Trends · data through August 2026

Restaurants in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA

Iceflower tracks 4,400 stores from 2,542 restaurants chains in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA. Pepper Lunch grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Black Angus Steakhouse and Din Tai Fung.

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
2,542
Tracked stores
4,400
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked restaurants 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. Pepper Lunch and Black Angus Steakhouse sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 P Pepper Lunch logo Pepper Lunch ▲19 +18.7%
2 B Black Angus Steakhouse logo Black Angus Steakhouse ▲6 +18.3%
3 D Din Tai Fung logo Din Tai Fung ▲1 +17.3%
4 A Aikan Sushi ▲12 +16.2%
5 D Daikokuya ▲14 +15.6%
6 C CAVA logo CAVA ▲1 +15.5%
7 E Eat Fantastic ▲16 +15.3%
8 F Finney's Crafthouse logo Finney's Crafthouse ▲3 +14.1%
9 L L&L Hawaiian Barbecue logo L&L Hawaiian Barbecue ▲9 +13.4%
10 B Baja Fish Tacos logo Baja Fish Tacos ▲9 +12.9%
11 C Chicken Maison ▲15 +11.4%
12 P Panini Kabob Grill logo Panini Kabob Grill ▲10 +11.3%
13 B Barney's Beanery ▲2 +10.8%
14 B Black Bear Diner logo Black Bear Diner ▲1 +10.4%
15 E Eureka logo Eureka ▲7 +9.2%
  • Chipotle Mexican Grill
  • El Pollo Loco
  • The Cheesecake Factory
  • Chili's Grill & Bar
  • BJ's Restaurant & Brewhouse
  • Olive Garden
  • Denny's
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

4,400 tracked store locations in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Chipotle Mexican Grill (176)
  • El Pollo Loco (203)
  • The Cheesecake Factory (16)
  • Chili's Grill & Bar (27)
  • BJ's Restaurant & Brewhouse (22)
  • Olive Garden (26)
  • Denny's (89)
  • Other tracked chains

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