Trends · data through September 2026

Bars, Pubs & Breweries in California

Iceflower tracks 5,204 stores from 4,708 bars, pubs & breweries in California. Empire grew fastest over the last year, ahead of The Cellar and University of Beer.

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
4,708
Tracked stores
5,204
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked bars, pubs & breweries

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. Empire and The Cellar sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 E Empire ▲2 +14.2%
2 T The Cellar ▲2 +12.8%
3 U University of Beer ▲2 +12.7%
4 H Hennessey's Tavern - +9.7%
5 F Finney's Crafthouse logo Finney's Crafthouse - +3.4%
6 T The Brass Tap logo The Brass Tap ▲1 +3.4%
7 T The State ▲1 +2.5%
8 T The Hideout ▼1 +0.9%
9 U Union - +0.9%
10 T The Office Bar ▼2 -2.3%
11 K Karl Strauss Brewing Company - -2.3%
12 M Mike Hess Brewing ▲1 -5.0%
13 B Belching Beaver - -6.6%
14 T The Depot - -6.9%
15 B Bottlecraft ▼1 -7.2%
  • Sky Room
  • Finney's Crafthouse
  • Crypto.com Arena
  • Novo Brazil Brewing
  • 356 Korean BBQ
  • Legends Hospitality
  • Karl Strauss Brewing Company
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

5,204 tracked store locations in California. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Sky Room (1)
  • Finney's Crafthouse (11)
  • Crypto.com Arena (1)
  • Novo Brazil Brewing (1)
  • 356 Korean BBQ (1)
  • Legends Hospitality (1)
  • Karl Strauss Brewing Company (9)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 F Finney's Crafthouse logo Finney's Crafthouse 11
  • 2 K Karl Strauss Brewing Company 9
  • 3 H Hennessey's Tavern 9
  • 4 F Fieldwork Brewing Company 8
  • 5 T The Brass Tap logo The Brass Tap 7
  • 6 B Bottlecraft 6
  • 7 T Tipsy Putt logo Tipsy Putt 5
  • 8 U University of Beer 5
  • 9 U Union 5
  • 10 M Mike Hess Brewing 5
  • 11 P Pure Project logo Pure Project 4
  • 12 T The Hideout 4
  • 13 B Ballast Point logo Ballast Point 4
  • 14 T The Depot 4
  • 15 D Duke's 4
  • 16 P Postino WineCafe logo Postino WineCafe 4
  • 17 S Septembers Taproom and Eatery 4
  • 18 S Stone Brewing logo Stone Brewing 4
  • 19 B Belching Beaver 3
  • 20 B Bar Louie logo Bar Louie 3
  • 21 T The Break Room 3
  • 22 T The Cafe 3
  • 23 T The Cellar 3
  • 24 B Big Al's 3
  • 25 T The Office Bar 3
  • 26 T The State 3
  • 27 E Empire 3
  • 28 E Escape Craft Brewery 2
  • 29 E Elbow Room 2
  • 30 B Broadway 2
  • 31 G Guildhall 2
  • 32 S Shockwave 2
  • 33 H Hopmonk Tavern logo Hopmonk Tavern 2
  • 34 T The Dungeon 2
  • 35 V Vesuvio 2
  • 36 H Hi Tops logo Hi Tops 2
  • 37 B Blast 825 Brewery 2
  • 38 C Common Theory 2
  • 39 T The Bungalow Kitchen logo The Bungalow Kitchen 2
  • 40 T Toro 2
  • 41 R Russian River Brewing Company 2
  • 42 N Neighborhood 2
  • 43 S Seven Grand 2
  • 44 W Waterbar 2
  • 45 B Brewery X logo Brewery X 2
  • 46 L Lengthwise Brewing Company logo Lengthwise Brewing Company 2
  • 47 T The Rabbit Hole 2
  • 48 H Harland Brewing Co. 2
  • 49 K Knotty Barrel 2
  • 50 P Perch 2

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