Chain · United States · data through September 2026

Einstein Bros. Bagels

Iceflower tracks 671 Einstein Bros. Bagels stores across 41 US states and DC. It ranks #2 of 31,909 tracked US cafes & bakery-cafes by card spend. Its share of tracked category spend moved +2.3% over the last year.

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 stores
671
States
41
Category
Cafes & Bakery-Cafes
Category rank
#2

Growth

Einstein Bros. Bagels against its category

The biggest tracked US cafes & bakery-cafes by card spend, with year-over-year growth of category share. Share means a chain's slice of tracked category spend. It can decline while the chain's own sales grow. The chart tracks Einstein Bros. Bagels's share of the category quarter by quarter, indexed to 2024 Q4 = 100.

# Chain YoY share
1 Panera Bread -1.3%
2 Einstein Bros. Bagels +2.3%
3 Bruegger's Bagels -23.2%
4 Kneaders Bakery & Cafe -8.9%
5 Tatte Bakery & Cafe +5.9%
6 Café Zupas -10.2%
7 La Madeleine French Café -13.6%
8 Corner Bakery -17.5%
9 Virgin River Hotel and Casino +11.5%
10 Uncommon Grounds Coffee & Bagels +6.7%

Share of tracked category spend, indexed

100 97.0 2024 Q4 2026 Q3

Store footprint

Store map

671 tracked Einstein Bros. Bagels locations across 41 US states and DC. Texas, Florida, and Colorado hold 36% of them.

Customer overlap

Who shops at Einstein Bros. Bagels

Tracked chains Einstein Bros. Bagels customers also buy from more than a similarly active shopper would, indexed to the strongest overlap (100). From real card transactions.

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