Trends · data through September 2026

Sports Bars & Wings in the United States

Iceflower tracks 7,196 stores from 2,553 sports bars & wings in the United States. Third Base grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Barney's Beanery and Baumhower's Victory Grille.

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
2,553
Tracked stores
7,196
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked sports bars & wings

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. Third Base and Barney's Beanery sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 T Third Base ▲16 +19.4%
2 B Barney's Beanery ▲13 +18.5%
3 B Baumhower's Victory Grille logo Baumhower's Victory Grille ▲4 +17.8%
4 B Benchwarmers ▲7 +17.6%
5 P P.J. Whelihan's Pub + Restaurant logo P.J. Whelihan's Pub + Restaurant ▲2 +16.2%
6 F Fire on the Mountain ▲10 +16.1%
7 W Wings Plus ▲11 +14.9%
8 R Rookies All American Pub & Grill ▲9 +14.2%
9 T Tom's Watch Bar ▲5 +12.4%
10 B Boulder Tap House ▲10 +12.3%
11 J Jonathan's Grille ▲4 +11.8%
12 S Shooters Sports Bar & Grill ▲9 +11.6%
13 P Players Sports Bar ▲6 +10.9%
14 M Mulligan's Sports Bar and Grill ▲8 +10.2%
15 T Tailgaters Sports Bar & Grill ▲6 +10.1%
  • Buffalo Wild Wings
  • Dave & Buster's
  • Topgolf
  • Bubba's 33
  • Miller's Ale House
  • Roosters
  • Hooters
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

7,196 tracked store locations in the United States. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Buffalo Wild Wings (1,462)
  • Dave & Buster's (179)
  • Topgolf (105)
  • Bubba's 33 (54)
  • Miller's Ale House (121)
  • Roosters (46)
  • Hooters (260)
  • Other tracked chains

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