Tropical Smoothie Cafe
U.S. · 1,746 locations

With 1,746 units, Tropical Smoothie Cafe now leads Smoothie King (~1,350 units) and dwarfs the roughly 500 remaining Jamba locations, many of which are non-traditional (airports, universities). The divergence accelerated after 2020 as Tropical Smoothie's food-forward menu proved more resilient than pure-play smoothie models. If you need a side-by-side overlap analysis of all three brands at the ZIP or CBSA level, LocationLists offers custom overlap reports that quantify white-space opportunities market by market.

Absolutely. By merging these 1,746 records with Census CBSA population data, you can compute units-per-capita ratios and quickly surface metros where Tropical Smoothie is thin — those same markets are likely underserved for health-forward QSR broadly. LocationLists can deliver a pre-built white-space analysis layered with demographic filters like median household income and 18–34 population density if you'd rather skip the modeling.

The brand's roots in Destin, Florida, mean the Southeast is heavily saturated — expect dense clustering in Florida, Georgia, Alabama, and the Carolinas, with thinner coverage west of the Mississippi. For a site-selection analyst, the latitude/longitude coordinates in this dataset can be loaded directly into GIS tools like Esri or Placer.ai to run drive-time polygons and model cannibalization risk between proposed and existing units.

The dataset lists individual locations, not ownership entities, but you can infer multi-unit clusters by grouping records that share the same phone-number prefix or fall within tight geographic corridors — multi-unit franchisees typically operate within a single DMA. For a cleaner segmentation, LocationLists can run a custom enrichment pass that cross-references known franchisee registrations to flag single-unit vs. multi-unit operators.

Yes, and this is one of the highest-value use cases. Tropical Smoothie Cafe frequently co-locates in strip centers anchored by grocery or big-box tenants. With our Publix (1,451+ records) and Target datasets both in the catalog, you can run proximity analysis at the 0.25-mile or shared-shopping-center level to quantify how often these brands cluster. LocationLists offers a turnkey co-tenancy overlap report if you need the analysis delivered ready to present.

Extremely. The 1,746-unit footprint gives you a real-time baseline to stress-test management's unit-count claims, validate whitespace assumptions in the CIM, and benchmark penetration against Smoothie King or other comps. Combined with our ability to pull competitor brand locations on demand, you can model market-by-market overlap, franchise density ceilings, and cannibalization scenarios — the kind of diligence work that typically requires an expensive consulting engagement.