Trends · data through September 2026

Family Restaurants & Diners in Maine

Iceflower tracks 62 stores from 51 family restaurants & diners in Maine. Friendly's grew fastest over the last year, ahead of IHOP and The Village Inn.

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
51
Tracked stores
62
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked family restaurants & diners

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. Friendly's and IHOP sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 F Friendly's logo Friendly's - +14.6%
2 I IHOP logo IHOP - +6.6%
3 T The Village Inn logo The Village Inn - -13.2%
4 D Denny's logo Denny's - -18.6%
  • IHOP
  • Becky's Diner
  • Moody's Diner
  • Denny's
  • Friendly's
  • Maine Diner
  • Brunswick Diner
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

62 tracked store locations in Maine. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • IHOP (6)
  • Becky's Diner (1)
  • Moody's Diner (1)
  • Denny's (3)
  • Friendly's (3)
  • Maine Diner (1)
  • Brunswick Diner (1)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 I IHOP logo IHOP 6
  • 2 D Denny's logo Denny's 3
  • 3 F Friendly's logo Friendly's 3
  • 4 T The Village Inn logo The Village Inn 3
  • 5 B Becky's Diner 1
  • 6 N Newport Diner 1
  • 7 G Good & Plenty Diner 1
  • 8 F Frank's Restaurant 1
  • 9 F Fran's Restaurant 1
  • 10 F Farmington Diner 1
  • 11 D Downtown Diner 1
  • 12 O Other Side Diner 1
  • 13 H Happy Days Diner 1
  • 14 R Ridgetop Restaurant 1
  • 15 A Auto Mile Diner 1
  • 16 A Auntie M's 1
  • 17 D Deb's Bristol Diner 1
  • 18 F Forget Me Not Diner 1
  • 19 K Karen's Main Street Diner 1
  • 20 L Log Cabin 1
  • 21 A Airline Lodge & Snackbar 1
  • 22 T The Village Kitchen 1
  • 23 C Cracker Barrel Old Country Store logo Cracker Barrel Old Country Store 1
  • 24 S Sweetest Memory 1
  • 25 B Bechard's Diner 1
  • 26 C Countryside Restaurant 1
  • 27 E Elm Tree Diner 1
  • 28 T The Outpost Public House 1
  • 29 M Moody's Diner 1
  • 30 M Maine Diner 1
  • 31 B Brunswick Diner 1
  • 32 H Hot Suppa 1
  • 33 J Jordan's Restaurant 1
  • 34 K Kelleys Sebago Diner 1
  • 35 D Dave's Diner 1
  • 36 C Countryside Diner 1
  • 37 A Annette's Country Skillet Diner 1
  • 38 T The Blue Pig Diner 1
  • 39 E Ellis Variety and Diner 1
  • 40 M Miss Portland Diner 1
  • 41 P Percy's Table 1
  • 42 T Traci's Diner 1
  • 43 N Northwoods Diner 1
  • 44 M Morning Glory Diner 1
  • 45 D Dubois Cafe 1
  • 46 W Waco Diner 1
  • 47 R Route 197 Diner 1
  • 48 T Top of the Hill Grille 1
  • 49 C Crossroads Diner & Deli 1
  • 50 C Chuck Wagon Restaurant 1

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