Trends · data through September 2026

Cafes & Bakery-Cafes in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN

Iceflower tracks 1,000 stores from 777 cafes & bakery-cafes in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN. Dollop Coffee Co. grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Panera Bread and Blackberry Market.

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
777
Tracked stores
1,000
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked cafes & bakery-cafes

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. Dollop Coffee Co. and Panera Bread sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 D Dollop Coffee Co. ▲2 +17.9%
2 P Panera Bread logo Panera Bread - +9.9%
3 B Blackberry Market - +1.7%
4 P Pret A Manger logo Pret A Manger ▲2 +1.3%
5 E Einstein Bros. Bagels logo Einstein Bros. Bagels - -4.7%
6 B Big Apple Bagels logo Big Apple Bagels - -6.5%
7 H Honey Jam Cafe - -7.3%
8 Q Qamaria Yemeni Coffee Co. logo Qamaria Yemeni Coffee Co. ▲2 -12.8%
9 C Corner Bakery logo Corner Bakery - -16.4%
10 B Big Shoulders Coffee ▲2 -28.3%
11 T Tracy's ▼2 -52.6%
12 D Dulce Mami Cafe ▼2 -54.9%
13 C Conscious Cup Coffee Roasters logo Conscious Cup Coffee Roasters ▼4 -56.8%
  • Panera Bread
  • Honey Jam Cafe
  • Goddess and the Baker
  • Corner Bakery
  • Einstein Bros. Bagels
  • Colectivo Coffee
  • Blackberry Market
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

1,000 tracked store locations in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Panera Bread (113)
  • Honey Jam Cafe (3)
  • Goddess and the Baker (1)
  • Corner Bakery (20)
  • Einstein Bros. Bagels (19)
  • Colectivo Coffee (2)
  • Blackberry Market (4)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 P Panera Bread logo Panera Bread 113
  • 2 C Corner Bakery logo Corner Bakery 20
  • 3 E Einstein Bros. Bagels logo Einstein Bros. Bagels 19
  • 4 B Big Shoulders Coffee 8
  • 5 P Pret A Manger logo Pret A Manger 5
  • 6 D Dulce Mami Cafe 4
  • 7 B Big Apple Bagels logo Big Apple Bagels 4
  • 8 T Tracy's 4
  • 9 B Blackberry Market 4
  • 10 H Honey Jam Cafe 3
  • 11 C Conscious Cup Coffee Roasters logo Conscious Cup Coffee Roasters 3
  • 12 H Hometown Coffee & Juice 3
  • 13 D Dollop Coffee Co. 3
  • 14 Q Qamaria Yemeni Coffee Co. logo Qamaria Yemeni Coffee Co. 3
  • 15 H Haraz Coffee House logo Haraz Coffee House 2
  • 16 L Lea French Cafe 2
  • 17 S Sweetwaters Coffee & Tea logo Sweetwaters Coffee & Tea 2
  • 18 R Rustic Knead 2
  • 19 S Sip Coffee House 2
  • 20 F Fairgrounds Coffee and Tea logo Fairgrounds Coffee and Tea 2
  • 21 M Matari Coffee Co. logo Matari Coffee Co. 2
  • 22 M Momentum Coffee 2
  • 23 P Playroom Cafe 2
  • 24 C Coffee Haus 2
  • 25 C Café Descartes 2
  • 26 C Colectivo Coffee logo Colectivo Coffee 2
  • 27 A Aracely's Bakery 2
  • 28 G Grindhouse Cafe 2
  • 29 C Craft'd 2
  • 30 O Oromo Cafe 2
  • 31 C Cupitol Coffee & Eatery 2
  • 32 A Alexander's Cafe 2
  • 33 I Ipsento 606 2
  • 34 T The Goddess and Grocer logo The Goddess and Grocer 2
  • 35 Q Qahwah House logo Qahwah House 2
  • 36 B Backlot Coffee 2
  • 37 K Krema Coffee Roasters 2
  • 38 M Marcela's Cafeteria 1
  • 39 T Tony's Cafe 1
  • 40 C Chiqueolatte 1
  • 41 D Daily Projects Cafe 1
  • 42 S Swadesi Cafe 1
  • 43 D Dialtone Coffee & Wine Bar 1
  • 44 S Standing Passengers 1
  • 45 T The Sycamore Cafe 1
  • 46 G Groundswell Coffee Roasters 1
  • 47 N Nabala Cafe 1
  • 48 N New Wave Coffee 1
  • 49 J Janik's Cafe 1
  • 50 S Sweet Maple Cafe 1

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