Trends · data through September 2026

Mexican Restaurants & Taquerias in the United States

Iceflower tracks 46,120 stores from 26,568 Mexican restaurants & taquerias in the United States. Los Arcos grew fastest over the last year, ahead of 3 Margaritas and El Indio Mexican Restaurant.

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
26,568
Tracked stores
46,120
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked Mexican restaurants & taquerias

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. Los Arcos and 3 Margaritas sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 L Los Arcos ▲38 +19.4%
2 3 3 Margaritas logo 3 Margaritas ▲37 +19.3%
3 E El Indio Mexican Restaurant ▲37 +18.6%
4 S Someburros logo Someburros ▲11 +18.5%
5 C Cinco de Mayo ▲13 +17.3%
6 S Superica logo Superica ▲24 +17.2%
7 P Palenque Grill ▲32 +16.8%
8 H Hacienda ▲10 +16.8%
9 C Casa Tequila ▲32 +16.8%
10 E El Cerro Grande ▲27 +16.7%
11 L Los Dos Potrillos ▲23 +15.9%
12 G Guapo's logo Guapo's ▲10 +15.6%
13 A Agave Azul ▲29 +14.3%
14 T The Taco Stand ▲25 +14.1%
15 R Rocco's Tacos and Tequila Bar ▲18 +13.3%
  • Chuy's
  • Plaza Azteca
  • Filiberto's Mexican Food
  • Condado Tacos
  • El Nopal
  • Pappasito's Cantina
  • Rancherito's
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

25,000 of 46,120 tracked store locations in the United States. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Chuy's (129)
  • Plaza Azteca (57)
  • Filiberto's Mexican Food (96)
  • Condado Tacos (37)
  • El Nopal (33)
  • Pappasito's Cantina (21)
  • Rancherito's (21)
  • Other tracked chains

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