Trends · data through September 2026

Seafood & Cajun in Texas

Iceflower tracks 1,498 stores from 980 seafood & Cajun chains in Texas. Surfing Crab grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Sea Island Shrimp House and Long John Silver's.

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
980
Tracked stores
1,498
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked seafood & Cajun 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. Surfing Crab and Sea Island Shrimp House sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 S Surfing Crab ▲1 +12.8%
2 S Sea Island Shrimp House ▲3 +12.6%
3 L Long John Silver's logo Long John Silver's ▲1 +10.3%
4 7 7Spice Cajun Seafood logo 7Spice Cajun Seafood ▲1 +9.9%
5 F Fred's Fish Fry - +9.7%
6 F Fish N Tails Oyster Bar ▲1 +9.0%
7 B Bluewater Seafood ▲4 +5.6%
8 P Pappadeaux Seafood Kitchen logo Pappadeaux Seafood Kitchen - +4.5%
9 L Laughing Crab ▲2 +3.9%
10 B BB's Tex-Orleans logo BB's Tex-Orleans - +2.1%
11 S Seafood Shack ▲2 +1.4%
12 T The Catch ▲2 +1.1%
13 R Red Crab logo Red Crab ▲2 -0.3%
14 C Captain D's logo Captain D's ▲1 -1.0%
15 R Red Claws Crab Shack - -1.2%
  • Pappadeaux Seafood Kitchen
  • Long John Silver's
  • Razzoo's Cajun Cafe
  • BB's Tex-Orleans
  • Surfing Crab
  • Hook & Reel Cajun Seafood & Bar
  • Mambo Seafood
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

1,498 tracked store locations in Texas. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Pappadeaux Seafood Kitchen (35)
  • Long John Silver's (90)
  • Razzoo's Cajun Cafe (24)
  • BB's Tex-Orleans (9)
  • Surfing Crab (7)
  • Hook & Reel Cajun Seafood & Bar (8)
  • Mambo Seafood (18)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

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