Trends · data through September 2026

Food & Drink trends in Columbus, IN

Iceflower tracks 188 stores from 161 food & drink chains in Columbus, IN. Arby's grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Starbucks and Burger King.

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
161
Tracked stores
188
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked food & drink 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. Arby's and Starbucks sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 A Arby's logo Arby's - +7.9%
2 S Starbucks logo Starbucks - +5.7%
3 B Burger King logo Burger King - +5.6%
4 D Dairy Queen logo Dairy Queen - -1.5%
5 T Taco Bell logo Taco Bell - -2.4%
6 M McDonald's logo McDonald's - -2.5%
7 S Subway logo Subway - -50.0%
  • Burger Chains
  • Mexican Restaurants & Taquerias
  • Casual Dining
  • Pizza Chains
  • Sandwich & Sub Shops
  • Cafes & Bakery-Cafes
  • Pizzerias
  • Other categories

Store footprint

Store map

188 tracked store locations in Columbus, IN, colored by category.

  • Burger Chains (19)
  • Mexican Restaurants & Taquerias (18)
  • Casual Dining (17)
  • Pizza Chains (12)
  • Sandwich & Sub Shops (12)
  • Cafes & Bakery-Cafes (11)
  • Pizzerias (10)
  • Other categories

Top tracked chains by store count

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