Trends · data through August 2026

Restaurants in Connecticut

Iceflower tracks 651 stores from 499 restaurants chains in Connecticut. The Shack grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Applebee's Grill + Bar and Texas Roadhouse.

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
499
Tracked stores
651
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked restaurants 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 Shack and Applebee's Grill + Bar sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 T The Shack ▲2 +14.8%
2 A Applebee's Grill + Bar logo Applebee's Grill + Bar - +10.0%
3 T Texas Roadhouse logo Texas Roadhouse - +4.4%
4 L LongHorn Steakhouse logo LongHorn Steakhouse - +2.5%
5 C Chipotle Mexican Grill logo Chipotle Mexican Grill - -0.0%
6 T The Cheesecake Factory logo The Cheesecake Factory ▼1 -1.2%
7 O Olive Garden logo Olive Garden - -3.7%
8 D Denny's logo Denny's - -4.4%
9 B Bear's Smokehouse BBQ ▲1 -5.8%
10 O Outback Steakhouse logo Outback Steakhouse ▼1 -7.0%
11 9 99 Restaurants logo 99 Restaurants ▲1 -11.0%
12 R Red Robin Gourmet Burgers logo Red Robin Gourmet Burgers - -15.5%
13 P Playa Bowls logo Playa Bowls ▼1 -21.6%
14 M Moe's Southwest Grill logo Moe's Southwest Grill ▼1 -25.8%
  • Chili's Grill & Bar
  • Texas Roadhouse
  • Chipotle Mexican Grill
  • Olive Garden
  • LongHorn Steakhouse
  • Applebee's Grill + Bar
  • The Shack
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

651 tracked store locations in Connecticut. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Chili's Grill & Bar (16)
  • Texas Roadhouse (6)
  • Chipotle Mexican Grill (41)
  • Olive Garden (7)
  • LongHorn Steakhouse (8)
  • Applebee's Grill + Bar (5)
  • The Shack (3)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

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