Trends · data through September 2026

Mexican Restaurants & Taquerias in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA

Iceflower tracks 2,228 stores from 1,752 Mexican restaurants & taquerias in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA. Rodrigo's Mexican Grill grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Taqueria el Poblano and Azteca Mexican.

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
1,752
Tracked stores
2,228
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked Mexican restaurants & taquerias

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. Rodrigo's Mexican Grill and Taqueria el Poblano sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 R Rodrigo's Mexican Grill ▲5 +18.4%
2 T Taqueria el Poblano ▲4 +16.2%
3 A Azteca Mexican logo Azteca Mexican ▲5 +15.7%
4 T Tacos el Goloso ▲5 +11.9%
5 E El Zarape ▲4 +11.5%
6 C Chile Verde ▲5 +9.0%
7 S Sol Agave logo Sol Agave ▲2 +8.5%
8 A Avila's El Ranchito - +8.5%
9 T Taco Mesa ▲4 +6.7%
10 C Casa Adelita ▲2 +5.2%
11 T Taqueria HOY ▲2 +5.0%
12 T Tacos por Favor - +4.8%
13 T Taco Boy logo Taco Boy - +4.8%
14 S Super Mex logo Super Mex - +4.5%
15 L La Casita Olvera ▲2 +4.4%
  • Javier's
  • Tacos Gavilan
  • Tacos Los Cholos
  • Kalaveras
  • Rancho del Zocalo Restaurante
  • El Cholo
  • El Taconazo
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

2,228 tracked store locations in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Javier's (3)
  • Tacos Gavilan (12)
  • Tacos Los Cholos (1)
  • Kalaveras (16)
  • Rancho del Zocalo Restaurante (1)
  • El Cholo (5)
  • El Taconazo (5)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

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