Trends · data through July 2026

Restaurants in California

Iceflower tracks 12,864 stores from 7,748 restaurants chains in California. Pho Ha grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Finney's Crafthouse and Phil's BBQ.

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
7,748
Tracked stores
12,864
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked restaurants 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. Pho Ha and Finney's Crafthouse sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 P Pho Ha ▲13 +19.8%
2 F Finney's Crafthouse logo Finney's Crafthouse ▲11 +19.3%
3 P Phil's BBQ logo Phil's BBQ ▲2 +19.0%
4 D Din Tai Fung logo Din Tai Fung ▲3 +17.4%
5 T The Boiling Crab ▲5 +16.9%
6 E El Ranchito Taco Shop ▲10 +15.4%
7 T Taqueria 2 Potrillos ▲18 +15.4%
8 T The Stand ▲11 +15.3%
9 J Javier's ▲8 +14.3%
10 L Lolita's Mexican Food logo Lolita's Mexican Food ▲7 +13.6%
11 U Urban Plates logo Urban Plates ▲6 +11.0%
12 Y Yard House logo Yard House ▲1 +10.9%
13 L Luna Grill logo Luna Grill ▲2 +8.8%
14 O Original Joe's ▲7 +8.7%
15 B Barney's Beanery ▲5 +7.7%
  • Chipotle Mexican Grill
  • Chili's Grill & Bar
  • El Pollo Loco
  • Olive Garden
  • BJ's Restaurant & Brewhouse
  • Denny's
  • The Cheesecake Factory
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

12,864 tracked store locations in California. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Chipotle Mexican Grill (495)
  • Chili's Grill & Bar (88)
  • El Pollo Loco (362)
  • Olive Garden (75)
  • BJ's Restaurant & Brewhouse (59)
  • Denny's (251)
  • The Cheesecake Factory (38)
  • Other tracked chains

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