Trends · data through September 2026

Casual Dining in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN

Iceflower tracks 1,679 stores from 1,264 casual dining chains in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN. Applebee's Grill + Bar grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Rosebud and LongHorn Steakhouse.

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
1,264
Tracked stores
1,679
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked casual dining 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. Applebee's Grill + Bar and Rosebud sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 A Applebee's Grill + Bar logo Applebee's Grill + Bar - +14.3%
2 R Rosebud ▲2 +12.6%
3 L LongHorn Steakhouse logo LongHorn Steakhouse - +12.0%
4 G Gibson's Bar & Steakhouse logo Gibson's Bar & Steakhouse - +10.0%
5 T Texas Roadhouse logo Texas Roadhouse - +8.7%
6 G Gatto's Italian Restaurant ▲2 +8.7%
7 T The Patio ▲1 +8.4%
8 C Chicago Waffles logo Chicago Waffles ▲1 +8.0%
9 C Chili's Grill & Bar logo Chili's Grill & Bar - +5.3%
10 L Lazy Dog Restaurant & Bar logo Lazy Dog Restaurant & Bar ▲1 +4.2%
11 D Davanti Enoteca - +1.5%
12 O Olive Garden logo Olive Garden - +1.3%
13 T Texas Corral - +1.0%
14 T The Southern Cafe ▲1 +0.1%
15 P Portillo's logo Portillo's - -0.1%
  • Portillo's
  • Chili's Grill & Bar
  • Olive Garden
  • Texas Roadhouse
  • LongHorn Steakhouse
  • IKEA Restaurant
  • Red Lobster
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

1,679 tracked store locations in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Portillo's (48)
  • Chili's Grill & Bar (46)
  • Olive Garden (23)
  • Texas Roadhouse (12)
  • LongHorn Steakhouse (13)
  • IKEA Restaurant (1)
  • Red Lobster (18)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

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