Trends · data through August 2026

Restaurants in South Carolina

Iceflower tracks 3,346 stores from 2,404 restaurants chains in South Carolina. China Express grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Agaves Cantina and CAVA.

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
2,404
Tracked stores
3,346
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked restaurants 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. China Express and Agaves Cantina sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 C China Express ▲15 +20.0%
2 A Agaves Cantina ▲9 +18.7%
3 C CAVA logo CAVA ▲3 +18.2%
4 M Metro Diner logo Metro Diner ▲5 +14.4%
5 C China Town ▲5 +13.7%
6 E El Poblano ▲4 +10.4%
7 T Texas Roadhouse logo Texas Roadhouse - +9.8%
8 S Swig & Swine logo Swig & Swine ▲2 +8.6%
9 R Red Lobster logo Red Lobster ▲1 +8.5%
10 C Carrabba's Italian Grill logo Carrabba's Italian Grill ▲3 +6.6%
11 C California Dreaming logo California Dreaming ▲2 +6.3%
12 L LongHorn Steakhouse logo LongHorn Steakhouse - +6.3%
13 H Huddle House logo Huddle House ▲8 +5.3%
14 C China Buffet ▲5 +4.5%
15 C Captain D's logo Captain D's - +4.5%
  • LongHorn Steakhouse
  • Chipotle Mexican Grill
  • Olive Garden
  • Outback Steakhouse
  • Chili's Grill & Bar
  • Texas Roadhouse
  • Cracker Barrel Old Country Store
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

3,346 tracked store locations in South Carolina. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • LongHorn Steakhouse (19)
  • Chipotle Mexican Grill (49)
  • Olive Garden (11)
  • Outback Steakhouse (23)
  • Chili's Grill & Bar (17)
  • Texas Roadhouse (11)
  • Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (25)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

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