Trends · data through September 2026

Specialty Stores in San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA

Iceflower tracks 178 stores from 165 specialty store 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
165
Tracked stores
178
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked specialty store 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. Shilpark Paint and Vista Paint sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 Shilpark Paint - +6.7%
2 Vista Paint - -12.4%
  • Armstrong Garden Center
  • City Farmers Nursery
  • Aztec Appliance Outlet Center
  • Mark's Guitar Exchange
  • Luna Custom Wood Work LLC
  • Craft Party Supply
  • Bards and Cards
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

178 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 15 of the 178 stores (8%); 157 of the 165 tracked chains have a single store here. 6% of the tracked retail stores here are specialty stores, against 4% across California.

  • Armstrong Garden Center (1)
  • City Farmers Nursery (1)
  • Aztec Appliance Outlet Center (1)
  • Mark's Guitar Exchange (2)
  • Luna Custom Wood Work LLC (1)
  • Craft Party Supply (2)
  • Bards and Cards (1)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 Vista Paint 5
  • 2 Shilpark Paint 3
  • 3 JC Power Audio Shop 3
  • 4 Earths Elements 2
  • 5 Mark's Guitar Exchange 2
  • 6 Craft Party Supply 2
  • 7 Mr Tint 2
  • 8 KRC Rock 2
  • 9 San Diego Police Supply 1
  • 10 Cutters Source 1
  • 11 B&H Music 1
  • 12 Glaser Bailey Awards Inc 1
  • 13 Quality Estate Sales By Boris 1
  • 14 Med-Rx Pharmacy 1
  • 15 Andy's Orchids 1
  • 16 San Diego Garden Supply 1
  • 17 Rodriguez Nursery 1
  • 18 Lampshades Unlimited 1
  • 19 FSC Coatings Inc 1
  • 20 H&M Goodies Family Auctions, Inc. 1
  • 21 Eric's Medical Supply 1
  • 22 HD Laser 1
  • 23 The Engraving Store 1
  • 24 Roseland Nursery 1
  • 25 Pro Power 1
  • 26 Atkins Nursery 1
  • 27 Rancho Garcia Nursery 1
  • 28 Roy's Adult Fantasy Outlet 1
  • 29 Box N Ship 1
  • 30 Sound Check Systems 1
  • 31 RC Awards 1
  • 32 420 Smoke Shop 1
  • 33 Scorpion Percussion 1
  • 34 MexCandy 1
  • 35 Crafter's Design 1
  • 36 Dusty's Guitar 1
  • 37 Apria Healthcare 1
  • 38 Dulceria Coty 1
  • 39 Joe's Stereo 1
  • 40 Barrels & Branches 1
  • 41 Vaga Party Store 1
  • 42 Plantplay Gardens 1
  • 43 Jessi Foliage and Plants 1
  • 44 Weidners' Gardens 1
  • 45 Leucadia Nursery 1
  • 46 Harmony Home Medical Supply 1
  • 47 Image Duty Free Services 1
  • 48 Valley Center Nursery 1
  • 49 Go Green Aquaponics 1
  • 50 San Diego Interior Foliage 1

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