Trends · data through August 2026

Breweries in California

Iceflower tracks 335 stores from 293 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
293
Tracked stores
335
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 +16.1%
2 P Pure Project logo Pure Project ▲1 +9.8%
3 S Stone Brewing logo Stone Brewing ▲1 +6.3%
4 B Barebottle Brewing Company - -4.7%
5 M Mike Hess Brewing ▼2 -5.8%
6 B Belching Beaver - -8.7%
7 B Ballast Point logo Ballast Point - -13.9%
8 F Fieldwork Brewing Company - -17.3%
9 G Green Cheek Beer Co. logo Green Cheek Beer Co. ▼1 -46.9%
  • Novo Brazil Brewing
  • Stone Brewing
  • Karl Strauss Brewing Company
  • Mike Hess Brewing
  • Lengthwise Brewing Company
  • Oscar's Brewing Company
  • Belching Beaver
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

335 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 (5)
  • Lengthwise Brewing Company (2)
  • Oscar's Brewing Company (1)
  • Belching Beaver (3)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 K Karl Strauss Brewing Company 7
  • 2 F Fieldwork Brewing Company 5
  • 3 M Mike Hess Brewing 5
  • 4 P Pure Project logo Pure Project 4
  • 5 B Barebottle Brewing Company 3
  • 6 G Green Cheek Beer Co. logo Green Cheek Beer Co. 3
  • 7 B Ballast Point logo Ballast Point 3
  • 8 B Belching Beaver 3
  • 9 S Stone Brewing logo Stone Brewing 3
  • 10 J Juneshine logo Juneshine 2
  • 11 R Russian River Brewing Company 2
  • 12 S Solvang Brewing Company 2
  • 13 L Luchador Brewing Company 2
  • 14 C California Wild Ales 2
  • 15 H Harland Brewing Co. 2
  • 16 K Kilowatt Brewing 2
  • 17 B Blast 825 Brewery 2
  • 18 L Lucky Luke Brewing 2
  • 19 C Culture Brewing Co 2
  • 20 L Lengthwise Brewing Company logo Lengthwise Brewing Company 2
  • 21 L Los Angeles Ale Works 2
  • 22 B Brewery X logo Brewery X 2
  • 23 P Poor House Brewing Company 1
  • 24 P Protector Brewery 1
  • 25 M MacLeod Ale Brewing Co. 1
  • 26 M Mission Brewery 1
  • 27 T Ten Mile Brewing logo Ten Mile Brewing 1
  • 28 M Mountain Rambler Brewery 1
  • 29 B Bootlegger's Brewery Tasting Room 1
  • 30 B Brewjeria Company 1
  • 31 S Santa Monica Brew Works 1
  • 32 T The Bruery logo The Bruery 1
  • 33 D Danville Brewing Company 1
  • 34 B Booze Brothers logo Booze Brothers 1
  • 35 F Farmers Brewing Co. 1
  • 36 H Humble Sea Brewing Co. logo Humble Sea Brewing Co. 1
  • 37 T Truckee Brewing Company 1
  • 38 A Arrow Lodge Brewing 1
  • 39 R Red Engine Brewing Company 1
  • 40 M McIlhenney Brewing Co. 1
  • 41 L Lost Coast Brewery 1
  • 42 C Common Space Brewery logo Common Space Brewery 1
  • 43 S South Lake Brewing Company 1
  • 44 D Docent Brewing 1
  • 45 S Societe Brewing Co 1
  • 46 B BarrelHouse Brewing Co. logo BarrelHouse Brewing Co. 1
  • 47 D Deft Brewing 1
  • 48 E everywhere 1
  • 49 G Grass Valley Brewing 1
  • 50 B Bottle Logic Brewing 1

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