Trends · data through September 2026

Cafes & Bakery-Cafes in Ohio

Iceflower tracks 1,402 stores from 1,123 cafes & bakery-cafes in Ohio. Northstar Cafe grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Heartwood Coffee Roasters and Panera Bread.

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
1,123
Tracked stores
1,402
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked cafes & bakery-cafes

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. Northstar Cafe and Heartwood Coffee Roasters sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 N Northstar Cafe logo Northstar Cafe - +18.8%
2 H Heartwood Coffee Roasters ▲1 +14.1%
3 P Panera Bread logo Panera Bread - +6.6%
4 C Crimson Cup Coffee & Tea logo Crimson Cup Coffee & Tea ▲3 +2.3%
5 N Nervous Dog Coffee Bar logo Nervous Dog Coffee Bar ▲1 +1.4%
6 T The Well ▲1 +0.3%
7 P Phoenix Coffee - -9.4%
8 R Rising Star Coffee Roasters logo Rising Star Coffee Roasters - -10.6%
9 M Main Street Cafe ▲1 -11.4%
10 W Winans Chocolates + Coffees logo Winans Chocolates + Coffees - -13.0%
11 S Stauf's Coffee Roasters logo Stauf's Coffee Roasters - -15.2%
12 M Milk Jar ▼1 -34.3%
13 S Sleepy Bee Cafe ▼5 -36.1%
14 B Bruegger's Bagels logo Bruegger's Bagels - -40.0%
15 S StoneFruit Coffee ▼1 -57.7%
  • Panera Bread
  • Northstar Cafe
  • Fox in the Snow
  • Einstein Bros. Bagels
  • Bruegger's Bagels
  • Winans Chocolates + Coffees
  • Coffee Emporium
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

1,402 tracked store locations in Ohio. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Panera Bread (143)
  • Northstar Cafe (6)
  • Fox in the Snow (3)
  • Einstein Bros. Bagels (17)
  • Bruegger's Bagels (20)
  • Winans Chocolates + Coffees (11)
  • Coffee Emporium (1)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 P Panera Bread logo Panera Bread 143
  • 2 B Bruegger's Bagels logo Bruegger's Bagels 20
  • 3 E Einstein Bros. Bagels logo Einstein Bros. Bagels 17
  • 4 W Winans Chocolates + Coffees logo Winans Chocolates + Coffees 11
  • 5 T The Well 8
  • 6 N Northstar Cafe logo Northstar Cafe 6
  • 7 M Main Street Cafe 5
  • 8 C Crimson Cup Coffee & Tea logo Crimson Cup Coffee & Tea 4
  • 9 R Rising Star Coffee Roasters logo Rising Star Coffee Roasters 4
  • 10 N Nervous Dog Coffee Bar logo Nervous Dog Coffee Bar 4
  • 11 P Phoenix Coffee 4
  • 12 S Stauf's Coffee Roasters logo Stauf's Coffee Roasters 3
  • 13 H Heartwood Coffee Roasters 3
  • 14 M Milk Jar 3
  • 15 S Sleepy Bee Cafe 3
  • 16 S StoneFruit Coffee 3
  • 17 F Fox in the Snow 3
  • 18 T The Flying Joe 2
  • 19 T The Mocha House logo The Mocha House 2
  • 20 A Arabica Coffee House 2
  • 21 C Cabin Fever Coffee 2
  • 22 N New Grounds Coffee House 2
  • 23 S Sweetwaters Coffee & Tea logo Sweetwaters Coffee & Tea 2
  • 24 R River Road Coffeehouse logo River Road Coffeehouse 2
  • 25 U Upper Cup Coffee logo Upper Cup Coffee 2
  • 26 O One Line Coffee 2
  • 27 G Gathering Grounds Coffee House 2
  • 28 S Sirna's Cafe 2
  • 29 A Asterisk Coffee 2
  • 30 T Toast & Berry logo Toast & Berry 2
  • 31 D Deeper Roots Coffee 2
  • 32 C Cosi logo Cosi 2
  • 33 S Six Shooter Coffee logo Six Shooter Coffee 2
  • 34 M Maddie & Bella Coffee Roasters 2
  • 35 K Kava Haus 2
  • 36 S Shibam Coffee logo Shibam Coffee 2
  • 37 L Luna Bakery Cafe 2
  • 38 T Tremont Coffee Company logo Tremont Coffee Company 2
  • 39 L La Chatelaine 2
  • 40 Q Qamaria Yemeni Coffee Co. logo Qamaria Yemeni Coffee Co. 2
  • 41 B Big Apple Cafe 1
  • 42 B Brew House Downtown 1
  • 43 M Matcha Me 1
  • 44 S Safari Coffee 1
  • 45 W White Oak Coffee House 1
  • 46 C Charis Coffee & Creamery 1
  • 47 S Special Grounds Coffee 1
  • 48 E Evexia 1
  • 49 P Portal West Coffee 1
  • 50 B Bean & Brew 1

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