Trends · data through September 2026

Food & Drink trends in Dover, DE

Iceflower tracks 359 stores from 257 food & drink chains in Dover, DE. Jersey Mike's Subs grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Burger King and Dunkin'.

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
257
Tracked stores
359
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. Jersey Mike's Subs and Burger King sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 Jersey Mike's Subs ▲1 +17.7%
2 Burger King ▲2 +12.5%
3 Dunkin' ▲1 +8.3%
4 Rita's Italian Ice & Frozen Custard ▲3 +6.7%
5 Chipotle Mexican Grill - +3.5%
6 Dairy Queen ▼1 +2.8%
7 Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen ▲2 +2.1%
8 Grotto Pizza ▼1 +0.4%
9 Arby's ▲2 +0.2%
10 Starbucks ▲1 -0.4%
11 Chick-fil-A - -1.4%
12 McDonald's - -1.5%
13 Auntie Anne's - -2.4%
14 Applebee's Grill + Bar - -4.5%
15 IHOP ▲1 -5.6%
  • Casual Dining
  • Pizzerias
  • Burger Chains
  • Sandwich & Sub Shops
  • Chinese
  • Pizza Chains
  • Ice Cream & Frozen Treats
  • Other categories

Store footprint

Store map

359 tracked store locations in Dover, DE, colored by category. The top 5 chains by store count run 41 of the 359 stores (11%); 217 of the 257 tracked chains have a single store here. 6% of the tracked food & drink stores here are pizza chains, against 3% across Delaware.

  • Casual Dining (34)
  • Pizzerias (31)
  • Burger Chains (25)
  • Sandwich & Sub Shops (23)
  • Chinese (21)
  • Pizza Chains (21)
  • Ice Cream & Frozen Treats (20)
  • Other categories

Top tracked chains by store count

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