Growth
Red Lobster 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 Red Lobster'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% |
Share of tracked category spend, indexed
Store footprint
Store map
633 tracked Red Lobster locations across 44 US states. Florida, Texas, and Ohio hold 24% of them.
Tracked stores by state
- Florida 60
- Texas 53
- Ohio 38
- California 37
- Pennsylvania 33
- Georgia 31
- Illinois 28
- Michigan 27
- New York 24
- Indiana 21
- Virginia 21
- Tennessee 18
- North Carolina 17
- Arizona 16
- Colorado 15
- Maryland 15
- New Jersey 15
- Missouri 14
- Alabama 12
- Minnesota 12
- South Carolina 12
- Kentucky 10
- Washington 10
- Oklahoma 9
- Arkansas 8
- Iowa 7
- Kansas 7
- New Mexico 7
- Wisconsin 7
- Mississippi 5
- Nevada 5
- Oregon 5
- Utah 5
- Connecticut 4
- Nebraska 4
- West Virginia 4
- Delaware 3
- Idaho 3
- Louisiana 3
- North Dakota 2
- South Dakota 2
- Wyoming 2
- Hawaii 1
- Montana 1
Customer overlap
Who shops at Red Lobster
Tracked chains Red Lobster 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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