Trends · data through August 2026

Beverage Shops in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN

Iceflower tracks 77 stores from 62 beverage shops chains in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN. Boba Heaven grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Chill Bubble Tea and Kung Fu Tea.

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 chains
62
Tracked stores
77
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked beverage shops chains

Ranked by year-over-year growth of share of tracked local spend. Arrows show movement in the rankings since last year. Each dot in the chart is one tracked chain: bigger market position to the right, faster growth higher up, more tracked stores in a bigger dot. Colors match the store map below. Boba Heaven and Chill Bubble Tea sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 B Boba Heaven - +10.2%
2 C Chill Bubble Tea - +6.6%
3 K Kung Fu Tea logo Kung Fu Tea - +4.3%
  • Pavilion
  • Bubblelicious
  • Gathers Tea Bar
  • Chi Tea
  • Chill Bubble Tea
  • Uni Uni
  • Vannie's House
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

77 tracked store locations in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Pavilion (1)
  • Bubblelicious (2)
  • Gathers Tea Bar (1)
  • Chi Tea (2)
  • Chill Bubble Tea (4)
  • Uni Uni (2)
  • Vannie's House (1)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 C Chill Bubble Tea 4
  • 2 K Kung Fu Tea logo Kung Fu Tea 4
  • 3 B Boba Heaven 3
  • 4 B Bubblelicious 2
  • 5 C Chi Tea 2
  • 6 U Uni Uni 2
  • 7 T Tsaocaa logo Tsaocaa 2
  • 8 D Daboba 2
  • 9 C Cloud Tea 2
  • 10 B Bearology logo Bearology 2
  • 11 C Chai Biscuit Cafe 1
  • 12 B Brew 'n Bubble 1
  • 13 T Tbaar logo Tbaar 1
  • 14 B BobaNova Milk Tea and Coffee 1
  • 15 B Boba Doze 1
  • 16 B Boba House 1
  • 17 T TeaTalk Boba 1
  • 18 2 2Teas Boba 1
  • 19 B Bambu logo Bambu 1
  • 20 E Elitea 1
  • 21 T TeaRex Bubble Tea Cafe 1
  • 22 T Tiger Sugar logo Tiger Sugar 1
  • 23 B Bingo Tea 1
  • 24 P Pom Pom Cafe 1
  • 25 D Ding Tea logo Ding Tea 1
  • 26 S SpecialTea 1
  • 27 B Boki's Tea House 1
  • 28 B Boba Bros 1
  • 29 H Happy Lemon logo Happy Lemon 1
  • 30 V Vivi Bubble Tea logo Vivi Bubble Tea 1
  • 31 P Poppers Tea 1
  • 32 C Capy Teahouse 1
  • 33 T Tea Ninja 1
  • 34 D Dom's Kitchen & Market 1
  • 35 S SFCO 1
  • 36 V Varsity Vending & Coffee Service 1
  • 37 P Pavilion 1
  • 38 G Gathers Tea Bar 1
  • 39 V Vannie's House 1
  • 40 B Bubble Tea Lab 1
  • 41 W Wilmette Food Mart 1
  • 42 U Umbrella Tea House 1
  • 43 M Madam Zuzu's 1
  • 44 O Oriental Tea House 1
  • 45 F Flamingo Tea 1
  • 46 9 9 Bar 1
  • 47 S Sharetea logo Sharetea 1
  • 48 M Mycha 1
  • 49 C Coco Rolls 1
  • 50 E Eli Tea Bar logo Eli Tea Bar 1

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