Chain · United States · data through September 2026

E El Caporal

Iceflower tracks 23 El Caporal stores across 13 US states. It ranks #59 of 26,568 tracked US Mexican restaurants & taquerias by card spend. Its share of tracked category spend moved +5.0% 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
23
States
13
Category
Mexican Restaurants & Taquerias
Category rank
#59

Growth

El Caporal against its category

The biggest tracked US Mexican restaurants & taquerias 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 El Caporal's share of the category quarter by quarter, indexed to 2024 Q4 = 100.

# Chain YoY share
1 C Chuy's logo Chuy's -14.7%
2 P Plaza Azteca logo Plaza Azteca +7.2%
3 F Filiberto's Mexican Food logo Filiberto's Mexican Food +4.5%
4 C Condado Tacos logo Condado Tacos -18.5%
5 E El Nopal -7.3%
6 P Pappasito's Cantina +4.1%
7 R Rancherito's +3.4%
8 A Azteca Mexican logo Azteca Mexican +1.3%
9 M Monterrey Mexican Restaurant +3.3%
10 L Lupe Tortilla logo Lupe Tortilla +8.3%
59 E El Caporal +5.0%

Share of tracked category spend, indexed

100 114.2 2024 Q4 2026 Q3

Store footprint

Store map

23 tracked El Caporal locations across 13 US states.

Customer overlap

Who shops at El Caporal

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

W Wickel Tire Pros 100
U United Electric Co-Op 97
B Burgers Etc 93
S Stokes Freshfood Market 91
T Taco Bandido 89
S Stevo's 86
E El Torito Market Carniceria 84
S Swensen's Market 83
C Church Road Market 81
F Farmers Corner 79

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