Growth
Noodles & Company against its category
The biggest tracked US casual dining 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 Noodles & Company's share of the category quarter by quarter, indexed to 2024 Q4 = 100.
| # | Chain | YoY share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Texas Roadhouse | +6.1% |
| 2 | Chili's Grill & Bar | +5.7% |
| 3 | Olive Garden | +2.0% |
| 4 | Applebee's Grill + Bar | -1.3% |
| 5 | LongHorn Steakhouse | +9.0% |
| 6 | Outback Steakhouse | +0.2% |
| 7 | Red Robin Gourmet Burgers | -5.4% |
| 8 | Red Lobster | -0.7% |
| 9 | BJ's Restaurant & Brewhouse | -8.6% |
| 10 | Cheddar's Scratch Kitchen | +1.6% |
| 128 | Noodles & Company | -90.7% |
Share of tracked category spend, indexed
Store footprint
Store map
519 tracked Noodles & Company locations across 34 US states. Colorado, Illinois, and Wisconsin hold 35% of them.
Tracked stores by state
- Colorado 65
- Illinois 61
- Wisconsin 57
- Minnesota 47
- Virginia 29
- Indiana 25
- Maryland 25
- Ohio 22
- California 18
- Michigan 18
- Utah 17
- North Carolina 15
- Iowa 12
- Kansas 12
- Missouri 12
- Pennsylvania 12
- Arizona 8
- Florida 7
- Idaho 7
- Oregon 7
- Kentucky 6
- North Dakota 6
- Tennessee 6
- Connecticut 5
- Nebraska 5
- South Dakota 3
- Montana 2
- New York 2
- South Carolina 2
- Washington 2
- Maine 1
- Nevada 1
- Oklahoma 1
- Texas 1
Customer overlap
Who shops at Noodles & Company
Tracked chains Noodles & Company customers also buy from more than a similarly active shopper would, indexed to the strongest overlap (100). From real card transactions.
Kwik Trip
100
King Soopers
87
Pick 'n Save
67
Metro Market
64
Sendik's
56
Culver's
32
Cousins Subs
31
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