Trends · data through August 2026

Casual Eateries in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ

Iceflower tracks 1,717 stores from 663 casual eateries chains in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ. Gems House of Bagels grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Mango Mango Dessert and Magic Fountain.

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
663
Tracked stores
1,717
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked casual eateries 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. Gems House of Bagels and Mango Mango Dessert sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 G Gems House of Bagels ▲1 +19.9%
2 M Mango Mango Dessert logo Mango Mango Dessert ▲1 +19.1%
3 M Magic Fountain - +15.7%
4 E Empire Bagels ▲4 +13.2%
5 J Jersey Freeze ▲2 +9.6%
6 V Van Leeuwen Ice Cream logo Van Leeuwen Ice Cream - +6.2%
7 S Sundaes ▲1 +3.2%
8 B Bagel Nosh ▲1 +2.7%
9 T Town Bagel ▲1 +2.5%
10 R Red Mango logo Red Mango ▲1 +2.3%
11 1 16 Handles logo 16 Handles - +2.3%
12 B Bagel Talk ▲1 +0.7%
13 B Bagel Stop ▼1 -0.7%
14 L Long Island Bagel Cafe - -0.7%
15 J Joe's Bagel and Grill logo Joe's Bagel and Grill ▲3 -1.6%
  • Dunkin'
  • Johns Bagels Montvale
  • Baskin-Robbins
  • Carvel Ice Cream
  • Rita's Italian Ice & Frozen Custard
  • Manhattan Bagel
  • Van Leeuwen Ice Cream
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

1,717 tracked store locations in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Dunkin' (583)
  • Johns Bagels Montvale (1)
  • Baskin-Robbins (116)
  • Carvel Ice Cream (44)
  • Rita's Italian Ice & Frozen Custard (49)
  • Manhattan Bagel (23)
  • Van Leeuwen Ice Cream (7)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

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