Trends · data through September 2026

Butcher Shops in California

Iceflower tracks 516 stores from 456 butcher shop chains in California. La Venadita Meat Market grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Wild Fork and The Butchery.

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
456
Tracked stores
516
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked butcher shop 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. La Venadita Meat Market and Wild Fork sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 La Venadita Meat Market - +11.1%
2 Wild Fork - +5.7%
3 The Butchery - -2.1%
4 Tony's Market - -5.2%
5 The Butcher Shop - -17.0%
6 Jalisco Meat Market - -18.4%
  • Stafford Meat Co
  • Wood Dale Meat Market
  • Carniceria Rancho Grande
  • Butcher Block Quality Meats
  • Liva Distributors
  • Wild Fork
  • Rodeo Meat Market
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

516 tracked store locations in California. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted. The top 5 chains by store count run 28 of the 516 stores (5%); 417 of the 456 tracked chains have a single store here. 3% of the tracked grocery & convenience stores here are butcher shops, the same share as across the United States.

  • Stafford Meat Co (1)
  • Wood Dale Meat Market (2)
  • Carniceria Rancho Grande (2)
  • Butcher Block Quality Meats (1)
  • Liva Distributors (1)
  • Wild Fork (10)
  • Rodeo Meat Market (1)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 Wild Fork 10
  • 2 Tony's Market 6
  • 3 The Butchery 6
  • 4 Jalisco Meat Market 3
  • 5 La Venadita Meat Market 3
  • 6 The Butcher Shop 3
  • 7 Rodeos Meat Market 2
  • 8 4 Way Meat Market 2
  • 9 Carniceria Janitzio 2
  • 10 Brunk's Butchery 2
  • 11 Hernandez Meat Market 2
  • 12 Mahogany Smoked Meats 2
  • 13 Carniceria Gonzalez 2
  • 14 Gonzalez Meat Market 2
  • 15 Westside Lockers 2
  • 16 Los Toros Meat Market 2
  • 17 Mercado Y Carniceria La Mia 2
  • 18 Saba Live Poultry 2
  • 19 Carniceria Jalisco 2
  • 20 Mercado La Cachanilla 2
  • 21 The Butcher Block 2
  • 22 The Meatery 2
  • 23 Guanajuato Meat Market 2
  • 24 El Gaucho Meat Market 2
  • 25 Kennedy's Karne 2
  • 26 Larios Meat Market 2
  • 27 Carniceria Rancho Grande 2
  • 28 Baron's Quality Meats 2
  • 29 Wood Dale Meat Market 2
  • 30 Fiesta Market Carniceria 1
  • 31 Freddy's Produce & Meat Market 1
  • 32 Carniceria Los Musicos 1
  • 33 Austin Meat Services 1
  • 34 Los Gatos Meats Smokehouse 1
  • 35 El Aguacate Carnicería Meat Market 1
  • 36 Carniceria El Jefe 1
  • 37 La Plaza Market Y Carniceria 1
  • 38 Jamul Meat Market 1
  • 39 Sections Fine Meats 1
  • 40 El Pilon Meat Market 1
  • 41 Mr Kosher Meat Market 1
  • 42 The Wise Ox Butcher and Deli 1
  • 43 Rawhide Quality Meats 1
  • 44 Swagyu Burgers & Chop Shop 1
  • 45 AIM Meats Market 1
  • 46 Luis' Butcher Shop 1
  • 47 Buy Ranch Direct 1
  • 48 Bob's Country Meats 1
  • 49 Purdy's Quality Meat's 1
  • 50 Carniceria Los Navarrete 1

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