Trends · data through September 2026

Family Restaurants & Diners in Tennessee

Iceflower tracks 495 stores from 172 family restaurants & diners in Tennessee. Perkins American Food Co. grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Waffle House and Cracker Barrel Old Country Store.

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
172
Tracked stores
495
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. Perkins American Food Co. and Waffle House sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 P Perkins American Food Co. logo Perkins American Food Co. ▲1 +9.3%
2 W Waffle House logo Waffle House - +8.0%
3 C Cracker Barrel Old Country Store logo Cracker Barrel Old Country Store - +1.8%
4 D Denny's logo Denny's - +0.5%
5 P Paula Deen's Family Kitchen logo Paula Deen's Family Kitchen - +0.4%
6 S Shoney's - -4.9%
7 I IHOP logo IHOP - -7.2%
8 S Southern Hands Homestyle Cooking logo Southern Hands Homestyle Cooking - -7.8%
9 H Huddle House logo Huddle House ▼1 -8.8%
10 T The Diner - -16.7%
11 C Country Kitchen logo Country Kitchen - -17.3%
  • Cracker Barrel Old Country Store
  • Waffle House
  • IHOP
  • Shoney's
  • Applewood Farmhouse Restaurant
  • Perkins American Food Co.
  • Huddle House
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

495 tracked store locations in Tennessee. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (56)
  • Waffle House (144)
  • IHOP (35)
  • Shoney's (38)
  • Applewood Farmhouse Restaurant (1)
  • Perkins American Food Co. (13)
  • Huddle House (18)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

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