Trends · data through July 2026

Food & Drink trends in Maryland

Iceflower tracks 9,753 stores from 5,352 food & drink chains in Maryland. Hangry Joe's Hot Chicken & Wings grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Sardi's Pollo A La Brasa and Tai Chi 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
5,352
Tracked stores
9,753
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked food & drink 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. Hangry Joe's Hot Chicken & Wings and Sardi's Pollo A La Brasa sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 H Hangry Joe's Hot Chicken & Wings logo Hangry Joe's Hot Chicken & Wings ▲16 +18.5%
2 S Sardi's Pollo A La Brasa logo Sardi's Pollo A La Brasa ▲6 +17.2%
3 T Tai Chi Bubble Tea logo Tai Chi Bubble Tea ▲5 +14.1%
4 A Akira Ramen & Izakaya logo Akira Ramen & Izakaya ▲18 +14.0%
5 F Friendly's logo Friendly's ▲7 +13.8%
6 L Little Caesars logo Little Caesars ▲1 +13.5%
7 L La Tolteca ▲6 +13.4%
8 I Iron Rooster logo Iron Rooster ▲11 +12.7%
9 R Red Lobster logo Red Lobster ▲4 +12.4%
10 L LongHorn Steakhouse logo LongHorn Steakhouse ▲1 +10.7%
11 N Naz's Halal Food logo Naz's Halal Food ▲7 +10.6%
12 J Jersey Mike's Subs logo Jersey Mike's Subs ▲6 +10.0%
13 P Potbelly Sandwich Shop logo Potbelly Sandwich Shop ▲6 +9.2%
14 S Shake Shack logo Shake Shack ▲5 +8.9%
15 T Texas Roadhouse logo Texas Roadhouse ▲1 +8.7%

Store footprint

Store map

9,753 tracked store locations in Maryland, colored by category.

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