Trends · data through July 2026

Beverage Shops in Illinois

Iceflower tracks 87 stores from 67 beverage shops chains in Illinois. Kung Fu Tea grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Boba Heaven and Chill Bubble Tea.

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
67
Tracked stores
87
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked beverage shops 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. Kung Fu Tea and Boba Heaven sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 K Kung Fu Tea logo Kung Fu Tea - +12.7%
2 B Boba Heaven - +9.2%
3 C Chill Bubble Tea - +5.4%
4 P Poppers Tea - -11.6%
  • Kung Fu Tea
  • Pavilion
  • Bubblelicious
  • Gathers Tea Bar
  • Chi Tea
  • Chill Bubble Tea
  • Uni Uni
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

87 tracked store locations in Illinois. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Kung Fu Tea (7)
  • Pavilion (1)
  • Bubblelicious (2)
  • Gathers Tea Bar (1)
  • Chi Tea (2)
  • Chill Bubble Tea (4)
  • Uni Uni (2)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 K Kung Fu Tea logo Kung Fu Tea 7
  • 2 C Chill Bubble Tea 4
  • 3 B Boba Heaven 3
  • 4 P Poppers Tea 3
  • 5 C Chi Tea 2
  • 6 U Uni Uni 2
  • 7 B Bubblelicious 2
  • 8 T Tsaocaa logo Tsaocaa 2
  • 9 C Cloud Tea 2
  • 10 D Daboba 2
  • 11 B Bearology logo Bearology 2
  • 12 T Tastea logo Tastea 1
  • 13 W Whimsy Tea 1
  • 14 U Uplifted Bistro Downtown logo Uplifted Bistro Downtown 1
  • 15 T Tbaar logo Tbaar 1
  • 16 B BobaNova Milk Tea and Coffee 1
  • 17 B Boba Doze 1
  • 18 B Boba House 1
  • 19 T TeaTalk Boba 1
  • 20 B Bambu logo Bambu 1
  • 21 2 2Teas Boba 1
  • 22 E Elitea 1
  • 23 T TeaRex Bubble Tea Cafe 1
  • 24 V Vextor Boba Tea Lounge 1
  • 25 B Brew 'n Bubble 1
  • 26 I Icy Bubbles 1
  • 27 C Chai Biscuit Cafe 1
  • 28 B Boba for Life 1
  • 29 P Pom Pom Cafe 1
  • 30 M Meii Tea 1
  • 31 D Ding Tea logo Ding Tea 1
  • 32 S SpecialTea 1
  • 33 B Boki's Tea House 1
  • 34 H Happy Lemon logo Happy Lemon 1
  • 35 V Vivi Bubble Tea logo Vivi Bubble Tea 1
  • 36 T Tea Ninja 1
  • 37 D Dom's Kitchen & Market 1
  • 38 S SFCO 1
  • 39 V Varsity Vending & Coffee Service 1
  • 40 P Pavilion 1
  • 41 G Gathers Tea Bar 1
  • 42 V Vannie's House 1
  • 43 B Bubble Tea Lab 1
  • 44 W Wilmette Food Mart 1
  • 45 U Umbrella Tea House 1
  • 46 M Madam Zuzu's 1
  • 47 O Oriental Tea House 1
  • 48 F Flamingo Tea 1
  • 49 C Convenience 35 1
  • 50 9 9 Bar 1

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