Trends · data through September 2026

Cafes & Bakery-Cafes in Illinois

Iceflower tracks 1,408 stores from 1,129 cafes & bakery-cafes in Illinois. Dollop Coffee Co. grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Panera Bread and Blackberry Market.

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
1,129
Tracked stores
1,408
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked cafes & bakery-cafes

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. Dollop Coffee Co. and Panera Bread sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 D Dollop Coffee Co. ▲1 +11.9%
2 P Panera Bread logo Panera Bread - +5.8%
3 B Blackberry Market - +2.1%
4 P Pret A Manger logo Pret A Manger ▲2 +1.7%
5 1 121 Coffee Run - -0.4%
6 E Einstein Bros. Bagels logo Einstein Bros. Bagels - -4.8%
7 B Big Apple Bagels logo Big Apple Bagels - -6.1%
8 L Leaves 'n Beans Coffee ▲3 -6.1%
9 H Honey Jam Cafe - -6.9%
10 Q Qamaria Yemeni Coffee Co. logo Qamaria Yemeni Coffee Co. ▲2 -12.5%
11 C Corner Bakery logo Corner Bakery - -16.0%
12 E Espresso Royale logo Espresso Royale ▼1 -17.0%
13 B Big Shoulders Coffee ▲1 -28.0%
14 T Tracy's ▼3 -52.4%
15 D Dulce Mami Cafe ▼1 -54.7%
  • Panera Bread
  • Honey Jam Cafe
  • Goddess and the Baker
  • Corner Bakery
  • Einstein Bros. Bagels
  • Colectivo Coffee
  • Blackberry Market
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

1,408 tracked store locations in Illinois. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Panera Bread (134)
  • Honey Jam Cafe (3)
  • Goddess and the Baker (1)
  • Corner Bakery (20)
  • Einstein Bros. Bagels (21)
  • Colectivo Coffee (2)
  • Blackberry Market (4)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 P Panera Bread logo Panera Bread 134
  • 2 E Einstein Bros. Bagels logo Einstein Bros. Bagels 21
  • 3 C Corner Bakery logo Corner Bakery 20
  • 4 B Big Shoulders Coffee 8
  • 5 P Pret A Manger logo Pret A Manger 5
  • 6 B Blackberry Market 4
  • 7 T Tracy's 4
  • 8 B Big Apple Bagels logo Big Apple Bagels 4
  • 9 D Dollop Coffee Co. 4
  • 10 D Dulce Mami Cafe 4
  • 11 Q Qamaria Yemeni Coffee Co. logo Qamaria Yemeni Coffee Co. 3
  • 12 L Leaves 'n Beans Coffee 3
  • 13 C Conscious Cup Coffee Roasters logo Conscious Cup Coffee Roasters 3
  • 14 E Eli's Coffee Shop 3
  • 15 1 121 Coffee Run 3
  • 16 E Espresso Royale logo Espresso Royale 3
  • 17 H Hometown Coffee & Juice 3
  • 18 H Honey Jam Cafe 3
  • 19 F Fairgrounds Coffee and Tea logo Fairgrounds Coffee and Tea 2
  • 20 K Krema Coffee Roasters 2
  • 21 H Honey Bee Cafe 2
  • 22 O Oromo Cafe 2
  • 23 L Lab Coffee 2
  • 24 R Rustic Knead 2
  • 25 P Playroom Cafe 2
  • 26 S Sweetwaters Coffee & Tea logo Sweetwaters Coffee & Tea 2
  • 27 Q Qahwah House logo Qahwah House 2
  • 28 M Mad Goat Coffee logo Mad Goat Coffee 2
  • 29 J Jack's Cafe 2
  • 30 L Lea French Cafe 2
  • 31 C Colectivo Coffee logo Colectivo Coffee 2
  • 32 A Aracely's Bakery 2
  • 33 M Matari Coffee Co. logo Matari Coffee Co. 2
  • 34 C Craft'd 2
  • 35 C Coffee Haus 2
  • 36 C Cupitol Coffee & Eatery 2
  • 37 A Alexander's Cafe 2
  • 38 T The Goddess and Grocer logo The Goddess and Grocer 2
  • 39 F Faire Coffee 2
  • 40 L Lvl Up Coffee Bar logo Lvl Up Coffee Bar 2
  • 41 B Backlot Coffee 2
  • 42 C Cornerstone Cafe 2
  • 43 M Momentum Coffee 2
  • 44 C Café Descartes 2
  • 45 B Bourgeois Pig Cafe 1
  • 46 F Four30 Scones logo Four30 Scones 1
  • 47 C Cafe Cremerie 1
  • 48 F Froth 1
  • 49 O Owl and Lark 1
  • 50 A Ancient Grounds 1

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