Trends · data through July 2026

Casual Eateries in California

Iceflower tracks 2,269 stores from 954 casual eateries chains in California. Handel's Homemade Ice Cream grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Rita's Italian Ice & Frozen Custard and Einstein Bros. Bagels.

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
954
Tracked stores
2,269
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked casual eateries 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. Handel's Homemade Ice Cream and Rita's Italian Ice & Frozen Custard sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 H Handel's Homemade Ice Cream logo Handel's Homemade Ice Cream ▲2 +19.6%
2 R Rita's Italian Ice & Frozen Custard logo Rita's Italian Ice & Frozen Custard ▲3 +17.1%
3 E Einstein Bros. Bagels logo Einstein Bros. Bagels - +16.3%
4 L La Michoacana - +15.8%
5 H Häagen-Dazs logo Häagen-Dazs ▲3 +14.9%
6 S Sunny Donuts ▲3 +13.6%
7 R Rose Donuts ▲4 +13.3%
8 G Golden Spoon ▲2 +12.7%
9 D Donut King ▲5 +12.1%
10 G Gelato Paradiso ▲5 +11.9%
11 M Mariposa Ice Cream ▲2 +11.5%
12 R Rori's Artisanal Creamery ▲1 +11.2%
13 G Granny's Donuts ▲1 +10.9%
14 B Bushfire Kitchen logo Bushfire Kitchen ▲2 +10.6%
15 T The Bagel Shack logo The Bagel Shack ▲5 +9.4%
  • Dunkin'
  • Baskin-Robbins
  • Yum Yum Donuts
  • Krispy Kreme
  • Handel's Homemade Ice Cream
  • Cold Stone Creamery
  • Yogurtland
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

2,269 tracked store locations in California. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Dunkin' (93)
  • Baskin-Robbins (151)
  • Yum Yum Donuts (73)
  • Krispy Kreme (38)
  • Handel's Homemade Ice Cream (41)
  • Cold Stone Creamery (88)
  • Yogurtland (113)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

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