Trends · data through September 2026

Seafood & Cajun in Illinois

Iceflower tracks 273 stores from 194 seafood & Cajun chains in Illinois. 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
194
Tracked stores
273
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 ▲1 +12.9%
2 R Red Snapper - +7.2%
3 T The Saucy Crab - +2.7%
4 C Captain Hooks Fish & Chicken ▲1 -3.8%
5 B Brown Bag Seafood Co. logo Brown Bag Seafood Co. - -5.1%
6 F Fisherman's Island ▲1 -10.7%
7 S Shark's Fish & Chicken - -11.6%
8 J JJ Fish & Chicken - -11.9%
9 L Long John Silver's logo Long John Silver's - -14.3%
10 L Lawrence's Fish & Shrimp - -18.1%
11 C Captain D's logo Captain D's ▼3 -32.5%
12 C Cajun Boil and Bar - -32.6%
13 S Surf's Up - -90.4%
  • Pappadeaux Seafood Kitchen
  • JJ Fish & Chicken
  • 115 Bourbon Street
  • Juicy Seafood
  • Family and Crab
  • Long John Silver's
  • Lawrence's Fish & Shrimp
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

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

  • Pappadeaux Seafood Kitchen (1)
  • JJ Fish & Chicken (12)
  • 115 Bourbon Street (1)
  • Juicy Seafood (1)
  • Family and Crab (1)
  • Long John Silver's (14)
  • Lawrence's Fish & Shrimp (3)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

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

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