Growth ranking
Fastest-growing tracked park 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. Big Sur and Ghirardelli Soda Fountain & Chocolate Shop sit in the high-growth half.
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Big Sur | - | +12.6% |
| 2 | Ghirardelli Soda Fountain & Chocolate Shop | - | +7.6% |
| 3 | Mission Bay | ▲1 | -4.1% |
| 4 | South Coast Plaza | ▼1 | -28.4% |
| 5 | Live Oak Park | - | -36.7% |
| 6 | Imperial Beach | - | -44.2% |
- Mariners Park
- Imperial Beach
- Pleasanton Centennial Trail
- Sesame Place
- Ghirardelli Soda Fountain & Chocolate Shop
- Lake Elsinore
- Kern River
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
878 tracked store locations in California. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted. The top 5 chains by store count run 16 of the 878 stores (2%); 795 of the 832 tracked chains have a single store here. 8% of the tracked leisure & travel stores here are parks, against 7% across the United States.
- Mariners Park (1)
- Imperial Beach (3)
- Pleasanton Centennial Trail (1)
- Sesame Place (1)
- Ghirardelli Soda Fountain & Chocolate Shop (3)
- Lake Elsinore (2)
- Kern River (2)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Big Sur 4
- 2 South Coast Plaza 3
- 3 Imperial Beach 3
- 4 Ghirardelli Soda Fountain & Chocolate Shop 3
- 5 Mission Bay 3
- 6 Live Oak Park 3
- 7 Point Reyes National Park 3
- 8 Folsom Lake 2
- 9 Rancho Park 2
- 10 Highland Park 2
- 11 Santa Cruz 2
- 12 Dolores Park 2
- 13 Corona del Mar 2
- 14 Golden Gate Park 2
- 15 Main Street Park 2
- 16 River Walk 2
- 17 Discovery Park 2
- 18 Balboa Park 2
- 19 Sun Valley Park 2
- 20 Howarth Park 2
- 21 Lake Elsinore 2
- 22 Sunset Park 2
- 23 Admiral Baker Park 2
- 24 Kern River 2
- 25 Santa Cruz Beach 2
- 26 Palm Springs Dog Park 1
- 27 Cabrillo Canyon 1
- 28 Kelseyville Park 1
- 29 Japanese Friendship Garden 1
- 30 Orangecrest Park 1
- 31 San Lorenzo Park 1
- 32 Park St 1
- 33 Placerville City Park 1
- 34 Woodward BBQ 1
- 35 Cabrillo National Park 1
- 36 DryTown Water Park 1
- 37 Lake Del Valle 1
- 38 Walter S. Johnson Park 1
- 39 San Pablo Reservoir 1
- 40 Balboa Bay 1
- 41 Blacow Park 1
- 42 Sunset Cliffs 1
- 43 Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail 1
- 44 Alameda Park 1
- 45 Mt Diablo State Park 1
- 46 Dillon Beach 1
- 47 Garden Valley Park 1
- 48 Big Bear Lake 1
- 49 Grossmont Park 1
- 50 Cardiff Beach 1
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