Trends · data through July 2026

Coffee Shops in San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA

Iceflower tracks 697 stores from 281 coffee shops chains in San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA. Achilles Coffee Roasters grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Trident Coffee and Better Buzz Coffee.

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
281
Tracked stores
697
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked coffee shops 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. Achilles Coffee Roasters and Trident Coffee sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 A Achilles Coffee Roasters ▲1 +16.0%
2 T Trident Coffee - +15.2%
3 B Better Buzz Coffee logo Better Buzz Coffee - +11.0%
4 P Parakeet Cafe ▲2 +7.4%
5 B Bird Rock Coffee Roasters logo Bird Rock Coffee Roasters - -1.7%
6 B Black Rock Coffee Bar logo Black Rock Coffee Bar ▲1 -3.4%
7 P Panera Bread logo Panera Bread - -9.4%
8 S Starbucks logo Starbucks - -10.2%
9 P Philz Coffee logo Philz Coffee ▼1 -17.0%
10 P Peet's Coffee logo Peet's Coffee - -17.3%
11 L Lofty Coffee - -18.2%
12 D Dark Horse Coffee Roasters - -25.7%
13 T The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf logo The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf ▼3 -28.6%
14 C Copa Vida logo Copa Vida - -46.4%
  • Starbucks
  • Better Buzz Coffee
  • Panera Bread
  • Dutch Bros Coffee
  • Mission Joe
  • Peet's Coffee
  • Nespresso
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

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

  • Starbucks (318)
  • Better Buzz Coffee (15)
  • Panera Bread (27)
  • Dutch Bros Coffee (8)
  • Mission Joe (1)
  • Peet's Coffee (8)
  • Nespresso (1)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 S Starbucks logo Starbucks 318
  • 2 P Panera Bread logo Panera Bread 27
  • 3 B Better Buzz Coffee logo Better Buzz Coffee 15
  • 4 D Dutch Bros Coffee logo Dutch Bros Coffee 8
  • 5 P Peet's Coffee logo Peet's Coffee 8
  • 6 B Bird Rock Coffee Roasters logo Bird Rock Coffee Roasters 5
  • 7 L Lofty Coffee 4
  • 8 P Parakeet Cafe 4
  • 9 B Black Rock Coffee Bar logo Black Rock Coffee Bar 3
  • 10 T The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf logo The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf 3
  • 11 P Philz Coffee logo Philz Coffee 3
  • 12 T Trident Coffee 3
  • 13 A Achilles Coffee Roasters 3
  • 14 D Dark Horse Coffee Roasters 3
  • 15 C Copa Vida logo Copa Vida 3
  • 16 T The Coffee Corner 2
  • 17 V Vigilante Coffee logo Vigilante Coffee 2
  • 18 J James Coffee Co logo James Coffee Co 2
  • 19 C Cargo Cafe 2
  • 20 K Kaffee Meister 2
  • 21 T The King's Craft Coffee Co. 2
  • 22 C Coffeentalk 2
  • 23 R Ryan Bros Coffee 2
  • 24 B Bump Coffee 2
  • 25 C COMMUNAL logo COMMUNAL 2
  • 26 B Blue Bottle Coffee logo Blue Bottle Coffee 2
  • 27 S Spill The Beans 2
  • 28 P Pannikin Coffee & Tea 2
  • 29 J Java Earth Coffee 2
  • 30 B Banana Dang Coffee 2
  • 31 E Elixir Espresso Bar 2
  • 32 S Skybound Coffee and Dessert Lounge 2
  • 33 P Pinpoint Cafe 2
  • 34 C Coffee Coffee 1
  • 35 H Hard Copy Cafe 1
  • 36 G Goldchild Coffee 1
  • 37 M Mission Joe 1
  • 38 G Glazed Coffee & Creamery 1
  • 39 G Gathering Grounds Coffee House 1
  • 40 A Ascend Coffee Roasters 1
  • 41 M Mnemonic Coffee 1
  • 42 T Tyne Coffee Co. 1
  • 43 K Kuma Cafe 1
  • 44 J Java Time 1
  • 45 P Por Vida 1
  • 46 M MIO + TUO Cafe 1
  • 47 V Val's Coffee Corner 1
  • 48 G Good Source Coffee 1
  • 49 P Pavaraga Hawaiian Espresso Bar 1
  • 50 M Mixed Grounds 1

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