Trends · data through September 2026

Bakeries, Donuts & Desserts in California

Iceflower tracks 4,830 stores from 3,025 bakeries, donuts & desserts in California. Best Donuts grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Paris Baguette and Cassidy's Corner Cafe.

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
3,025
Tracked stores
4,830
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked bakeries, donuts & desserts

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. Best Donuts and Paris Baguette sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 B Best Donuts ▲8 +17.5%
2 P Paris Baguette logo Paris Baguette ▲1 +16.4%
3 C Cassidy's Corner Cafe ▲7 +16.3%
4 D Donut Star ▲2 +13.5%
5 G Grateful Bagel ▲7 +11.8%
6 S SusieCakes logo SusieCakes - +11.2%
7 C Cupcakin' Bake Shop ▲4 +10.5%
8 S Sheng Kee Bakery logo Sheng Kee Bakery ▲6 +10.5%
9 R Red Ribbon Bakeshop logo Red Ribbon Bakeshop ▲1 +10.1%
10 N Nothing Bundt Cakes logo Nothing Bundt Cakes ▼1 +7.3%
11 L La Esperanza Bakery ▲7 +6.9%
12 E East Coast Bagel ▲5 +6.8%
13 K King Donuts ▲4 +6.7%
14 M Milk & Cookies logo Milk & Cookies ▲3 +6.7%
15 R Rose Donuts ▲7 +6.4%
  • Wetzel's Pretzels
  • 85C Bakery Cafe
  • Porto's Bakery
  • Paris Baguette
  • Nothing Bundt Cakes
  • Yum Yum Donuts
  • Krispy Kreme
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

4,830 tracked store locations in California. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Wetzel's Pretzels (115)
  • 85C Bakery Cafe (48)
  • Porto's Bakery (6)
  • Paris Baguette (66)
  • Nothing Bundt Cakes (84)
  • Yum Yum Donuts (102)
  • Krispy Kreme (48)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

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