Trends · data through September 2026

Mediterranean & Middle Eastern in California

Iceflower tracks 1,347 stores from 934 Mediterranean & Middle Eastern chains in California. The Green Olive grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Hummus Mediterranean Kitchen and King Falafel.

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
934
Tracked stores
1,347
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked Mediterranean & Middle Eastern 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. The Green Olive and Hummus Mediterranean Kitchen sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 T The Green Olive ▲3 +16.5%
2 H Hummus Mediterranean Kitchen ▲3 +15.4%
3 K King Falafel ▲2 +13.8%
4 P Panini Kabob Grill logo Panini Kabob Grill - +11.9%
5 C CAVA logo CAVA - +11.2%
6 K Kismet Rotisserie ▲2 +10.8%
7 C Chicken Maison - +7.7%
8 K Kabob House ▲3 +7.1%
9 P Pita House - +5.9%
10 O Oasis Grill ▲1 +4.3%
11 M Massis Kabob ▲1 +3.9%
12 S Shawarma House ▲2 +2.3%
13 D DVine ▲1 +1.6%
14 S Sam's Flaming Grill - -0.2%
15 L Luna Grill logo Luna Grill - -0.6%
  • Luna Grill
  • CAVA
  • Nick The Greek
  • Panini Kabob Grill
  • Zankou Chicken
  • Flame and Skewers
  • The Great Greek Mediterranean Grill
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

1,347 tracked store locations in California. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Luna Grill (45)
  • CAVA (30)
  • Nick The Greek (58)
  • Panini Kabob Grill (24)
  • Zankou Chicken (15)
  • Flame and Skewers (1)
  • The Great Greek Mediterranean Grill (12)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

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