Trends · data through September 2026

Boba & Drink Shops in San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA

Iceflower tracks 91 stores from 54 boba & drink shops in San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA. Teaspoon grew fastest over the last year, ahead of The Alley and Tapioca Express.

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
54
Tracked stores
91
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked boba & drink shops

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. Teaspoon and The Alley sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 T Teaspoon ▲1 +18.3%
2 T The Alley - +12.9%
3 T Tapioca Express logo Tapioca Express - +5.9%
4 H Happy Lemon logo Happy Lemon - +4.1%
5 D Ding Tea logo Ding Tea - -2.2%
6 K Kung Fu Tea logo Kung Fu Tea - -2.9%
7 R R&B Tea logo R&B Tea ▼1 -15.9%
8 S Sharetea logo Sharetea - -59.3%
  • Happy Lemon
  • Ding Tea
  • Tapioca Express
  • The Alley
  • Daboba
  • It's Boba Time
  • Tea Monks
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

91 tracked store locations in San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Happy Lemon (5)
  • Ding Tea (6)
  • Tapioca Express (7)
  • The Alley (3)
  • Daboba (2)
  • It's Boba Time (2)
  • Tea Monks (2)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 T Tapioca Express logo Tapioca Express 7
  • 2 D Ding Tea logo Ding Tea 6
  • 3 K Kung Fu Tea logo Kung Fu Tea 6
  • 4 H Happy Lemon logo Happy Lemon 5
  • 5 S Sharetea logo Sharetea 5
  • 6 R R&B Tea logo R&B Tea 3
  • 7 T Teaspoon 3
  • 8 T The Alley 3
  • 9 T Tea Monks 2
  • 10 L Lollicup logo Lollicup 2
  • 11 S Sip Fresh 2
  • 12 B BoBaPoP Tea Bar logo BoBaPoP Tea Bar 2
  • 13 F Fruity Loco 2
  • 14 I It's Boba Time logo It's Boba Time 2
  • 15 D Daboba 2
  • 16 P Poppy Boba Cafe 1
  • 17 N Nova Boba Tea 1
  • 18 H Host Vending 1
  • 19 A Aquapure 1
  • 20 D Doriboba Eastlake 1
  • 21 T The Poke Tea House 1
  • 22 D Denki’s Boba 1
  • 23 T The Boba Co. 1
  • 24 S SD Boba Tea logo SD Boba Tea 1
  • 25 B Bubble Tea 1
  • 26 H HEYTEA logo HEYTEA 1
  • 27 H Happytime Tea 1
  • 28 V Vivi Bubble Tea logo Vivi Bubble Tea 1
  • 29 L La Jolla Boba 1
  • 30 B Bee and Tea 1
  • 31 C Chakaa 1
  • 32 D Ding Tea Poway 1
  • 33 M Milk Tea Lab 1
  • 34 R RareTea USA logo RareTea USA 1
  • 35 W WUHU TEA & DELI 1
  • 36 W Wushiland Boba 1
  • 37 L Luxe Boba 1
  • 38 T Tastea logo Tastea 1
  • 39 B Bobalicious 1
  • 40 A A Tea 7 1
  • 41 B Boba Religion 1
  • 42 F Feng Cha logo Feng Cha 1
  • 43 B BenGong's Tea 1
  • 44 V Vanitea Cafe 1
  • 45 B Bopomofo Cafe 1
  • 46 M MYM Tea & Coffee 1
  • 47 J Jungle Tea 1
  • 48 P Pure Water Plus 1
  • 49 S Sunright Tea Studio logo Sunright Tea Studio 1
  • 50 B Boba Joy 1

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