Chain · United States · data through September 2026

El Patron

Iceflower tracks 67 El Patron stores across 27 US states. It ranks #32 of 25,586 tracked US Mexican restaurants & taquerias by card spend. Its share of tracked category spend moved +7.5% 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
67
States
27
Category
Mexican Restaurants & Taquerias
Category rank
#32

Growth

El Patron 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 Patron'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%
32 El Patron +7.5%

Share of tracked category spend, indexed

100 111.9 2024 Q4 2026 Q3

Store footprint

Store map

67 tracked El Patron locations across 27 US states. Alabama, California, and Illinois hold 30% of them.

Customer overlap

Who shops at El Patron

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

Central Alabama Electric Cooperative 100
Johnson's Giant Food 90
Big E's Quik Mart 67
Johnsons Giant Foods 65
Catamount Travel Center 62
Fresh Value 61
Jack's 57
Russell Do It Centers 47
Martin's Family Clothing 42

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