Trends · data through September 2026

Boba & Drink Shops in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA

Iceflower tracks 220 stores from 128 boba & drink shops in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA. Gong Cha grew fastest over the last year, ahead of i-Tea and Happy Lemon.

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
128
Tracked stores
220
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked boba & drink shops

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. Gong Cha and i-Tea sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 G Gong Cha logo Gong Cha ▲2 +6.5%
2 I i-Tea - +4.3%
3 H Happy Lemon logo Happy Lemon - -2.6%
4 M Milk Tea Lab - -2.8%
5 Q Quickly logo Quickly - -3.9%
6 F Feng Cha logo Feng Cha - -6.6%
7 B Boba Guys logo Boba Guys - -6.8%
8 T Tpumps - -10.4%
9 S Sharetea logo Sharetea - -11.9%
10 R RareTea USA logo RareTea USA - -12.1%
11 T Teaspoon - -17.6%
12 T Tapioca Express logo Tapioca Express ▼2 -29.7%
  • Happy Lemon
  • Quickly
  • Sharetea
  • Teaspoon
  • Tpumps
  • Boba Guys
  • Yi Fang Taiwan Fruit Tea
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

220 tracked store locations in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Happy Lemon (19)
  • Quickly (14)
  • Sharetea (11)
  • Teaspoon (13)
  • Tpumps (4)
  • Boba Guys (6)
  • Yi Fang Taiwan Fruit Tea (2)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 H Happy Lemon logo Happy Lemon 19
  • 2 Q Quickly logo Quickly 14
  • 3 T Teaspoon 13
  • 4 S Sharetea logo Sharetea 11
  • 5 B Boba Guys logo Boba Guys 6
  • 6 G Gong Cha logo Gong Cha 6
  • 7 T Tpumps 4
  • 8 R RareTea USA logo RareTea USA 4
  • 9 M Milk Tea Lab 4
  • 10 I i-Tea 3
  • 11 T Tapioca Express logo Tapioca Express 3
  • 12 F Feng Cha logo Feng Cha 3
  • 13 B Boba Nation 2
  • 14 B Bambu logo Bambu 2
  • 15 P Plentea 2
  • 16 B Boba & More 2
  • 17 U Urban Ritual 2
  • 18 B Bobaville 2
  • 19 Y Yi Fang Tea 2
  • 20 T Tong Sui 2
  • 21 T TP TEA 2
  • 22 T Tea Hut 2
  • 23 T TeaZenTea logo TeaZenTea 2
  • 24 Y Yi Fang Taiwan Fruit Tea logo Yi Fang Taiwan Fruit Tea 2
  • 25 L Lilikoi Boba 2
  • 26 H HEYTEA logo HEYTEA 2
  • 27 B Beach Boba 1
  • 28 F Five Degree Tea House 1
  • 29 F Foam Tea House 1
  • 30 T Top Up logo Top Up 1
  • 31 C Cool Tea Bar 1
  • 32 B B & B 1
  • 33 Y Yu's Cafe 1
  • 34 T Tea Moment 1
  • 35 E E Tea 1
  • 36 T TEAZO 1
  • 37 T Tea Plus 1
  • 38 T The Fate Tea House 1
  • 39 Q Qualitea 1
  • 40 H Hi Sweetie Tea and Treats 1
  • 41 B Black Sugar 1
  • 42 P Panda Boba 1
  • 43 H Honey Tea 1
  • 44 Q Quarters Teahouse 1
  • 45 S Spill The Tea 1
  • 46 B Brian Black Tea 1
  • 47 L Lilikoi on Broadway 1
  • 48 I iCafe Chinatown 1
  • 49 B Bobalicious 1
  • 50 U Ume Tea 1

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