Trends · data through September 2026

Family Restaurants & Diners in Ohio

Iceflower tracks 802 stores from 278 family restaurants & diners in Ohio. The Barn Restaurant grew fastest over the last year, ahead of American Table Family Restaurant and Bob Evans.

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
278
Tracked stores
802
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked family restaurants & diners

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. The Barn Restaurant and American Table Family Restaurant sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 T The Barn Restaurant - +5.1%
2 A American Table Family Restaurant - +4.7%
3 B Bob Evans logo Bob Evans - +4.4%
4 W Waffle House logo Waffle House ▲1 +3.0%
5 C Cracker Barrel Old Country Store logo Cracker Barrel Old Country Store - -0.9%
6 E Eat'n Park logo Eat'n Park - -1.3%
7 Y Yours Truly Restaurants - -2.7%
8 D Denny's logo Denny's - -4.3%
9 P Perkins American Food Co. logo Perkins American Food Co. - -4.6%
10 D Delaney's Diner - -6.4%
11 I IHOP logo IHOP - -7.0%
12 L Lulu's Diner - -9.1%
13 B Bakers Square - -10.4%
14 T Tee Jaye's Country Place - -10.8%
15 F Frisch's Big Boy logo Frisch's Big Boy ▼1 -12.3%
  • Bob Evans
  • Cracker Barrel Old Country Store
  • IHOP
  • Waffle House
  • Frisch's Big Boy
  • Perkins American Food Co.
  • Denny's
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

802 tracked store locations in Ohio. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Bob Evans (194)
  • Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (33)
  • IHOP (40)
  • Waffle House (82)
  • Frisch's Big Boy (64)
  • Perkins American Food Co. (28)
  • Denny's (31)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 B Bob Evans logo Bob Evans 194
  • 2 W Waffle House logo Waffle House 82
  • 3 F Frisch's Big Boy logo Frisch's Big Boy 64
  • 4 I IHOP logo IHOP 40
  • 5 C Cracker Barrel Old Country Store logo Cracker Barrel Old Country Store 33
  • 6 D Denny's logo Denny's 31
  • 7 P Perkins American Food Co. logo Perkins American Food Co. 28
  • 8 B Big Boy logo Big Boy 11
  • 9 V Village Inn logo Village Inn 9
  • 10 Y Yours Truly Restaurants 6
  • 11 T Tee Jaye's Country Place 5
  • 12 E Eat'n Park logo Eat'n Park 4
  • 13 A American Table Family Restaurant 4
  • 14 T The Barn Restaurant 3
  • 15 M Mary's Diner 3
  • 16 L Lulu's Diner 3
  • 17 D Delaney's Diner 3
  • 18 B Bakers Square 3
  • 19 W Wildcat Cafe 3
  • 20 M MCL Restaurant & Bakery 2
  • 21 A Angie's Soul Cafe 2
  • 22 G George's Family Restaurant 2
  • 23 I Ideal Hot Dog 2
  • 24 S Southside Diner 2
  • 25 D Dianna's Deli and Restaurant 2
  • 26 O Our Place 2
  • 27 C Country Kitchen logo Country Kitchen 2
  • 28 G Granny's Kitchen 2
  • 29 B Broadway Diner 2
  • 30 S Star Diner 2
  • 31 S Sugar n' Spice Diner 2
  • 32 M Mayberry Diner 2
  • 33 C Cap City Fine Diner and Bar logo Cap City Fine Diner and Bar 2
  • 34 C Country Inn 1
  • 35 T The Hungry Bear Restaurant 1
  • 36 F Four Seasons Family Restaurant 1
  • 37 E Ella Mae's Soulfood 1
  • 38 T Tammy's Country Kitchen logo Tammy's Country Kitchen 1
  • 39 D Dell's Restaurant 1
  • 40 D Doug's Classic '57 Diner 1
  • 41 C Country Diner 1
  • 42 C Coventry Diner 1
  • 43 D Dee's 50's Place Diner 1
  • 44 A Attaboys Comfort cuisine 1
  • 45 T The Place To Be 1
  • 46 J Jefferson Diner 1
  • 47 L Luna's Family Restaurant 1
  • 48 C Cowboy Sally's Texas BBQ 1
  • 49 A Adam's On Main 1
  • 50 R River Diner 1

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