Growth ranking
Fastest-growing tracked candy 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. See's Candies and Ghirardelli Ice Cream & Chocolate Shop sit in the high-growth half.
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | See's Candies | - | +5.1% |
| 2 | Ghirardelli Ice Cream & Chocolate Shop | - | +3.6% |
| 3 | ROYCE' Chocolate | - | +1.8% |
| 4 | Ginger Elizabeth Chocolates | ▲2 | -13.0% |
| 5 | Balboa Candy | - | -15.1% |
| 6 | Candyland | - | -16.2% |
| 7 | IT'SUGAR | - | -20.2% |
| 8 | Rocket Fizz | - | -30.0% |
| 9 | Sweet Factory | ▼2 | -41.9% |
- See's Candies
- Dewar's Candy Shop
- Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory
- Ghirardelli Ice Cream & Chocolate Shop
- Trolley Treats
- IT'SUGAR
- Dandelion Chocolate
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
616 tracked store locations in California. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted. The top 5 chains by store count run 260 of the 616 stores (42%); 287 of the 316 tracked chains have a single store here. 0.7% of the tracked food & drink stores here are candy shops, against 0.6% across the United States.
- See's Candies (192)
- Dewar's Candy Shop (2)
- Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory (35)
- Ghirardelli Ice Cream & Chocolate Shop (10)
- Trolley Treats (1)
- IT'SUGAR (11)
- Dandelion Chocolate (2)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 See's Candies 192
- 2 Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory 35
- 3 Rocket Fizz 12
- 4 IT'SUGAR 11
- 5 Ghirardelli Ice Cream & Chocolate Shop 10
- 6 Lolli and Pops 9
- 7 Sweet Factory 8
- 8 Candyland 5
- 9 J.sweets 3
- 10 Ginger Elizabeth Chocolates 3
- 11 Balboa Candy 3
- 12 ROYCE' Chocolate 3
- 13 Cravin's Candy Emporium 2
- 14 The Candy Store 2
- 15 SLO Sweets 2
- 16 Marini's Candies 2
- 17 RMCF Petaluma 2
- 18 Recchiuti Confections 2
- 19 Candy Baron 2
- 20 Dick Taylor Craft Chocolate 2
- 21 Reimer's Candies 2
- 22 Stafford's Chocolates 2
- 23 Rascal's 2
- 24 The Xocolate Bar 2
- 25 Dewar's Candy Shop 2
- 26 Dandelion Chocolate 2
- 27 Mendocino Chocolate Company 2
- 28 Zoonie's Candy Shop 1
- 29 Beach Sweets 1
- 30 Sweet Petite Confections 1
- 31 Carmelcorn 1
- 32 Capitola Candy Company 1
- 33 Brown Butter Cookie Company 1
- 34 Swedish Candy Factory 1
- 35 Sweet Street 1
- 36 Bisou Chocolat 1
- 37 Seabreeze Craft Chocolates 1
- 38 Ora Cacao 1
- 39 La Rue Du Chocolat 1
- 40 Cafe Xocolatl 1
- 41 Golden Kettle Corn 1
- 42 Sweet Confectionery Offerings 1
- 43 Papa Bear's Chocolate Haus 1
- 44 Cayucos Candy Counter 1
- 45 Venchi 1
- 46 The Xocolatl Garden 1
- 47 Jerusalem Roastery 1
- 48 Christopher Elbow Artisanal Chocolate 1
- 49 Tomasko's Salt Water Taffy 1
- 50 Littlejohn's English Toffee House 1
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