Where
Every Tropical Smoothie Cafe opening, on the map
The wash is where US retail is opening overall. The dots are this brand — drag the timeline to watch them land.
The full report finds the trade areas that look like the ones Tropical Smoothie Cafe already wins in — demographics, co-tenancy, traffic.
US locations
As of Q3 2026
Net new stores
8 quarters · Q4 2024 → Q3 2026
Verified new locations
8 quarters · Q4 2024 → Q3 2026
Individually verified openings, not a count difference.
Growth
8 quarters · Q4 2024 → Q3 2026
Tropical Smoothie Cafe
Indexed to 100 at the first quarter — the shape is the growth rate, not the store count.
Rankings
The fastest-growing chains in Coffee & Beverage
Ranked by acceleration — opening faster now than they were a year ago.
Placing Tropical Smoothie Cafe in its category…
Rankings exclude companies whose entire rise lands in a single quarter — that pattern is a change in data coverage, not expansion.
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Click any company to compare it against Tropical Smoothie Cafe — the chart, the metric table and the link at the bottom of this page all follow.
Compare
Tropical Smoothie Cafe against anyone
Indexed to 100 at the first quarter, so a 300-store chain and a 3,000-store chain are the same shape. Tropical Smoothie Cafe plus up to 4 others.
Who
Who to call at Tropical Smoothie Cafe
The people behind this brand's growth — real estate first.
Real estate
Kristen Alberre Akel
Senior Director, Franchise Real Estate · Jacksonville, FL
kakel@tropicalsmoothie.comLinkedInNick Reynolds
Director of Real Estate · Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area
nreynolds@tropicalsmoothie.comLinkedIn
Leadership
Max Wetzel
Chief Executive Officer
Knowing how fast Tropical Smoothie Cafe is growing is half of it. The other half is where they should open next.
We'll find the trade areas that look like the ones Tropical Smoothie Cafe already wins in — demographics, co-tenancy, traffic, and the specific neighbourhoods that match.