Chain · United States · data through September 2026

E El Nopal

Iceflower tracks 33 El Nopal stores across 13 US states. It ranks #5 of 26,568 tracked US Mexican restaurants & taquerias by card spend. Its share of tracked category spend moved -7.3% over the last year.

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 stores
33
States
13
Category
Mexican Restaurants & Taquerias
Category rank
#5

Growth

El Nopal against its category

The biggest tracked US Mexican restaurants & taquerias by card spend, with year-over-year growth of category share. Share means a chain's slice of tracked category spend. It can decline while the chain's own sales grow. The chart tracks El Nopal's share of the category quarter by quarter, indexed to 2024 Q4 = 100.

# Chain YoY share
1 C Chuy's logo Chuy's -14.7%
2 P Plaza Azteca logo Plaza Azteca +7.2%
3 F Filiberto's Mexican Food logo Filiberto's Mexican Food +4.5%
4 C Condado Tacos logo Condado Tacos -18.5%
5 E El Nopal -7.3%
6 P Pappasito's Cantina +4.1%
7 R Rancherito's +3.4%
8 A Azteca Mexican logo Azteca Mexican +1.3%
9 M Monterrey Mexican Restaurant +3.3%
10 L Lupe Tortilla logo Lupe Tortilla +8.3%

Share of tracked category spend, indexed

100 87.4 2024 Q4 2026 Q3

Store footprint

Store map

33 tracked El Nopal locations across 13 US states.

Customer overlap

Who shops at El Nopal

Tracked chains El Nopal customers also buy from more than a similarly active shopper would, indexed to the strongest overlap (100). From real card transactions.

J Jay C logo Jay C 100
C Cox's Smokers Outlet 42
T Thorntons logo Thorntons 39
B Bearnos Pizza logo Bearnos Pizza 35
C Cluckers 33
K Kroger logo Kroger 33
B Ben's Bargain Center 32
D Daniel's Little Mexico 32

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