Chain · United States · data through September 2026

The Cottage

Iceflower tracks 36 The Cottage stores across 22 US states. It ranks #121 of 37,132 tracked US casual dining chains by card spend. Its share of tracked category spend moved +16.6% 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
36
States
22
Category
Casual Dining
Category rank
#121

Growth

The Cottage 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 The Cottage'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%
121 The Cottage +16.6%

Share of tracked category spend, indexed

100 140.2 2024 Q4 2026 Q3

Store footprint

Store map

36 tracked The Cottage locations across 22 US states. California, New York, and Washington hold 25% of them.

Customer overlap

Who shops at The Cottage

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

The Cottage Inn 96
Image Creators 93
Volante Farms 89
Fire Bar & Grill 77
Harbour Spirits 76
Sudbury Farms 67
Nantucket's Meat and Fish Market 50
Georgio's Chicago Pizzeria & Pub 49
Warrior's Quick Stop 48

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