Trends · data through September 2026

Food & Drink trends in Columbus, IN

Iceflower tracks 206 stores from 168 food & drink chains in Columbus, IN. Arby's grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Starbucks and Burger King.

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
168
Tracked stores
206
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked food & drink 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. Arby's and Starbucks sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 Arby's - +8.4%
2 Starbucks - +6.1%
3 Burger King - +5.7%
4 Dairy Queen - -0.7%
5 Taco Bell - -2.3%
6 McDonald's - -2.5%
7 Snappy Tomato Pizza - -8.7%
8 Papa John's Pizza - -12.1%
9 Subway - -49.4%
  • Mexican Restaurants & Taquerias
  • Casual Dining
  • Burger Chains
  • Sandwich & Sub Shops
  • Pizza Chains
  • Bars, Pubs & Breweries
  • Cafes & Bakery-Cafes
  • Other categories

Store footprint

Store map

206 tracked store locations in Columbus, IN, colored by category. The top 5 chains by store count run 23 of the 206 stores (11%); 147 of the 168 tracked chains have a single store here. 6% of the tracked food & drink stores here are bars, pubs & breweries, against 9% across Indiana.

  • Mexican Restaurants & Taquerias (21)
  • Casual Dining (20)
  • Burger Chains (19)
  • Sandwich & Sub Shops (17)
  • Pizza Chains (14)
  • Bars, Pubs & Breweries (12)
  • Cafes & Bakery-Cafes (11)
  • Other categories

Top tracked chains by store count

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