Chain · United States · data through September 2026

F Famous Dave's logo Famous Dave's

Iceflower tracks 107 Famous Dave's stores across 29 US states. It ranks #6 of 6,262 tracked US barbecue chains by card spend. Its share of tracked category spend moved -7.1% 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
107
States
29
Category
Barbecue
Category rank
#6

Growth

Famous Dave's against its category

The biggest tracked US barbecue chains 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 Famous Dave's's share of the category quarter by quarter, indexed to 2024 Q4 = 100.

# Chain YoY share
1 M Mission BBQ logo Mission BBQ +1.7%
2 S Sonny's BBQ logo Sonny's BBQ -6.6%
3 R Rudy's Country Store and Bar-B-Q logo Rudy's Country Store and Bar-B-Q +11.0%
4 C City Barbeque logo City Barbeque +17.8%
5 B Bill Miller Bar-B-Q logo Bill Miller Bar-B-Q +0.2%
6 F Famous Dave's logo Famous Dave's -7.1%
7 D Dickey's Barbecue Pit logo Dickey's Barbecue Pit -12.3%
8 S Smokey Bones logo Smokey Bones -57.5%
9 M Moe's Original BBQ logo Moe's Original BBQ +3.0%
10 P Pappas Bar-B-Q logo Pappas Bar-B-Q +3.7%

Share of tracked category spend, indexed

100 86.0 2024 Q4 2026 Q3

Store footprint

Store map

107 tracked Famous Dave's locations across 29 US states.

Customer overlap

Who shops at Famous Dave's

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

T The Shack Wings & Brews 79
G GECU logo GECU 71
C Cub logo Cub 64
V Vista Central Market 63
H Household Furniture 56
L Lowe's Big 8 Foods 56
L La Estrella Meat Market and Kitchen 56
W West Texas Chophouse 54
S Speaking Rock 53

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