Trends · data through September 2026

Seafood & Cajun in New Jersey

Iceflower tracks 278 stores from 240 seafood & Cajun chains in New Jersey. Capt'n Chucky's Crab Cake Co grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Hook & Reel Cajun Seafood & Bar and Fancy Fish.

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
240
Tracked stores
278
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked seafood & Cajun 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. Capt'n Chucky's Crab Cake Co and Hook & Reel Cajun Seafood & Bar sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 C Capt'n Chucky's Crab Cake Co ▲1 +1.7%
2 H Hook & Reel Cajun Seafood & Bar logo Hook & Reel Cajun Seafood & Bar - +0.1%
3 F Fancy Fish - -11.2%
4 Q Quincy's Original Lobster Rolls ▼1 -12.6%
5 C Crab Du Jour logo Crab Du Jour - -24.1%
  • Hook & Reel Cajun Seafood & Bar
  • Cousins Maine Lobster
  • The Crab Trap
  • Two Mile Landing Restaurants & Marina
  • Deauville Inn
  • Sharky’s Wings & Raw Bar
  • Carlucci's Waterfront
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

278 tracked store locations in New Jersey. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Hook & Reel Cajun Seafood & Bar (6)
  • Cousins Maine Lobster (2)
  • The Crab Trap (1)
  • Two Mile Landing Restaurants & Marina (1)
  • Deauville Inn (1)
  • Sharky’s Wings & Raw Bar (2)
  • Carlucci's Waterfront (1)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 H Hook & Reel Cajun Seafood & Bar logo Hook & Reel Cajun Seafood & Bar 6
  • 2 C Crab Du Jour logo Crab Du Jour 6
  • 3 C Capt'n Chucky's Crab Cake Co 5
  • 4 Q Quincy's Original Lobster Rolls 4
  • 5 F Fancy Fish 3
  • 6 T The Chippery 3
  • 7 C Cap't Loui logo Cap't Loui 3
  • 8 K Kelly's Cajun Grill logo Kelly's Cajun Grill 2
  • 9 P Poke Crew 2
  • 10 S Soul Boat 2
  • 11 R Roy's Fish Fry 2
  • 12 C Cap'n Cat Clam Bar 2
  • 13 B Bob's Seafood Market 2
  • 14 H Harpoon Willy's 2
  • 15 J Jack's Lobster Shack 2
  • 16 S Seafood Boil 2
  • 17 T Topsail Steamer 2
  • 18 C Cousins Maine Lobster logo Cousins Maine Lobster 2
  • 19 M Mike's Seafood 2
  • 20 B Blue Water Grille 2
  • 21 W Woody's Ocean Grille 2
  • 22 S Sharky’s Wings & Raw Bar 2
  • 23 G Gregory's Seafood Market 1
  • 24 M Moby's Lobster Deck 1
  • 25 S Sea Bar 2 Grill and Spirits 1
  • 26 O Ocean Fresh Seafood Market and Dining 1
  • 27 I Ike's Famous Crabcakes 1
  • 28 I Inlet Cafe 1
  • 29 L Lobster Dock 1
  • 30 S Sea World Seafood 1
  • 31 M Matthews Seafood Market 1
  • 32 G Golden Seafood Restaurant 1
  • 33 P Poke Star 1
  • 34 V Viking Fresh Off the Hook 1
  • 35 V Vitales Clam Bar 1
  • 36 D DimSum Seafood Restaurant 1
  • 37 O Ohana Grill 1
  • 38 B Buca's Seafood 1
  • 39 B Brandl 1
  • 40 U Union Park Restaurant 1
  • 41 R Randall's Seafood 1
  • 42 H Hooked Up Seafood 1
  • 43 U Uncle Vinnie's Clam Bar 1
  • 44 T The Cajun Crab 1
  • 45 H Howard's Seafood Restaurant 1
  • 46 D Denville Seafood and Codmother's Cafe 1
  • 47 1 16th Street Seafood 1
  • 48 P Polly's Dock 1
  • 49 S Spadafora's Seafood Market logo Spadafora's Seafood Market 1
  • 50 P Ponte Vecchio 1

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