Trends · data through September 2026

Food & Drink trends in Kilmarnock and Irvine

Iceflower tracks 196 stores from 173 food & drink chains in Kilmarnock and Irvine. McDonald's grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Costa Coffee and Greggs.

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
173
Tracked stores
196
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. McDonald's and Costa Coffee sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 M McDonald's logo McDonald's - +19.5%
2 C Costa Coffee logo Costa Coffee - +9.0%
3 G Greggs logo Greggs - -4.4%
4 K KFC logo KFC - -25.5%
5 S Subway logo Subway - -27.3%
  • Bars, Pubs & Breweries
  • Cafes & Bakery-Cafes
  • Bakeries, Donuts & Desserts
  • Other restaurants
  • Seafood & Cajun
  • Sandwich & Sub Shops
  • Casual Dining
  • Other categories

Store footprint

Store map

196 tracked store locations in Kilmarnock and Irvine, colored by category.

  • Bars, Pubs & Breweries (67)
  • Cafes & Bakery-Cafes (21)
  • Bakeries, Donuts & Desserts (20)
  • Other restaurants (16)
  • Seafood & Cajun (11)
  • Sandwich & Sub Shops (9)
  • Casual Dining (8)
  • Other categories

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 G Greggs logo Greggs 9
  • 2 S Subway logo Subway 8
  • 3 M McDonald's logo McDonald's 4
  • 4 K KFC logo KFC 3
  • 5 C Costa Coffee logo Costa Coffee 3
  • 6 B Burger King logo Burger King 2
  • 7 N Nonsuch Lounge & Sports Bar 1
  • 8 T The Chuck Wagon 1
  • 9 G Golden Chopsticks Crosshouse 1
  • 10 D David at Brownings 1
  • 11 N Nosh 1
  • 12 K Kings Arms 1
  • 13 J J.G. Sharp's 1
  • 14 T The Caledonian Inn 1
  • 15 B Beth Brownings Bakery 1
  • 16 T The Golden Lion 1
  • 17 T Thomas Auld & Sons logo Thomas Auld & Sons 1
  • 18 T The Principal Cafe 1
  • 19 A Aldo's 1
  • 20 T The Four Seasons 1
  • 21 B Bake N Bite 1
  • 22 T The Melbourne 1
  • 23 R Revels Bar 1
  • 24 F Frasers Bar 1
  • 25 P Pierhead Tavern 1
  • 26 W Wooleys of Arran 1
  • 27 T The Champion Shell Inn 1
  • 28 T The Coffee Trader 1
  • 29 T The Loudoun Arms 1
  • 30 A Antons 1
  • 31 I Indigo Eats 1
  • 32 M Mamma's 1
  • 33 K Kings logo Kings 1
  • 34 A Aldos Largs 1
  • 35 T The Bungalow 1
  • 36 T The Elms Bar 1
  • 37 T The Bar One 1
  • 38 T The Glasshouse Restaurant at Rowallan Castle 1
  • 39 B Brownings the Bakers logo Brownings the Bakers 1
  • 40 P Puffers Café 1
  • 41 T The Newton Bar 1
  • 42 T The Village Inn logo The Village Inn 1
  • 43 B Buns & Crumbs 1
  • 44 W Wheatsheaf Inn 1
  • 45 K Kooshys Saltcoats 1
  • 46 F Freckletons 1
  • 47 W Weston Tavern 1
  • 48 D Doon The Beach 1
  • 49 C Cecchini's 1
  • 50 G Greenbank Inn Dalry 1

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