Trends · data through September 2026

Food & Drink trends in Bowling Green, KY

Iceflower tracks 354 stores from 282 food & drink chains in Bowling Green, KY. Waffle House grew fastest over the last year, ahead of McDonald's and Domino's Pizza.

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
282
Tracked stores
354
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked food & drink 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. Waffle House and McDonald's sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 W Waffle House logo Waffle House - +14.5%
2 M McDonald's logo McDonald's - +0.1%
3 D Domino's Pizza logo Domino's Pizza - -1.9%
4 J Jimmy John's logo Jimmy John's - -2.3%
5 S Starbucks logo Starbucks - -2.4%
6 C Chick-fil-A logo Chick-fil-A - -2.7%
7 D Dairy Queen logo Dairy Queen - -4.4%
8 Z Zaxby's logo Zaxby's ▲1 -5.4%
9 W Wendy's logo Wendy's ▲1 -8.9%
10 T Taco Bell logo Taco Bell ▼1 -11.1%
11 S Sonic Drive-In logo Sonic Drive-In - -16.6%
12 S Subway logo Subway ▼1 -20.7%
  • Burger Chains
  • Casual Dining
  • Bars, Pubs & Breweries
  • Mexican Restaurants & Taquerias
  • Other restaurants
  • Sandwich & Sub Shops
  • Bakeries, Donuts & Desserts
  • Other categories

Store footprint

Store map

354 tracked store locations in Bowling Green, KY, colored by category.

  • Burger Chains (40)
  • Casual Dining (33)
  • Bars, Pubs & Breweries (29)
  • Mexican Restaurants & Taquerias (26)
  • Other restaurants (23)
  • Sandwich & Sub Shops (21)
  • Bakeries, Donuts & Desserts (17)
  • Other categories

Top tracked chains by store count

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