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. Paris Baguette and Handel's Homemade Ice Cream sit in the high-growth half.
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paris Baguette | ▲14 | +18.4% |
| 2 | Handel's Homemade Ice Cream | ▲14 | +17.9% |
| 3 | Mendocino Farms | ▲13 | +17.7% |
| 4 | Sourdough & Co. | ▲27 | +17.7% |
| 5 | Togo's | ▲23 | +15.8% |
| 6 | The Hat | ▲17 | +15.5% |
| 7 | See's Candies | ▲6 | +15.4% |
| 8 | Red Ribbon Bakeshop | ▲15 | +15.2% |
| 9 | The Taco Stand | - | +15.0% |
| 10 | Dutch Bros Coffee | ▲6 | +14.7% |
| 11 | Panini Kabob Grill | ▲21 | +14.6% |
| 12 | Din Tai Fung | ▲4 | +14.1% |
| 13 | CAVA | ▲12 | +13.9% |
| 14 | Urban Plates | ▲19 | +13.9% |
| 15 | The Stand | ▲7 | +13.8% |
- Mexican Restaurants & Taquerias
- Burger Chains
- Cafes & Bakery-Cafes
- Other restaurants
- Bars, Pubs & Breweries
- Casual Dining
- Bakeries, Donuts & Desserts
- Other categories
Store footprint
Store map
25,000 of 88,559 tracked store locations in California, colored by category. The top 5 chains by store count run 7,467 of the 88,559 stores (8%); 42,003 of the 48,338 tracked chains have a single store here. 9% of the tracked food & drink stores here are Mexican restaurants & taquerias, against 6% across the United States.
- Mexican Restaurants & Taquerias (7,972)
- Burger Chains (6,360)
- Cafes & Bakery-Cafes (6,052)
- Other restaurants (5,747)
- Bars, Pubs & Breweries (5,437)
- Casual Dining (5,241)
- Bakeries, Donuts & Desserts (5,022)
- Other categories
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Starbucks 3,253
- 2 McDonald's 1,294
- 3 Subway 1,184
- 4 Jack in the Box 966
- 5 Taco Bell 770
- 6 Panda Express 645
- 7 Carl's Jr. 617
- 8 Domino's Pizza 595
- 9 Little Caesars 580
- 10 Burger King 576
- 11 Chipotle Mexican Grill 523
- 12 Wingstop 456
- 13 Jamba 429
- 14 El Pollo Loco 399
- 15 Round Table Pizza 391
- 16 Denny's 373
- 17 Baskin-Robbins 372
- 18 Del Taco 369
- 19 Wendy's 318
- 20 KFC 285
- 21 Jersey Mike's Subs 279
- 22 In-N-Out Burger 270
- 23 Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen 257
- 24 The Habit Burger Grill 255
- 25 Mountain Mike's Pizza 244
- 26 Wienerschnitzel 240
- 27 IHOP 230
- 28 Peet's Coffee 224
- 29 Dutch Bros Coffee 217
- 30 Chick-fil-A 208
- 31 Cold Stone Creamery 204
- 32 Pizza Hut 203
- 33 Panera Bread 203
- 34 WaBa Grill 197
- 35 See's Candies 192
- 36 Papa John's Pizza 184
- 37 Yogurtland 173
- 38 La Michoacana 166
- 39 Togo's 145
- 40 Flame Broiler 141
- 41 Five Guys 131
- 42 Dunkin' 130
- 43 Wetzel's Pretzels 126
- 44 Rubio's 123
- 45 Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers 116
- 46 Chili's Grill & Bar 111
- 47 Yoshinoya 109
- 48 Buffalo Wild Wings 107
- 49 Applebee's Grill + Bar 103
- 50 Yum Yum Donuts 102
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