Chain · United States · data through September 2026

El Nopal

Iceflower tracks 61 El Nopal stores across 18 US states. It ranks #4 of 25,586 tracked US Mexican restaurants & taquerias by card spend. Its share of tracked category spend moved -6.2% 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
61
States
18
Category
Mexican Restaurants & Taquerias
Category rank
#4

Growth

El Nopal 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 Nopal's share of the category quarter by quarter, indexed to 2024 Q4 = 100.

# Chain YoY share
1 Chuy's -15.2%
2 Plaza Azteca +7.0%
3 Filiberto's Mexican Food +2.9%
4 El Nopal -6.2%
5 Condado Tacos -19.9%
6 La Fiesta -1.5%
7 La Hacienda -2.1%
8 Pappasito's Cantina +2.6%
9 Mi Pueblo -5.3%
10 Las Palmas +14.8%

Share of tracked category spend, indexed

100 85.0 2024 Q4 2026 Q3

Store footprint

Store map

61 tracked El Nopal locations across 18 US states. Kentucky, Indiana, and Missouri hold 67% of them.

Customer overlap

Who shops at El Nopal

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

Jay C 100
JayC Fuel 50
Cox's Smokers Outlet 44
Kroger 38
Cluckers 38
Ben's Bargain Center 37
Bearnos Pizza 37

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