Trends · data through September 2026

Seafood & Cajun in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN

Iceflower tracks 241 stores from 176 seafood & Cajun chains in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN. Seafood Junction grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Red Snapper and The Saucy Crab.

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
176
Tracked stores
241
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked seafood & Cajun 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. Seafood Junction and Red Snapper sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 S Seafood Junction - +12.7%
2 R Red Snapper - +7.0%
3 T The Saucy Crab - +2.6%
4 C Captain Hooks Fish & Chicken - -3.9%
5 B Brown Bag Seafood Co. logo Brown Bag Seafood Co. - -5.2%
6 F Fisherman's Island - -10.9%
7 J JJ Fish & Chicken - -11.2%
8 S Shark's Fish & Chicken - -11.8%
9 L Lawrence's Fish & Shrimp - -18.2%
10 C Cajun Boil and Bar - -32.8%
11 S Surf's Up - -90.4%
  • Pappadeaux Seafood Kitchen
  • JJ Fish & Chicken
  • 115 Bourbon Street
  • Juicy Seafood
  • Family and Crab
  • Lawrence's Fish & Shrimp
  • Adalina Prime
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

241 tracked store locations in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Pappadeaux Seafood Kitchen (1)
  • JJ Fish & Chicken (11)
  • 115 Bourbon Street (1)
  • Juicy Seafood (1)
  • Family and Crab (1)
  • Lawrence's Fish & Shrimp (3)
  • Adalina Prime (1)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 J JJ Fish & Chicken 11
  • 2 J J & J Fish 10
  • 3 S Seafood Junction 6
  • 4 L Long John Silver's logo Long John Silver's 6
  • 5 S Shark's Fish & Chicken 5
  • 6 F Fisherman's Island 5
  • 7 S Surf's Up 4
  • 8 B Brown Bag Seafood Co. logo Brown Bag Seafood Co. 3
  • 9 T The Saucy Crab 3
  • 10 C Captain Hooks Fish & Chicken 3
  • 11 C Cajun Boil and Bar 3
  • 12 R Red Snapper 3
  • 13 L Lawrence's Fish & Shrimp 3
  • 14 P Pappas Restaurant 2
  • 15 M Maple Tree Inn 2
  • 16 C Catch 35 2
  • 17 P Playas Nayaritas 2
  • 18 C Captain B's Shrimp House 2
  • 19 S Shaw's Crab House 2
  • 20 D Dock's Fish 2
  • 21 F Frank's Chicago Shrimp House 2
  • 22 S Shrimp House 2
  • 23 W Wild Crab 2
  • 24 S Seafood Shack and Steak 2
  • 25 H Hook & Reel Cajun Seafood & Bar logo Hook & Reel Cajun Seafood & Bar 2
  • 26 B Burhop's Seafood 2
  • 27 M Mr Crab 1
  • 28 M Mfk 1
  • 29 J JJ Seafood Mart 1
  • 30 T Troha's Chicken & Shrimp House 1
  • 31 M Mariscos Los Cuates 1
  • 32 O Ostioneria Briza Azul 1
  • 33 M Mar Rojo 1
  • 34 T The Fish Keg 1
  • 35 S Seafood Shack 1
  • 36 M Mariscos El Tiburon 1
  • 37 C Coco's Famous Fried Lobster 1
  • 38 P Poke San 1
  • 39 M Mariscos La Laguna 1
  • 40 P Patrones inc 1
  • 41 P Pappadeaux Seafood Kitchen logo Pappadeaux Seafood Kitchen 1
  • 42 O Oh My Crab 1
  • 43 S Shrimp Island 1
  • 44 C Cuzzo's Cuisine 1
  • 45 R Ray's Shrimp House 1
  • 46 O Oceano Azul 1
  • 47 F Fin 1
  • 48 S Saltwater Coastal Grill 1
  • 49 J Johnson's Fish & Shrimp 1
  • 50 S Sharxs Fish & Chicken 1

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