Trends · data through September 2026

Burger Chains in San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA

Iceflower tracks 516 stores from 75 burger chains in San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA. The Melt grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Wienerschnitzel and Burger King.

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
75
Tracked stores
516
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked burger 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 Melt and Wienerschnitzel sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 T The Melt logo The Melt ▲2 +19.3%
2 W Wienerschnitzel logo Wienerschnitzel ▲2 +11.4%
3 B Burger King logo Burger King - +10.5%
4 I In-N-Out Burger logo In-N-Out Burger - +9.5%
5 T The Friendly - +3.1%
6 B Boll Weevil - +1.3%
7 M McDonald's logo McDonald's - -0.4%
8 S Shake Shack logo Shake Shack ▲2 -1.2%
9 J Jack in the Box logo Jack in the Box - -2.5%
10 C Carl's Jr. logo Carl's Jr. - -3.0%
11 B Burger Lounge - -11.5%
12 W Wendy's logo Wendy's - -12.4%
13 S Sonic Drive-In logo Sonic Drive-In ▼1 -13.2%
14 C Checkers and Rally's logo Checkers and Rally's ▼1 -18.2%
15 A Angelo's Burgers ▼1 -20.1%
  • McDonald's
  • In-N-Out Burger
  • Jack in the Box
  • Carl's Jr.
  • Wendy's
  • Burger King
  • The Habit Burger Grill
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

516 tracked store locations in San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • McDonald's (108)
  • In-N-Out Burger (16)
  • Jack in the Box (105)
  • Carl's Jr. (63)
  • Wendy's (32)
  • Burger King (34)
  • The Habit Burger Grill (20)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

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