Trends · data through July 2026

Restaurants in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD

Iceflower tracks 3,323 stores from 2,576 restaurants chains in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD. CAVA grew fastest over the last year, ahead of P.F. Chang's and Plaza Azteca.

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
2,576
Tracked stores
3,323
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked restaurants 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. CAVA and P.F. Chang's sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 C CAVA logo CAVA ▲2 +18.3%
2 P P.F. Chang's logo P.F. Chang's ▲4 +14.7%
3 P Plaza Azteca logo Plaza Azteca ▲3 +14.4%
4 T The Capital Grille logo The Capital Grille ▲7 +13.8%
5 F Federal Donuts & Chicken ▲7 +12.5%
6 F Firebirds Wood Fired Grill logo Firebirds Wood Fired Grill ▲2 +9.7%
7 L LongHorn Steakhouse logo LongHorn Steakhouse - +9.6%
8 C China Wok ▲6 +8.8%
9 S Sedona Taphouse logo Sedona Taphouse ▲2 +8.8%
10 M Mission BBQ logo Mission BBQ ▲2 +8.7%
11 O Outback Steakhouse logo Outback Steakhouse - +6.6%
12 C Carrabba's Italian Grill logo Carrabba's Italian Grill ▲7 +5.0%
13 B Bubbakoo's Burritos logo Bubbakoo's Burritos ▲5 +3.9%
14 R Red Lobster logo Red Lobster - +3.4%
15 O Olive Garden logo Olive Garden - +3.1%
  • Chipotle Mexican Grill
  • Applebee's Grill + Bar
  • P.J. Whelihan's Pub + Restaurant
  • Texas Roadhouse
  • Chili's Grill & Bar
  • Olive Garden
  • LongHorn Steakhouse
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

3,323 tracked store locations in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Chipotle Mexican Grill (81)
  • Applebee's Grill + Bar (37)
  • P.J. Whelihan's Pub + Restaurant (16)
  • Texas Roadhouse (9)
  • Chili's Grill & Bar (16)
  • Olive Garden (14)
  • LongHorn Steakhouse (14)
  • Other tracked chains

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