Chain · United States · data through September 2026

T The Cove

Iceflower tracks 41 The Cove stores across 24 US states. It ranks #55 of 37,589 tracked US casual dining chains by card spend.

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
41
States
24
Category
Casual Dining
Category rank
#55

Growth

The Cove against its category

The biggest tracked US casual dining 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 The Cove's share of the category quarter by quarter, indexed to 2024 Q4 = 100.

# Chain YoY share
1 T Texas Roadhouse logo Texas Roadhouse +6.1%
2 C Chili's Grill & Bar logo Chili's Grill & Bar +6.2%
3 O Olive Garden logo Olive Garden +2.3%
4 A Applebee's Grill + Bar logo Applebee's Grill + Bar -1.6%
5 L LongHorn Steakhouse logo LongHorn Steakhouse +8.9%
6 O Outback Steakhouse logo Outback Steakhouse +0.4%
7 R Red Robin Gourmet Burgers logo Red Robin Gourmet Burgers -5.0%
8 R Red Lobster logo Red Lobster -0.6%
9 B BJ's Restaurant & Brewhouse logo BJ's Restaurant & Brewhouse -9.1%
10 C Cheddar's Scratch Kitchen logo Cheddar's Scratch Kitchen +2.2%
55 T The Cove -

Share of tracked category spend, indexed

100 188.6 2024 Q4 2026 Q3

Store footprint

Store map

41 tracked The Cove locations across 24 US states.

Customer overlap

Who shops at The Cove

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

O Ocean Beverage Discount Liquor 100
A Atwoods Ranch & Home logo Atwoods Ranch & Home 96
L LaScala's Beach House 63
A Anchor Bistro 58
S Schooners 51
H Hayashi Sushi & Grill 50
T Two Turtles Smoke Shop 46
L Langley AFB Commissary logo Langley AFB Commissary 44
P Peace Pipe LLC 44
C County Grill & Smokehouse 41

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