Trends · data through July 2026

Breweries in California

Iceflower tracks 330 stores from 290 breweries chains in California. Karl Strauss Brewing Company grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Pure Project and Stone Brewing.

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
290
Tracked stores
330
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked breweries 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. Karl Strauss Brewing Company and Pure Project sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 K Karl Strauss Brewing Company ▲1 +15.4%
2 P Pure Project logo Pure Project ▲1 +10.4%
3 S Stone Brewing logo Stone Brewing ▲1 +7.2%
4 B Barebottle Brewing Company - -3.8%
5 M Mike Hess Brewing ▼2 -5.7%
6 B Belching Beaver ▲1 -8.1%
7 B Ballast Point logo Ballast Point ▼1 -13.7%
8 F Fieldwork Brewing Company - -19.8%
9 G Green Cheek Beer Co. logo Green Cheek Beer Co. ▼1 -46.6%
  • Novo Brazil Brewing
  • Stone Brewing
  • Karl Strauss Brewing Company
  • Mike Hess Brewing
  • Lengthwise Brewing Company
  • Oscar's Brewing Company
  • Belching Beaver
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

330 tracked store locations in California. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Novo Brazil Brewing (1)
  • Stone Brewing (3)
  • Karl Strauss Brewing Company (7)
  • Mike Hess Brewing (4)
  • Lengthwise Brewing Company (2)
  • Oscar's Brewing Company (1)
  • Belching Beaver (3)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 K Karl Strauss Brewing Company 7
  • 2 M Mike Hess Brewing 4
  • 3 F Fieldwork Brewing Company 4
  • 4 P Pure Project logo Pure Project 4
  • 5 S Stone Brewing logo Stone Brewing 3
  • 6 B Belching Beaver 3
  • 7 B Ballast Point logo Ballast Point 3
  • 8 B Barebottle Brewing Company 3
  • 9 G Green Cheek Beer Co. logo Green Cheek Beer Co. 3
  • 10 S Solvang Brewing Company 2
  • 11 L Luchador Brewing Company 2
  • 12 H Harland Brewing Co. 2
  • 13 K Kilowatt Brewing 2
  • 14 B Blast 825 Brewery 2
  • 15 R Russian River Brewing Company 2
  • 16 C California Wild Ales 2
  • 17 L Lucky Luke Brewing 2
  • 18 L Los Angeles Ale Works 2
  • 19 B Brewery X logo Brewery X 2
  • 20 C Culture Brewing Co 2
  • 21 L Lengthwise Brewing Company logo Lengthwise Brewing Company 2
  • 22 J Juneshine logo Juneshine 2
  • 23 S Santa Monica Brew Works 1
  • 24 M Mountain Rambler Brewery 1
  • 25 B Brewjeria Company 1
  • 26 M Mission Brewery 1
  • 27 T Ten Mile Brewing logo Ten Mile Brewing 1
  • 28 P Poor House Brewing Company 1
  • 29 S San Pedro Brewing Company 1
  • 30 B Burgeon Beer Company 1
  • 31 T The Bruery logo The Bruery 1
  • 32 M MacLeod Ale Brewing Co. 1
  • 33 T Truckee Brewing Company 1
  • 34 D Danville Brewing Company 1
  • 35 F Farmers Brewing Co. 1
  • 36 L Lost Coast Brewery 1
  • 37 M McIlhenney Brewing Co. 1
  • 38 B Batch Mead logo Batch Mead 1
  • 39 H Humble Sea Brewing Co. logo Humble Sea Brewing Co. 1
  • 40 L Laguna Beach Beer Company 1
  • 41 S Solaris Beer & Blending 1
  • 42 C Common Space Brewery logo Common Space Brewery 1
  • 43 S South Lake Brewing Company 1
  • 44 B BarrelHouse Brewing Co. logo BarrelHouse Brewing Co. 1
  • 45 S Societe Brewing Co 1
  • 46 E everywhere 1
  • 47 D Deft Brewing 1
  • 48 R Ritual Brewing Co. 1
  • 49 B Benny Boy Brewing 1
  • 50 B Bottle Logic Brewing 1

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