Trends · data through July 2026

Restaurants in the United States

Iceflower tracks 142,500 stores from 79,234 restaurants chains in the United States. Bubba's 33 grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Sardi's Pollo A La Brasa and Cooper's Hawk Winery & 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
79,234
Tracked stores
142,500
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. Bubba's 33 and Sardi's Pollo A La Brasa sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 B Bubba's 33 logo Bubba's 33 ▲5 +19.7%
2 S Sardi's Pollo A La Brasa logo Sardi's Pollo A La Brasa ▲29 +18.9%
3 C Cooper's Hawk Winery & Restaurant logo Cooper's Hawk Winery & Restaurant ▲4 +17.9%
4 T Teriyaki Madness logo Teriyaki Madness ▲13 +17.3%
5 P Pluckers Wing Bar logo Pluckers Wing Bar ▲11 +14.3%
6 R Red Crab logo Red Crab ▲24 +14.2%
7 H House of Lee ▲24 +13.9%
8 C CAVA logo CAVA ▲3 +13.6%
9 5 54th Street Grill & Bar logo 54th Street Grill & Bar ▲23 +13.0%
10 N Newk's Eatery logo Newk's Eatery ▲22 +11.5%
11 G Golden Krust logo Golden Krust ▲22 +10.6%
12 J Jason's Deli logo Jason's Deli ▲7 +10.5%
13 S Saltgrass Steak House logo Saltgrass Steak House ▲6 +10.5%
14 L Luby's logo Luby's ▲17 +10.3%
15 H Hook & Reel Cajun Seafood & Bar logo Hook & Reel Cajun Seafood & Bar ▲8 +9.9%
  • Chipotle Mexican Grill
  • Texas Roadhouse
  • Olive Garden
  • Chili's Grill & Bar
  • Applebee's Grill + Bar
  • LongHorn Steakhouse
  • Outback Steakhouse
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

25,000 of 142,500 tracked store locations in the United States. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Chipotle Mexican Grill (3,702)
  • Texas Roadhouse (712)
  • Olive Garden (821)
  • Chili's Grill & Bar (1,066)
  • Applebee's Grill + Bar (1,286)
  • LongHorn Steakhouse (602)
  • Outback Steakhouse (648)
  • Other tracked chains

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