Trends · data through September 2026

Salads & Healthy Bowls in California

Iceflower tracks 658 stores from 313 salads & healthy bowls in California. Blue Barn Gourmet grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Urban Plates and Trū Bowl Superfood Bar.

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
313
Tracked stores
658
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked salads & healthy bowls

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. Blue Barn Gourmet and Urban Plates sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 B Blue Barn Gourmet ▲2 +17.2%
2 U Urban Plates logo Urban Plates - +15.1%
3 T Trū Bowl Superfood Bar logo Trū Bowl Superfood Bar - +3.3%
4 T The Natural Cafe ▲1 +1.4%
5 F Flame Broiler logo Flame Broiler - +0.9%
6 A Acai Joint ▲3 +0.2%
7 T The Plot - -0.2%
8 T True Food Kitchen logo True Food Kitchen ▲1 -3.7%
9 T Tender Greens logo Tender Greens - -3.8%
10 M Mixt logo Mixt - -5.0%
11 S Sweetgreen logo Sweetgreen - -6.7%
12 H Health Nut - -7.2%
13 P Proper Food - -9.7%
14 B Berry Brand - -14.1%
15 A Active Culture logo Active Culture ▼1 -19.0%
  • Flame Broiler
  • Urban Plates
  • Sweetgreen
  • Tender Greens
  • Jack's Urban Eats
  • Alohana Acai Bowls
  • Brophy Bros.
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

658 tracked store locations in California. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Flame Broiler (139)
  • Urban Plates (20)
  • Sweetgreen (31)
  • Tender Greens (19)
  • Jack's Urban Eats (8)
  • Alohana Acai Bowls (2)
  • Brophy Bros. (2)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 F Flame Broiler logo Flame Broiler 139
  • 2 S Sweetgreen logo Sweetgreen 31
  • 3 U Urban Plates logo Urban Plates 20
  • 4 T Tender Greens logo Tender Greens 19
  • 5 V Veggie Grill 14
  • 6 C Chop Stop 13
  • 7 P Proper Food 12
  • 8 T Trū Bowl Superfood Bar logo Trū Bowl Superfood Bar 11
  • 9 J Jack's Urban Eats 8
  • 10 M Mixt logo Mixt 8
  • 11 T True Food Kitchen logo True Food Kitchen 8
  • 12 S Simply Salad logo Simply Salad 7
  • 13 J Jan's Health Bar 6
  • 14 W World Wrapps 6
  • 15 T The Natural Cafe 5
  • 16 H Health Nut 5
  • 17 T The Grain Cafe 4
  • 18 A Active Culture logo Active Culture 4
  • 19 A Acai Joint 3
  • 20 B Berry Brand 3
  • 21 A Amy's Drive Thru logo Amy's Drive Thru 3
  • 22 B Blue Barn Gourmet 3
  • 23 T The Plot 3
  • 24 V Vibe Organic Kitchen & Juice 3
  • 25 C Cascabel 2
  • 26 C Croutons 2
  • 27 V Vegan Mob 2
  • 28 S Salata logo Salata 2
  • 29 G Golden Lotus 2
  • 30 P Protein House logo Protein House 2
  • 31 T The Vegan Joint 2
  • 32 B Bowlology 2
  • 33 S Sweet Veggie 2
  • 34 B Berry Bowl 2
  • 35 S Saladworks logo Saladworks 2
  • 36 A Alohana Acai Bowls 2
  • 37 B Brophy Bros. 2
  • 38 P Pure 2
  • 39 A Avotoasty 2
  • 40 F Flower Child logo Flower Child 2
  • 41 K Kitava logo Kitava 2
  • 42 V Verde 2
  • 43 N Native Foods logo Native Foods 2
  • 44 P Pura Vita 2
  • 45 F From the Hearth 2
  • 46 A Alfalfa logo Alfalfa 2
  • 47 G Greenlife Fit Foods logo Greenlife Fit Foods 1
  • 48 M Mary's Gourmet Salads 1
  • 49 E Enjoy Vegetarian Restaurant 1
  • 50 H Health and Wellness Cafe 1

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