Trends · data through August 2026

Food & Drink trends in California

Iceflower tracks 35,569 stores from 15,459 food & drink chains in California. The Boiling Crab grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Din Tai Fung and The Stand.

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
15,459
Tracked stores
35,569
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked food & drink 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. The Boiling Crab and Din Tai Fung sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 T The Boiling Crab ▲12 +19.5%
2 D Din Tai Fung logo Din Tai Fung ▲4 +19.5%
3 T The Stand ▲11 +17.6%
4 L La Michoacana ▲8 +17.6%
5 E El Ranchito Taco Shop ▲8 +17.4%
6 8 85C Bakery Cafe logo 85C Bakery Cafe ▲8 +17.4%
7 J Jollibee logo Jollibee ▲1 +17.1%
8 E Einstein Bros. Bagels logo Einstein Bros. Bagels ▲11 +17.1%
9 J Javier's logo Javier's ▲14 +16.9%
10 L Lolita's Mexican Food logo Lolita's Mexican Food ▲11 +15.7%
11 S Sbarro logo Sbarro ▲14 +14.6%
12 Y Yard House logo Yard House ▲3 +13.0%
13 U Urban Plates logo Urban Plates ▲3 +12.9%
14 A Angry Chickz logo Angry Chickz ▲8 +12.9%
15 P Papa John's Pizza logo Papa John's Pizza ▲11 +12.6%

Store footprint

Store map

25,000 of 35,569 tracked store locations in California, colored by category.

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