C Cajun Corner 2
  • 23 K Kitchen of The Sea 1
  • 24 B Big Fish Restaurant & Bar 1
  • 25 T The Fish Market Restaurant 1
  • 26 K Kraver's Seafood Restaurant 1
  • 27 E Ezell's Fish Camp 1
  • 28 L Louisiana Lagniappe 1
  • 29 L Lartigue's On The Hill 1
  • 30 C Coastal Orange Beach logo Coastal Orange Beach 1
  • 31 L LJz Backyard Bayou 1
  • 32 J Jubilee Seafood 1
  • 33 R Ralph & Kacoo's 1
  • 34 W Wishbone Cafe 1
  • 35 T The River Shack 1
  • 36 C Captain Hooks 1
  • 37 F Fat Cat Seafood & Tiger Ice 1
  • 38 C Catfish Charlie's 1
  • 39 S Shuckers Seafood & Oyster Bar 1
  • 40 R Red Mountain Crawfish Company 1
  • 41 P Pier 59 1
  • 42 O Ooh Crabs Juicy Seafood 1
  • 43 B Buckboard Restaurant 1
  • 44 C Cajun Grill 1
  • 45 C Capt'n Snapper's Marina Bar & Grill 1
  • 46 F Fish and Wing 1
  • 47 D Damn Yankees 1
  • 48 Y Yummi Crab 1
  • 49 S Sam's Seafood & Grill 1
  • 50 S Springhill Seafood 1

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