Trends · data through September 2026

Bars, Pubs & Breweries in Illinois

Iceflower tracks 2,835 stores from 2,706 bars, pubs & breweries in Illinois. Durbin's grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Billy Goat Tavern and Main Street Pub.

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
2,706
Tracked stores
2,835
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked bars, pubs & breweries

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. Durbin's and Billy Goat Tavern sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 D Durbin's ▲1 +15.4%
2 B Billy Goat Tavern ▲1 +4.0%
3 M Main Street Pub ▲1 +2.8%
4 T Timothy O'Toole's Pub - -2.9%
5 G Global Brew Tap House ▲2 -9.7%
6 B Barnaby's - -14.1%
7 B Bar Louie logo Bar Louie ▼1 -21.6%
8 P Pour Bros. Craft Taproom ▼1 -26.3%
9 T Tap House Grill ▼3 -50.2%
  • Timothy O'Toole's Pub
  • Billy Goat Tavern
  • Bar Louie
  • Legends Grill & Bar
  • Joe's on Weed St.
  • Stolen Saddle
  • Piccolo Buco by Cooper's Hawk
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

2,835 tracked store locations in Illinois. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Timothy O'Toole's Pub (3)
  • Billy Goat Tavern (3)
  • Bar Louie (8)
  • Legends Grill & Bar (2)
  • Joe's on Weed St. (1)
  • Stolen Saddle (1)
  • Piccolo Buco by Cooper's Hawk (2)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 B Bar Louie logo Bar Louie 8
  • 2 T Tap House Grill 6
  • 3 D Durbin's 5
  • 4 T The Vault 4
  • 5 P Pour Bros. Craft Taproom 4
  • 6 M Main Street Pub 3
  • 7 B Barnaby's 3
  • 8 G Global Brew Tap House 3
  • 9 B Billy Goat Tavern 3
  • 10 T Timothy O'Toole's Pub 3
  • 11 P Pollyanna Brewing Company 2
  • 12 B Bedrocks 2
  • 13 T Tapville Social logo Tapville Social 2
  • 14 N Nikos Tavern 2
  • 15 E Estereo 2
  • 16 M More Brewing Co. 2
  • 17 C Corner Pub 2
  • 18 J JoJo's Shake Bar logo JoJo's Shake Bar 2
  • 19 P Phase Three Brewing Company Taproom and Kitchen 2
  • 20 B Bird's Nest 2
  • 21 L Legends Grill & Bar 2
  • 22 P Piccolo Buco by Cooper's Hawk logo Piccolo Buco by Cooper's Hawk 2
  • 23 T The Village Squire 2
  • 24 J Jameson's Pub 2
  • 25 F Farm Bar 2
  • 26 G Goose Island 2
  • 27 S Shoeless Joe's Alehouse & Grille 2
  • 28 A Alley 64 2
  • 29 E Emmett's Brewing Company 2
  • 30 E Emporium Arcade Bar 2
  • 31 S Sound Bar 1
  • 32 S Slippery Slope 1
  • 33 S Streeter's Tavern 1
  • 34 B Barcocina 1
  • 35 O Old Towne Pub & Eatery 1
  • 36 C Cira 1
  • 37 R Roscoe's Tavern logo Roscoe's Tavern 1
  • 38 M Mom's Place 1
  • 39 A Arlington Ale House logo Arlington Ale House 1
  • 40 C Chasers 1
  • 41 D D4 Irish Pub & Cafe 1
  • 42 E Easy Does It 1
  • 43 M McBride's North 1
  • 44 T The Aberdeen Tap 1
  • 45 G GO Tavern & Liquors 1
  • 46 C Chalet 1
  • 47 R RedStar 1
  • 48 T The Kerryman 1
  • 49 L Lizzie McNeill's 1
  • 50 F Fiala Brothers Brewery and Beer Hall 1

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