Chain · United States · data through September 2026

E El Patron

Iceflower tracks 65 El Patron stores across 26 US states. It ranks #22 of 26,568 tracked US Mexican restaurants & taquerias by card spend. Its share of tracked category spend moved +7.0% 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
65
States
26
Category
Mexican Restaurants & Taquerias
Category rank
#22

Growth

El Patron 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 Patron'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%
22 E El Patron +7.0%

Share of tracked category spend, indexed

100 111.7 2024 Q4 2026 Q3

Store footprint

Store map

65 tracked El Patron locations across 26 US states.

Customer overlap

Who shops at El Patron

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

C Central Alabama Electric Cooperative logo Central Alabama Electric Cooperative 100
J Johnson's Giant Food 89
B Big E's Quik Mart 66
J Johnson's Giant Foods 66
C Catamount Travel Center 63
F Fresh Value logo Fresh Value 60
J Jack's logo Jack's 56
R Russell Do It Centers 47
K Kwik Sack 44

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