Trends · data through September 2026

Candy Shops in California

Iceflower tracks 589 stores from 307 candy shop chains in California. See's Candies grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Rocket Fizz and IT'SUGAR.

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
307
Tracked stores
589
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. See's Candies and Rocket Fizz sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 S See's Candies logo See's Candies - +5.0%
2 R Rocket Fizz logo Rocket Fizz - -8.3%
3 I IT'SUGAR logo IT'SUGAR - -14.4%
4 B Balboa Candy - -15.0%
5 C Candyland ▲1 -15.6%
6 S Sweet Factory ▼1 -42.8%
  • See's Candies
  • Dewar's Candy Shop
  • Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory
  • Trolley Treats
  • IT'SUGAR
  • Dandelion Chocolate
  • Honeydukes
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

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

  • See's Candies (192)
  • Dewar's Candy Shop (2)
  • Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory (34)
  • Trolley Treats (1)
  • IT'SUGAR (10)
  • Dandelion Chocolate (1)
  • Honeydukes (1)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 S See's Candies logo See's Candies 192
  • 2 R Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory logo Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory 34
  • 3 R Rocket Fizz logo Rocket Fizz 12
  • 4 I IT'SUGAR logo IT'SUGAR 10
  • 5 L Lolli and Pops logo Lolli and Pops 9
  • 6 S Sweet Factory 7
  • 7 C Candyland 4
  • 8 J J.sweets 3
  • 9 B Balboa Candy 3
  • 10 C Candy Baron logo Candy Baron 2
  • 11 R Reimer's Candies 2
  • 12 B Brandini Toffee 2
  • 13 R ROYCE' Chocolate 2
  • 14 D Dewar's Candy Shop 2
  • 15 S Stafford's Chocolates 2
  • 16 M Marini's Candies 2
  • 17 G Ginger Elizabeth Chocolates 2
  • 18 S SLO Sweets 2
  • 19 T The Candy Store 2
  • 20 T The Xocolate Bar 2
  • 21 M Mendocino Chocolate Company 2
  • 22 C Cravin's Candy Emporium logo Cravin's Candy Emporium 2
  • 23 S Seabreeze Craft Chocolates 1
  • 24 T Tomasko's Salt Water Taffy 1
  • 25 S Sweet Petite Confections 1
  • 26 L La Rue Du Chocolat 1
  • 27 N Nelson's Candies 1
  • 28 S Sweet Confectionery Offerings 1
  • 29 P Papa Bear's Chocolate Haus 1
  • 30 C Cayucos Candy Counter 1
  • 31 G Golden Kettle Corn 1
  • 32 W Wierschem's Train Town Candy & Ice Cream Parlor 1
  • 33 S Swedish Candy Factory 1
  • 34 S Sweet Street 1
  • 35 B Brown Butter Cookie Company 1
  • 36 C Cafe Xocolatl 1
  • 37 O Osaka Ya 1
  • 38 C Candy Row 1
  • 39 B Bunny Moon Candy Shoppe 1
  • 40 L La Central Dulceria 1
  • 41 S Small Town Sweets 1
  • 42 J Jerusalem Roastery 1
  • 43 C Christopher Elbow Artisanal Chocolate 1
  • 44 S Sweets From Heaven 1
  • 45 Z Zoonie's Candy Shop 1
  • 46 S Socola 1
  • 47 L Liled's Candy Kitchen 1
  • 48 S StrawBeary.Oakland 1
  • 49 L Littlejohn's English Toffee House 1
  • 50 C Chocolate SD 1

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