Trends · data through September 2026

Cafes & Bakery-Cafes in Kentucky

Iceflower tracks 427 stores from 362 cafes & bakery-cafes in Kentucky. Panera Bread grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Einstein Bros. Bagels and Heine Brothers Coffee.

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
362
Tracked stores
427
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked cafes & bakery-cafes

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. Panera Bread and Einstein Bros. Bagels sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 P Panera Bread logo Panera Bread - +1.7%
2 E Einstein Bros. Bagels logo Einstein Bros. Bagels - -6.8%
3 H Heine Brothers Coffee logo Heine Brothers Coffee - -13.3%
  • Panera Bread
  • Heine Brothers Coffee
  • Sunergos Coffee
  • Quills Coffee
  • Old School Coffee
  • Bella Cafe
  • Christi's Cafe
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

427 tracked store locations in Kentucky. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Panera Bread (40)
  • Heine Brothers Coffee (5)
  • Sunergos Coffee (2)
  • Quills Coffee (2)
  • Old School Coffee (1)
  • Bella Cafe (1)
  • Christi's Cafe (1)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 P Panera Bread logo Panera Bread 40
  • 2 E Einstein Bros. Bagels logo Einstein Bros. Bagels 6
  • 3 H Heine Brothers Coffee logo Heine Brothers Coffee 5
  • 4 T The Well 3
  • 5 V Vibe Coffee 2
  • 6 S Safai Coffee logo Safai Coffee 2
  • 7 J Just Love Coffee Cafe logo Just Love Coffee Cafe 2
  • 8 N North Lime Coffee & Donuts 2
  • 9 R Roebling Books & Coffee 2
  • 10 C Corner Cafe 2
  • 11 B Bruegger's Bagels logo Bruegger's Bagels 2
  • 12 T The Grind 2
  • 13 R Revival Coffee Company 2
  • 14 P Purrfect Day Cat Cafe logo Purrfect Day Cat Cafe 2
  • 15 L Lasaters Coffee & Tea logo Lasaters Coffee & Tea 2
  • 16 C Crave Cafe & Catering 2
  • 17 Q Quills Coffee logo Quills Coffee 2
  • 18 S Sunergos Coffee logo Sunergos Coffee 2
  • 19 B Big Jack's Coffeehouse & Cafe 1
  • 20 C Cup of Joy 1
  • 21 F Future Grounds Tea & Coffee House 1
  • 22 T The Bodega at Roebling 1
  • 23 D Deez Beanz Bardstown 1
  • 24 G Gramps Coffee & Donuts 1
  • 25 I Iron Bell Coffee 1
  • 26 P Pipers Tea & Coffee 1
  • 27 T The Hive Coffee & Bakehouse 1
  • 28 H Happy People Coffee Company 1
  • 29 R Red Hot Roasters 1
  • 30 E El Cafe 1
  • 31 A Alley Cat Cafe & Catering 1
  • 32 E Espresso Cafe 1
  • 33 H Havanas Coffee Express 1
  • 34 C Central Purrk Cat Cafe 1
  • 35 L Loyal Cafe 1
  • 36 H Happy Hoppers Coffee & More 1
  • 37 S Solomon's Porch Cafe & Catering 1
  • 38 W Woodstock 1
  • 39 H Happy Cow Cafe 1
  • 40 U Unify Coffee Co 1
  • 41 P Prospect Cafe 1
  • 42 F FireFly Nutrition 1
  • 43 C Cedar Grove Coffee House 1
  • 44 M MJ's Lattes 1
  • 45 L Lil's Coffee House 1
  • 46 T The Cottage Cafe 1
  • 47 T The Daily Grind Cafe 1
  • 48 F Fill My Cup 1
  • 49 B Billion Cup Coffee 1
  • 50 N Newberry Bros Coffee 1

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