Trends · data through September 2026

Latin American & Caribbean in the United States

Iceflower tracks 9,372 stores from 6,998 Latin American & Caribbean chains in the United States. Zaza Cuban Comfort Food grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Half Moon Empanadas and Pupuseria La Familiar.

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
6,998
Tracked stores
9,372
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked Latin American & Caribbean 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. Zaza Cuban Comfort Food and Half Moon Empanadas sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 Z Zaza Cuban Comfort Food logo Zaza Cuban Comfort Food ▲2 +18.8%
2 H Half Moon Empanadas logo Half Moon Empanadas ▲16 +18.8%
3 P Pupuseria La Familiar ▲8 +18.4%
4 C CAO Bakery & Cafe logo CAO Bakery & Cafe ▲9 +17.4%
5 E Embarcadero 41 ▲11 +17.1%
6 G Gaucho Grill Argentine Steakhouse ▲11 +16.2%
7 M Mecatos Bakery & Cafe logo Mecatos Bakery & Cafe ▲6 +15.7%
8 B Bull Top Taste Restaurant ▲3 +14.6%
9 C Casa do Brasil ▲8 +14.3%
10 S Sergio's Restaurant logo Sergio's Restaurant ▲5 +13.8%
11 E El Balcon de las Americas ▲11 +13.8%
12 L La Pupusa Loca ▲10 +12.6%
13 K King Pollo ▲8 +12.6%
14 1 1928 Cuban Bistro logo 1928 Cuban Bistro ▲6 +12.0%
15 E El Paraiso ▲1 +12.0%
  • Pollo Tropical
  • Golden Krust
  • Sardi's Pollo A La Brasa
  • Pollo Campero
  • Gloria's Latin Cuisine
  • La Carreta
  • Tucanos Brazilian Grill
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

9,372 tracked store locations in the United States. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Pollo Tropical (138)
  • Golden Krust (77)
  • Sardi's Pollo A La Brasa (13)
  • Pollo Campero (157)
  • Gloria's Latin Cuisine (21)
  • La Carreta (65)
  • Tucanos Brazilian Grill (7)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

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