Trends · data through September 2026

Candy Shops in San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA

Iceflower tracks 59 stores from 43 candy shop chains in San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA.

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
43
Tracked stores
59
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked candy shop 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.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 See's Candies - -8.2%
  • See's Candies
  • Ghirardelli Ice Cream & Chocolate Shop
  • Candeeland Carlsbad
  • Carnival Candies and Ice Cream
  • Cousin's Candy Shop
  • J.sweets
  • Fuzziwig's Candy Factory
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

59 tracked store locations in San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted. The top 5 chains by store count run 21 of the 59 stores (36%); 41 of the 43 tracked chains have a single store here. 0.7% of the tracked food & drink stores here are candy shops, the same share as across California.

  • See's Candies (16)
  • Ghirardelli Ice Cream & Chocolate Shop (2)
  • Candeeland Carlsbad (1)
  • Carnival Candies and Ice Cream (1)
  • Cousin's Candy Shop (1)
  • J.sweets (1)
  • Fuzziwig's Candy Factory (1)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 See's Candies 16
  • 2 Ghirardelli Ice Cream & Chocolate Shop 2
  • 3 Candeeland Carlsbad 1
  • 4 Carnival Candies and Ice Cream 1
  • 5 Cousin's Candy Shop 1
  • 6 J.sweets 1
  • 7 Fuzziwig's Candy Factory 1
  • 8 IT'SUGAR 1
  • 9 It's Sugar 1
  • 10 The Something Sweet Shop 1
  • 11 Nibble Chocolate 1
  • 12 The Candy Passport 1
  • 13 Versailles Cafe and Pastries 1
  • 14 Dulceria Monarka 1
  • 15 Chocolate SD 1
  • 16 Mexico candy shop 1
  • 17 Candy Me Up 1
  • 18 Balboa Candy 1
  • 19 Chuao Chocolatier 1
  • 20 Beach Sweets 1
  • 21 Sweet Petite Confections 1
  • 22 Seabreeze Craft Chocolates 1
  • 23 Carmelcorn 1
  • 24 Dulceria Callie 1
  • 25 The Elegant Truffle 1
  • 26 Dulceria San Diego 1
  • 27 Candy Basket 1
  • 28 D'liteful Chocolat 1
  • 29 Dulcerias Aztecas 1
  • 30 Dulceria Princess 1
  • 31 Teuscher Chocolates San Diego 1
  • 32 Candyland 1
  • 33 Seaport Fudge Factory 1
  • 34 Candy Shop 1
  • 35 Chocolate Haus 1
  • 36 The Snack House 1
  • 37 Lick It Lollipops 1
  • 38 Cheryl's Caramels 1
  • 39 The Candy Pushers 1
  • 40 Iris Delights 1
  • 41 Sweet Factory 1
  • 42 Sugarfina 1
  • 43 Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory 1

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