Trends · data through August 2026

Food & Drink trends in Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN

Iceflower tracks 3,312 stores from 1,724 food & drink chains in Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN. Culver's grew fastest over the last year, ahead of M.L.Rose Craft Beer & Burgers and CAVA.

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
1,724
Tracked stores
3,312
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. Culver's and M.L.Rose Craft Beer & Burgers sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 C Culver's logo Culver's ▲7 +17.1%
2 M M.L.Rose Craft Beer & Burgers logo M.L.Rose Craft Beer & Burgers ▲9 +16.8%
3 C CAVA logo CAVA ▲12 +16.4%
4 S Steak 'n Shake logo Steak 'n Shake ▲9 +15.7%
5 B Burger King logo Burger King ▲3 +13.3%
6 W Wingstop logo Wingstop ▲5 +12.0%
7 A Auntie Anne's logo Auntie Anne's ▲11 +10.8%
8 C Cracker Barrel Old Country Store logo Cracker Barrel Old Country Store - +9.9%
9 D Dairy Queen logo Dairy Queen ▲4 +9.6%
10 L LongHorn Steakhouse logo LongHorn Steakhouse - +8.6%
11 P Panda Express logo Panda Express - +8.5%
12 L Little Caesars logo Little Caesars ▲8 +8.4%
13 R Red Lobster logo Red Lobster ▲6 +8.2%
14 E Edley's Bar-B-Que logo Edley's Bar-B-Que ▲7 +7.9%
15 A Applebee's Grill + Bar logo Applebee's Grill + Bar ▲1 +7.9%

Store footprint

Store map

3,312 tracked store locations in Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN, colored by category.

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