Trends · data through August 2026

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

Iceflower tracks 927 stores from 305 casual eateries chains in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN. The Original Rainbow Cone grew fastest over the last year, ahead of The Scoop and Ben & Jerry's.

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
305
Tracked stores
927
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked casual eateries 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. The Original Rainbow Cone and The Scoop sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 T The Original Rainbow Cone logo The Original Rainbow Cone ▲2 +16.1%
2 T The Scoop ▲1 +13.9%
3 B Ben & Jerry's logo Ben & Jerry's ▲2 +10.4%
4 L La Michoacana Premium ▲1 +4.3%
5 T The Great American Bagel logo The Great American Bagel ▲1 +2.6%
6 L Las Delicias de Michoacan ▲1 +0.7%
7 O Once Upon A Bagel ▼1 -0.9%
8 K Kimmer's Ice Cream ▲3 -2.6%
9 E Einstein Bros. Bagels logo Einstein Bros. Bagels - -3.1%
10 M Menchie's Frozen Yogurt logo Menchie's Frozen Yogurt - -3.7%
11 R Rita's Italian Ice & Frozen Custard logo Rita's Italian Ice & Frozen Custard ▲3 -4.8%
12 D Dunkin' logo Dunkin' - -6.4%
13 L La Michoacana - -6.6%
14 L Los Mangos - -7.9%
15 K Kilwins logo Kilwins - -8.2%
  • Dunkin'
  • Baskin-Robbins
  • La Michoacana
  • Oberweis
  • La Michoacana Premium
  • The Great American Bagel
  • Andy's Frozen Custard
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

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

  • Dunkin' (285)
  • Baskin-Robbins (107)
  • La Michoacana (30)
  • Oberweis (29)
  • La Michoacana Premium (13)
  • The Great American Bagel (18)
  • Andy's Frozen Custard (18)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

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