Trends · data through June 2026

Breweries in California

Iceflower tracks 323 stores from 283 breweries chains in California. Karl Strauss Brewing Company grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Pure Project and Stone Brewing.

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
283
Tracked stores
323
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked breweries 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. Karl Strauss Brewing Company and Pure Project sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 K Karl Strauss Brewing Company ▲1 +16.9%
2 P Pure Project logo Pure Project ▲1 +11.0%
3 S Stone Brewing logo Stone Brewing ▲1 +8.1%
4 M Mike Hess Brewing ▼2 -4.8%
5 6 664 TJ Birrieria -6.5%
6 B Ballast Point logo Ballast Point -13.0%
7 F Fieldwork Brewing Company -18.4%
8 G Green Cheek Beer Co. logo Green Cheek Beer Co. ▼1 -45.7%
  • Novo Brazil Brewing
  • Stone Brewing
  • Karl Strauss Brewing Company
  • Mike Hess Brewing
  • Lengthwise Brewing Company
  • Belching Beaver
  • Golden Road Brewery
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

323 tracked store locations in California. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Novo Brazil Brewing (1)
  • Stone Brewing (3)
  • Karl Strauss Brewing Company (7)
  • Mike Hess Brewing (4)
  • Lengthwise Brewing Company (2)
  • Belching Beaver (2)
  • Golden Road Brewery (2)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 K Karl Strauss Brewing Company 7
  • 2 M Mike Hess Brewing 4
  • 3 F Fieldwork Brewing Company 4
  • 4 P Pure Project logo Pure Project 4
  • 5 6 664 TJ Birrieria 4
  • 6 S Stone Brewing logo Stone Brewing 3
  • 7 B Ballast Point logo Ballast Point 3
  • 8 G Green Cheek Beer Co. logo Green Cheek Beer Co. 3
  • 9 H Harland Brewing Co. 2
  • 10 R Russian River Brewing Company 2
  • 11 C California Wild Ales 2
  • 12 B Barebottle Brewing Company 2
  • 13 K Kilowatt Brewing 2
  • 14 B Blast 825 Brewery 2
  • 15 L Luchador Brewing Company 2
  • 16 S Solvang Brewing Company 2
  • 17 L Los Angeles Ale Works 2
  • 18 C Culture Brewing Co 2
  • 19 B Brewery X logo Brewery X 2
  • 20 G Golden Road Brewery logo Golden Road Brewery 2
  • 21 L Lengthwise Brewing Company logo Lengthwise Brewing Company 2
  • 22 B Belching Beaver 2
  • 23 B Bottle Logic Brewing 1
  • 24 L Lucky Luke Brewing 1
  • 25 T Ten Mile Brewing logo Ten Mile Brewing 1
  • 26 B Brewjeria Company 1
  • 27 M Mountain Rambler Brewery 1
  • 28 M Mission Brewery 1
  • 29 M MacLeod Ale Brewing Co. 1
  • 30 T The Bruery logo The Bruery 1
  • 31 S Santa Monica Brew Works 1
  • 32 D Danville Brewing Company 1
  • 33 T Truckee Brewing Company 1
  • 34 L Lost Coast Brewery 1
  • 35 A Arrow Lodge Brewing 1
  • 36 S Solaris Beer & Blending 1
  • 37 M McIlhenney Brewing Co. 1
  • 38 L Laguna Beach Beer Company 1
  • 39 B Batch Mead logo Batch Mead 1
  • 40 F Farmers Brewing Co. 1
  • 41 M Mujeres Brew House 1
  • 42 8 818 Brewing 1
  • 43 R Ritual Brewing Co. 1
  • 44 T The Dancing Fox 1
  • 45 G Grass Valley Brewing 1
  • 46 B Benny Boy Brewing 1
  • 47 G Good Day Brew Co 1
  • 48 3 3 Punk Ales 1
  • 49 N Neon Bear Brewery 1
  • 50 R Rincon Brewery 1

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