Trends · data through September 2026

Seafood & Cajun in California

Iceflower tracks 1,226 stores from 937 seafood & Cajun chains in California. Harbor House grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Players Sports Grill & Arcade and Cajun Crack'n.

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
937
Tracked stores
1,226
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked seafood & Cajun 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. Harbor House and Players Sports Grill & Arcade sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 H Harbor House - +17.3%
2 P Players Sports Grill & Arcade ▲3 +16.7%
3 C Cajun Crack'n - +12.1%
4 L Lure Fish House - +12.0%
5 C California Fish Grill logo California Fish Grill ▲1 +7.9%
6 E Ensenada's Surf N Turf ▼1 +3.5%
7 T The Kickin' Crab ▲1 +2.9%
8 J Joe's Crab Shack ▲1 +2.5%
9 S Seasurf - +2.1%
10 M Market Broiler ▲1 +1.5%
11 T The Boil Daddy - +1.3%
12 L Long John Silver's logo Long John Silver's ▲1 -0.1%
13 C Cousins Maine Lobster logo Cousins Maine Lobster ▲1 -0.2%
14 K Kelly's Cajun Grill logo Kelly's Cajun Grill ▲2 -0.3%
15 M Mariscos Las Islitas - -1.0%
  • The Boiling Crab
  • Brigantine
  • Bag O' Crab
  • The Kickin' Crab
  • Crab Hut
  • Crab Pub
  • Market Broiler
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

1,226 tracked store locations in California. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • The Boiling Crab (13)
  • Brigantine (7)
  • Bag O' Crab (11)
  • The Kickin' Crab (16)
  • Crab Hut (3)
  • Crab Pub (3)
  • Market Broiler (6)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 T The Kickin' Crab 16
  • 2 C California Fish Grill logo California Fish Grill 14
  • 3 T The Boiling Crab 13
  • 4 B Bag O' Crab logo Bag O' Crab 11
  • 5 K King's Fish House logo King's Fish House 10
  • 6 L Long John Silver's logo Long John Silver's 8
  • 7 B Brigantine logo Brigantine 7
  • 8 S Stinkin Crawfish 7
  • 9 F Fishbone Seafood - Menifee logo Fishbone Seafood - Menifee 7
  • 10 S Star Crab 7
  • 11 M Mariscos Las Islitas 6
  • 12 C Crab N Spice 6
  • 13 L Lure Fish House 6
  • 14 M Market Broiler 6
  • 15 M Mariscos Espinoza 5
  • 16 E Ensenada's Surf N Turf 4
  • 17 T The Boil Daddy 4
  • 18 B Broad Street Oyster Company 4
  • 19 C Cajun Kitchen Cafe 4
  • 20 P Poki One N Half logo Poki One N Half 4
  • 21 C Cajun Crack'n 4
  • 22 M Mariscos El Capitan 4
  • 23 S Seasurf 3
  • 24 P Players Sports Grill & Arcade 3
  • 25 C Cousins Maine Lobster logo Cousins Maine Lobster 3
  • 26 C Crab Hut 3
  • 27 J Joe's Crab Shack 3
  • 28 C Crab Pub 3
  • 29 H Harborside 3
  • 30 H Harbor House 3
  • 31 T The Galley 3
  • 32 S Shorebird 3
  • 33 L Lobster West Coronado 3
  • 34 H Hook & Anchor 3
  • 35 F Fisherman's Market & Grill logo Fisherman's Market & Grill 3
  • 36 C Captain Crab 3
  • 37 K Kelly's Cajun Grill logo Kelly's Cajun Grill 3
  • 38 B Bluewater Seafood 2
  • 39 H Hook Fish Co logo Hook Fish Co 2
  • 40 C Cielo 2
  • 41 L Land Ocean 2
  • 42 T The Fishery 2
  • 43 P Pacific Coast Grill 2
  • 44 H Hula's Island Grill 2
  • 45 S Sea Harvest 2
  • 46 T The Drunken Crab 2
  • 47 M Mariscos Choix logo Mariscos Choix 2
  • 48 T The Luxe Buffet 2
  • 49 T The Wharf 2
  • 50 S Station 16 2

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