Trends · data through September 2026

Seafood & Cajun in Maryland

Iceflower tracks 462 stores from 382 seafood & Cajun chains in Maryland. Vince's Crab House grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Fish Taco and Hook & Reel Cajun Seafood & Bar.

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
382
Tracked stores
462
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. Vince's Crab House and Fish Taco sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 V Vince's Crab House - +17.2%
2 F Fish Taco - +7.4%
3 H Hook & Reel Cajun Seafood & Bar logo Hook & Reel Cajun Seafood & Bar - +5.6%
4 B Blue Point Crab House - +1.4%
5 M Mid Atlantic Seafood - -3.0%
6 P Phillips Seafood logo Phillips Seafood - -7.1%
7 C Cameron's Seafood logo Cameron's Seafood - -8.0%
8 C Crafty Crab logo Crafty Crab - -20.9%
9 M Mason's Famous Lobster Rolls logo Mason's Famous Lobster Rolls - -30.3%
  • Captain White Seafood City
  • Crafty Crab
  • Hook & Reel Cajun Seafood & Bar
  • Mid Atlantic Seafood
  • Hip Hop Fish & Chicken
  • The Choptank
  • Jerry's Seafood
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

462 tracked store locations in Maryland. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Captain White Seafood City (1)
  • Crafty Crab (6)
  • Hook & Reel Cajun Seafood & Bar (9)
  • Mid Atlantic Seafood (5)
  • Hip Hop Fish & Chicken (8)
  • The Choptank (2)
  • Jerry's Seafood (1)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 H Hip Hop Fish and Chicken logo Hip Hop Fish and Chicken 13
  • 2 H Hook & Reel Cajun Seafood & Bar logo Hook & Reel Cajun Seafood & Bar 9
  • 3 H Hip Hop Fish & Chicken logo Hip Hop Fish & Chicken 8
  • 4 C Crafty Crab logo Crafty Crab 6
  • 5 C Cameron's Seafood logo Cameron's Seafood 6
  • 6 P Phillips Seafood logo Phillips Seafood 5
  • 7 M Mid Atlantic Seafood 5
  • 8 M Mason's Famous Lobster Rolls logo Mason's Famous Lobster Rolls 4
  • 9 F Fish Taco 3
  • 10 V Vince's Crab House 3
  • 11 B Blue Point Crab House 3
  • 12 S Stoney's Seafood 2
  • 13 T The Pearl 2
  • 14 M Mama's on the Half Shell 2
  • 15 C Costa's Inn 2
  • 16 B Boom Boom Crab Cajun Seafood & Bar 2
  • 17 B Blackwall Hitch logo Blackwall Hitch 2
  • 18 T The Crab Galley 2
  • 19 L Liberty Road Seafood and Steak 2
  • 20 R Red Crab House 2
  • 21 C Crab Shack 2
  • 22 E Ernie's Crab House 2
  • 23 K Kelly's Cajun Grill logo Kelly's Cajun Grill 2
  • 24 T Today's Crab House 2
  • 25 T The Choptank 2
  • 26 S Seaside Seafood 2
  • 27 C Conrad's Crabs & Seafood Market logo Conrad's Crabs & Seafood Market 2
  • 28 R Rock & Toss Crab House 2
  • 29 U Urban Crab Shack 2
  • 30 P Pappas Restaurant 2
  • 31 T This is Seafood 2
  • 32 J Juicy Bucket Seafood & Bar 2
  • 33 S Soul Boat 2
  • 34 W Woodbine Inn 1
  • 35 C Chesapeake Landing Restaurant 1
  • 36 S Sakura Seafood Buffet 1
  • 37 C Carriage House Inn 1
  • 38 C Country's Seafood 1
  • 39 C Captain Dan's Crabhouse 1
  • 40 D Don's Seafood & Chicken House 1
  • 41 C Captain Joe Crab & Seafood 1
  • 42 L LP Steamers logo LP Steamers 1
  • 43 H Hudson Coastal 1
  • 44 S Seabreeze Restaurant & Crab House 1
  • 45 M Market Street Inn Restaurant & Pub 1
  • 46 A Angler Restaurant & Dock Bar 1
  • 47 M May's Seafood Restaurant 1
  • 48 L Latitude Seafood Co 1
  • 49 U Urban Crab Boil 1
  • 50 K King Street Oyster Bar logo King Street Oyster Bar 1

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