Trends · data through September 2026

Latin American & Caribbean in California

Iceflower tracks 795 stores from 654 Latin American & Caribbean chains in California. El Buen Gusto grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Los Planes De Renderos and Bossa Nova Brazilian Cuisine.

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
654
Tracked stores
795
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked Latin American & Caribbean 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. El Buen Gusto and Los Planes De Renderos sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 E El Buen Gusto ▲3 +19.6%
2 L Los Planes De Renderos - +17.2%
3 B Bossa Nova Brazilian Cuisine logo Bossa Nova Brazilian Cuisine - +14.9%
4 G Gaucho Grill Argentine Steakhouse - +12.3%
5 E El Pollo Dorado ▲2 +9.0%
6 L La Carreta logo La Carreta - +8.4%
7 B Back A Yard Caribbean Grill ▲1 +7.3%
8 C Cholita Linda - +4.5%
9 L La Perla logo La Perla - +3.6%
10 E El Pollo Inka - +2.9%
11 P Pollo Campero logo Pollo Campero - +1.7%
12 A Ay Papa Que Rico - -0.8%
13 S Sol Food - -1.6%
14 L La Fogata Restaurant ▲1 -2.6%
15 M Mi Tierra Restaurant - -3.5%
  • Sol Food
  • Pollo Campero
  • Bossa Nova Brazilian Cuisine
  • Zama Latin American Cuisine
  • Habana
  • Cholita Linda
  • Salsa & Beer
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

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

  • Sol Food (3)
  • Pollo Campero (39)
  • Bossa Nova Brazilian Cuisine (3)
  • Zama Latin American Cuisine (1)
  • Habana (2)
  • Cholita Linda (4)
  • Salsa & Beer (2)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 P Pollo Campero logo Pollo Campero 39
  • 2 L La Carreta logo La Carreta 6
  • 3 E El Pollo Inka 6
  • 4 E El Pollo Dorado 6
  • 5 E El Buen Gusto 5
  • 6 A Ay Papa Que Rico 5
  • 7 L La Perla logo La Perla 4
  • 8 I Inka Mama's 4
  • 9 C Cholita Linda 4
  • 10 L La Fogata Restaurant 3
  • 11 L Los Hermanos 3
  • 12 B Back A Yard Caribbean Grill 3
  • 13 L Los Planes De Renderos 3
  • 14 P Paseo San Miguel 3
  • 15 M Mi Tierra Restaurant 3
  • 16 E El Carrusel Bakery 3
  • 17 G Guatemalteca Bakery 3
  • 18 P Pampas Brazilian Steakhouse 3
  • 19 S Sol Food 3
  • 20 B Bossa Nova Brazilian Cuisine logo Bossa Nova Brazilian Cuisine 3
  • 21 G Gaucho Grill Argentine Steakhouse 3
  • 22 P Panchitas 2
  • 23 P Pupuseria Salvadorena 2
  • 24 C Chicha Peruvian Kitchen 2
  • 25 S Super Pollo 2
  • 26 T Taste of the Caribbean 2
  • 27 M Mar Y Tierra 2
  • 28 R Rincon Latino 2
  • 29 M Mercado Buenos Aires 2
  • 30 D Don Pollo 2
  • 31 H Habana 2
  • 32 P Pupuseria La Sierra 2
  • 33 S Salsa & Beer 2
  • 34 H Havana Grill 2
  • 35 C Cochinita 2
  • 36 V Villa Roma 2
  • 37 C Cafe Brasil 2
  • 38 V Versailles Cuban Food 2
  • 39 V Vos Pupusas 2
  • 40 N Natalie Peruvian Seafood Restaurant 2
  • 41 L Limon 2
  • 42 P Pupuseria Rosita 2
  • 43 N Nativo 2
  • 44 I Island Spice 2
  • 45 E El Porteño 2
  • 46 E Empanada Kitchen 2
  • 47 E El Cubano 2
  • 48 L La Vaca Brazillian Grill 2
  • 49 E El Cuscatlan 2
  • 50 E El Amigo 1

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