Food & Drink Trends in Iowa: Fastest-Growing Chains 2026

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. 30 Hop and Monterrey Mexican Restaurant sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth

Rank	Chain	Rank movement	YoY growth
1	3 30 Hop	▲5	+18.6%
2	M Monterrey Mexican Restaurant	▲5	+16.4%
3	T Tropical Smoothie Cafe	▲7	+15.2%
4	S Slim Chickens	▲6	+13.5%
5	F Freddy's Frozen Custard & Steakburgers	▲4	+11.3%
6	S Smoothie King	▲1	+10.8%
7	C Chipotle Mexican Grill	▲4	+6.9%
8	W Wasabi	▲6	+5.8%
9	S Sbarro	▲3	+5.8%
10	T Texas Roadhouse	-	+5.8%
11	S Subway	▲2	+4.4%
12	P Panda Express	▲2	+4.3%
13	O Olive Garden	▲1	+3.4%
14	D Dairy Queen	▲3	+3.4%
15	A Auntie Anne's	▲3	+1.9%