Growth
Famous Dave's against its category
The biggest tracked US barbecue chains 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 Famous Dave's's share of the category quarter by quarter, indexed to 2024 Q4 = 100.
| # | Chain | YoY share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mission BBQ | +1.6% |
| 2 | Sonny's BBQ | -7.3% |
| 3 | Rudy's Country Store and Bar-B-Q | +8.7% |
| 4 | Bill Miller Bar-B-Q | +0.7% |
| 5 | City Barbeque | +17.3% |
| 6 | Famous Dave's | -6.7% |
| 7 | Dickey's Barbecue Pit | -13.6% |
| 8 | Moe's Original BBQ | +4.4% |
| 9 | Smokey Bones | -58.2% |
| 10 | Pappas Bar-B-Q | +2.4% |
Share of tracked category spend, indexed
Store footprint
Store map
107 tracked Famous Dave's locations across 29 US states. Minnesota, California, and Wisconsin hold 27% of them.
Tracked stores by state
- Minnesota 13
- California 8
- Wisconsin 8
- Nevada 7
- Colorado 6
- Michigan 6
- Arizona 5
- Iowa 4
- Illinois 4
- Maryland 4
- Ohio 4
- Texas 4
- Florida 3
- Montana 3
- New York 3
- Tennessee 3
- Virginia 3
- Washington 3
- Indiana 2
- Missouri 2
- North Dakota 2
- Nebraska 2
- Oregon 2
- Kansas 1
- Kentucky 1
- New Jersey 1
- South Carolina 1
- South Dakota 1
- Utah 1
Customer overlap
Who shops at Famous Dave's
Tracked chains Famous Dave's 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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