Chain · United States · data through September 2026

T The Cup

Iceflower tracks 12 The Cup stores across 11 US states.

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
12
States
11
Category
Cafes & Bakery-Cafes

Growth

The Cup against its category

The biggest tracked US cafes & bakery-cafes 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 Cup's share of the category quarter by quarter, indexed to 2024 Q4 = 100.

# Chain YoY share
1 P Panera Bread logo Panera Bread +0.2%
2 E Einstein Bros. Bagels logo Einstein Bros. Bagels +2.9%
3 B Bruegger's Bagels logo Bruegger's Bagels -18.6%
4 K Kneaders Bakery & Cafe logo Kneaders Bakery & Cafe -8.6%
5 T Tatte Bakery & Cafe logo Tatte Bakery & Cafe +4.9%
6 C Café Zupas logo Café Zupas -9.4%
7 L La Madeleine French Café logo La Madeleine French Café -13.3%
8 C Corner Bakery logo Corner Bakery -16.8%
9 V Virgin River Hotel and Casino +10.8%
10 N Northstar Cafe logo Northstar Cafe -

Share of tracked category spend, indexed

100 91.3 2024 Q4 2026 Q3

Store footprint

Store map

12 tracked The Cup locations across 11 US states.

Tracked stores by state

Customer overlap

Who shops at The Cup

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

T Tensai Sushi 100
W Wisconsin Market 95
C Casino Grocery & Market 74
F Frazier Farms logo Frazier Farms 52
E Eagle Pass Water Works 45
J Joe's Market Basket 42
T The Chug 41
C Choche's BBQ & Bar 41
G Goshen Coffee logo Goshen Coffee 40
B Ball State University logo Ball State University 39

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