Trends · data through September 2026

Department Stores in California

Iceflower tracks 336 stores from 39 department stores in California. Macy's grew fastest over the last year, ahead of JCPenney and McCaulous.

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
39
Tracked stores
336
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked department stores

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. Macy's and JCPenney sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 M Macy's logo Macy's - +4.6%
2 J JCPenney logo JCPenney - +0.5%
3 M McCaulous logo McCaulous - -1.1%
4 K Kohl's logo Kohl's - -3.0%
5 C Curacao logo Curacao - -13.8%
  • Macy's
  • Kohl's
  • JCPenney
  • MCX Main Exchange
  • Curacao
  • UCLA Store
  • The Outlet By E.L.S.
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

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

  • Macy's (101)
  • Kohl's (118)
  • JCPenney (65)
  • MCX Main Exchange (1)
  • Curacao (10)
  • UCLA Store (1)
  • The Outlet By E.L.S. (1)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 K Kohl's logo Kohl's 118
  • 2 M Macy's logo Macy's 101
  • 3 J JCPenney logo JCPenney 65
  • 4 C Curacao logo Curacao 10
  • 5 S Sears logo Sears 6
  • 6 M McCaulous logo McCaulous 3
  • 7 M MCX Main Exchange logo MCX Main Exchange 1
  • 8 K King Top Deals 1
  • 9 G GTM 1
  • 10 G Gardena Department Store 1
  • 11 M Manzoom 1
  • 12 P Popcorn Home Shopping 1
  • 13 9 99 Cent Outlet 1
  • 14 R Robben's 1
  • 15 M Mainside PX 1
  • 16 S Sensational Pets 1
  • 17 B Bargain Bank 1
  • 18 J Jj General Bargains 1
  • 19 M More 4 Less Mart 1
  • 20 J Joe's Food Mart 1
  • 21 P Pacific Coast Sales 1
  • 22 C Contractors Services 1
  • 23 K Klem's 1
  • 24 U UCLA Store logo UCLA Store 1
  • 25 T The Outlet By E.L.S. 1
  • 26 R Rains logo Rains 1
  • 27 7 7 Adams 1
  • 28 S Sari-Sari 1
  • 29 M McCaulou's Department Store logo McCaulou's Department Store 1
  • 30 M McCalou's 1
  • 31 E Edwards Base Exchange 1
  • 32 P Pacific Sales, Kitchen & Home 1
  • 33 M Montclair Plaza 1
  • 34 C Crawfords 1
  • 35 E El Borreguito 1
  • 36 M Market Market 1
  • 37 M Mojave Flea Trading Post 1
  • 38 C Crazy Q Bargain 1
  • 39 F Fort Irwin Main Post Exchange 1

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