Trends · data through September 2026

Mexican Fast Food & Fast Casual in Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ

Iceflower tracks 391 stores from 31 Mexican fast food & fast casual chains in Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ. Senor Taco grew fastest over the last year, ahead of El Pollo Loco and Rusty Taco.

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
31
Tracked stores
391
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked Mexican fast food & fast casual 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. Senor Taco and El Pollo Loco sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 S Senor Taco - +14.9%
2 E El Pollo Loco logo El Pollo Loco ▲2 +9.5%
3 R Rusty Taco logo Rusty Taco - +8.5%
4 C Chipotle Mexican Grill logo Chipotle Mexican Grill - +7.8%
5 L Los Favoritos Taco Shop - +2.2%
6 D Del Taco logo Del Taco ▼1 -2.1%
7 F Federico's Mexican Food - -2.5%
8 R Rubio's logo Rubio's - -5.9%
9 T Taco Bell logo Taco Bell - -6.8%
10 C Cafe Rio Mexican Grill logo Cafe Rio Mexican Grill ▼1 -8.6%
11 J Julioberto's - -31.4%
  • Taco Bell
  • Chipotle Mexican Grill
  • Federico's Mexican Food
  • El Pollo Loco
  • Del Taco
  • Cafe Rio Mexican Grill
  • Los Favoritos Taco Shop
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

391 tracked store locations in Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Taco Bell (128)
  • Chipotle Mexican Grill (79)
  • Federico's Mexican Food (14)
  • El Pollo Loco (24)
  • Del Taco (31)
  • Cafe Rio Mexican Grill (25)
  • Los Favoritos Taco Shop (8)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

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