Trends · data through September 2026

Food & Drink trends in Helena, MT

Iceflower tracks 176 stores from 162 food & drink chains in Helena, MT.

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
162
Tracked stores
176
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. Burger King and Starbucks sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 Burger King - +6.5%
2 Starbucks - +5.9%
  • Bars, Pubs & Breweries
  • Casual Dining
  • Cafes & Bakery-Cafes
  • Other restaurants
  • Bakeries, Donuts & Desserts
  • Burger Chains
  • Pizza Chains
  • Other categories

Store footprint

Store map

176 tracked store locations in Helena, MT, colored by category. The top 5 chains by store count run 14 of the 176 stores (8%); 152 of the 162 tracked chains have a single store here. 7% of the tracked food & drink stores here are bakeries, donuts & desserts, against 4% across Montana.

  • Bars, Pubs & Breweries (37)
  • Casual Dining (19)
  • Cafes & Bakery-Cafes (19)
  • Other restaurants (15)
  • Bakeries, Donuts & Desserts (13)
  • Burger Chains (10)
  • Pizza Chains (7)
  • Other categories

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 Starbucks 5
  • 2 Burger King 3
  • 3 The Bagel Co. 2
  • 4 Papa Murphy's 2
  • 5 Vigilante Pizza 2
  • 6 Dairy Queen 2
  • 7 Shellie's Country Cafe 2
  • 8 McDonald's 2
  • 9 Taco Bell 2
  • 10 Subway 2
  • 11 Evolve Nutrition 1
  • 12 Benny's Bistro 1
  • 13 Planet Gyros 1
  • 14 Rockstarrbbq and Catering 1
  • 15 Fish Tale Tavern 1
  • 16 The Sweet Spot 1
  • 17 Stonefly Grill 1
  • 18 Fire Tower Coffee House & Roaster 1
  • 19 Dear Potato 1
  • 20 The Uphill Grill 1
  • 21 Little Caesars 1
  • 22 Bootlegger Casino 1
  • 23 Brothers Tapworks 1
  • 24 Pizza Hut 1
  • 25 The Creperie Cafe 1
  • 26 Headwaters Crafthouse 1
  • 27 Capital City Nutrition 1
  • 28 Friendly's 1
  • 29 Blackfoot River Brewing Company 1
  • 30 Outlaw Women Saloon 1
  • 31 Deep Creek Pizza Co 1
  • 32 Lewis & Clark Brewing Company 1
  • 33 Mountie Moose Bakery 1
  • 34 Western Bar 1
  • 35 Montago Coffee Co 1
  • 36 Fiesta Mexicana 1
  • 37 Sunflower Bakery 1
  • 38 Lazy I Beerworks 1
  • 39 Cafe Zydeco 1
  • 40 Nosh 1
  • 41 Lincoln Pit Stop 1
  • 42 Valley Hub 1
  • 43 Copper Furrow Brewing 1
  • 44 Wilderness Bar 1
  • 45 Last Chance Casino and Restaurant 1
  • 46 Schooners Bar and Grill 1
  • 47 Blue Pine Wine 1
  • 48 Papa Ray's Casino 1
  • 49 The Grateful Bread Bakery and Cafe 1
  • 50 Cowgirls Espresso MT 1

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