SNAP-authorized stores in California

24,290 stores were authorized to accept SNAP benefits in California on Dec 31, 2025, the last day of the USDA file.

Leasing, buying or supplying a store? A dated SNAP authorization report ($19) — or a whole territory, with the stores that opened and closed.

By store type

Store type	Authorized stores
Convenience Store	12,136
Combination Grocery/Other	3,038
Supermarket	2,498
Super Store	2,387
Medium Grocery Store	1,617
Small Grocery Store	804
Large Grocery Store	589
Farmers' Market	537
Meat/Poultry Specialty	320
Bakery Specialty	217
Seafood Specialty	67
Fruits/Veg Specialty	41
Military Commissary	24
Delivery Route	8
Food Buying Co-op	7

Stores that joined and left the program

Year	Authorizations started	Authorizations ended
2025	1,949	2,732
2024	2,632	2,393
2023	2,477	2,140
2022	2,524	1,984
2021	2,215	2,127

Counted from the authorization periods in the file. An ended authorization is not a penalty: the file gives no reason.

By city

Adelanto — 18
Agoura Hills — 11
Alameda — 36
Albany — 11
Alhambra — 40
Aliso Viejo — 12
Alpine — 12
Anaheim — 207
Anderson — 27
Antelope — 15
Antioch — 68
Apple Valley — 46
Arcadia — 29
Arcata — 19
Arleta — 14
Arroyo Grande — 17
Artesia — 28
Arvin — 23
Atascadero — 18
Atwater — 37
Auburn — 35
Avenal — 11
Azusa — 35
Bakersfield — 468
Baldwin Park — 50
Banning — 29
Barstow — 55
Bay Point — 15
Beaumont — 25
Bell — 22
Bell Gardens — 50
Bellflower — 49
Benicia — 13
Berkeley — 68
Big Bear Lake — 12
Bishop — 15
Bloomington — 25
Blythe — 19
Brawley — 27
Brea — 18
Brentwood — 40
Buena Park — 38
Burbank — 60
Burlingame — 11
Calexico — 31
Calimesa — 12
Camarillo — 32
Cameron Park — 18
Campbell — 27
Canoga Park — 43
Canyon Country — 25
Capitola — 15
Carlsbad — 34
Carmichael — 43
Carpinteria — 11
Carson — 45
Castaic — 11
Castro Valley — 25
Cathedral City — 37
Ceres — 39
Cerritos — 20
Chatsworth — 28
Chico — 85
Chino — 56
Chino Hills — 30
Chowchilla — 19
Chula Vista — 128
Citrus Heights — 67
City Of Industry — 17
Claremont — 14
Clearlake — 17
Cloverdale — 14
Clovis — 72
Coachella — 33
Coalinga — 14
Colton — 45
Commerce — 18
Compton — 88
Concord — 83
Corcoran — 19
Corning — 25
Corona — 103
Costa Mesa — 72
Cotati — 11
Covina — 45
Crescent City — 20
Cudahy — 11
Culver City — 26
Cupertino — 17
Cypress — 23
Daly City — 51
Dana Point — 13
Danville — 13
Davis — 36
Delano — 45
Delhi — 10
Desert Hot Springs — 25
Diamond Bar — 18
Dinuba — 28
Dixon — 18
Dos Palos — 12
Downey — 63
Duarte — 14
Dublin — 28
East Palo Alto — 14
Eastvale — 15
El Cajon — 151
El Centro — 44
El Cerrito — 16
El Dorado Hills — 12
El Monte — 79
El Segundo — 11
El Sobrante — 15
Elk Grove — 78
Emeryville — 17
Encinitas — 27
Encino — 21
Escondido — 102
Eureka — 46
Exeter — 14
Fair Oaks — 28
Fairfield — 64
Fallbrook — 16
Farmersville — 13
Fillmore — 18
Firebaugh — 12
Folsom — 46
Fontana — 147
Fort Bragg — 16
Fortuna — 16
Fountain Valley — 41
Fremont — 90
Fresno — 545
Fullerton — 82
Galt — 18
Garden Grove — 95
Gardena — 77
Gilroy — 43
Glendale — 113
Glendora — 19
Goleta — 29
Granada Hills — 30
Grass Valley — 32
Greenfield — 15
Gridley — 13
Grover Beach — 10
Gustine — 13
Hacienda Heights — 20
Hanford — 53
Harbor City — 19
Hawaiian Gardens — 12
Hawthorne — 54
Hayward — 110
Healdsburg — 14
Hemet — 81
Hesperia — 77
Highland — 43
Hollister — 21
Huntington Beach — 101
Huntington Park — 80
Huron — 14
Imperial Beach — 22
Indio — 54
Inglewood — 120
Irvine — 75
Jackson — 13
Jurupa Valley — 37
Kerman — 18
King City — 15
Kingsburg — 17
La Canada Flintridge — 10
La Habra — 58
La Jolla — 19
La Mesa — 48
La Mirada — 20
La Puente — 54
La Quinta — 21
La Verne — 17
Laguna Hills — 15
Laguna Niguel — 23
Lake Elsinore — 54
Lake Forest — 30
Lakeport — 18
Lakeside — 18
Lakewood — 43
Lamont — 20
Lancaster — 112
Lathrop — 17
Lawndale — 29
Lemon Grove — 20
Lemoore — 28
Lincoln — 21
Lindsay — 22
Livermore — 42
Livingston — 18
Lodi — 70
Loma Linda — 11
Lomita — 15
Lompoc — 41
Long Beach — 323
Los Angeles — 1,781
Los Banos — 36
Los Gatos — 16
Lynwood — 50
Madera — 110
Manhattan Beach — 17
Manteca — 77
Marina — 21
Marina Del Rey — 13
Martinez — 25
Marysville — 36
Maywood — 32
Mckinleyville — 14
Mendota — 17
Menifee — 31
Menlo Park — 15
Merced — 100
Mill Valley — 11
Millbrae — 12
Milpitas — 41
Mission Hills — 12
Mission Viejo — 28
Modesto — 261
Monrovia — 17
Montclair — 26
Montebello — 45
Monterey — 17
Monterey Park — 40
Moorpark — 20
Moreno Valley — 99
Morgan Hill — 21
Morro Bay — 13
Mountain View — 33
Murrieta — 62
Napa — 47
National City — 58
Needles — 10
Newark — 28
Newbury Park — 12
Newhall — 20
Newman — 10
Newport Beach — 20
Norco — 25
North Highlands — 34
North Hills — 16
North Hollywood — 102
Northridge — 58
Norwalk — 54
Novato — 34
Oakdale — 28
Oakland — 327
Oakley — 18
Oceanside — 92
Ojai — 13
Olivehurst — 23
Ontario — 122
Orange — 74
Orange Cove — 12
Orangevale — 18
Orland — 22
Orosi — 11
Oroville — 53
Oxnard — 148
Pacifica — 18
Pacoima — 33
Palm Desert — 39
Palm Springs — 37
Palmdale — 85
Palo Alto — 19
Panorama City — 28
Paradise — 12
Paramount — 46
Parlier — 16
Pasadena — 67
Paso Robles — 32
Patterson — 19
Perris — 62
Petaluma — 42
Phelan — 10
Pico Rivera — 43
Pinole — 19
Pittsburg — 50
Pixley — 12
Placentia — 21
Placerville — 34
Pleasant Hill — 14
Pleasanton — 34
Pomona — 102
Port Hueneme — 17
Porterville — 81
Poway — 27
Ramona — 16
Rancho Cordova — 61
Rancho Cucamonga — 81
Rancho Santa Margarita — 11
Red Bluff — 30
Redding — 105
Redlands — 51
Redondo Beach — 30
Redwood City — 45
Reedley — 26
Reseda — 38
Rialto — 74
Richmond — 78
Ridgecrest — 24
Rio Linda — 10
Ripon — 16
Riverbank — 19
Riverside — 226
Rocklin — 37
Rohnert Park — 32
Rosamond — 15
Rosemead — 42
Roseville — 94
Rowland Heights — 17
Sacramento — 617
Salinas — 129
San Bernardino — 221
San Bruno — 23
San Clemente — 28
San Diego — 652
San Dimas — 22
San Fernando — 25
San Francisco — 532
San Gabriel — 23
San Jacinto — 33
San Jose — 450
San Juan Capistrano — 14
San Leandro — 74
San Lorenzo — 11
San Luis Obispo — 45
San Marcos — 50
San Mateo — 42
San Pablo — 42
San Pedro — 50
San Rafael — 38
San Ramon — 24
San Ysidro — 17
Sanger — 35
Santa Ana — 175
Santa Barbara — 70
Santa Clara — 57
Santa Clarita — 30
Santa Cruz — 45
Santa Maria — 95
Santa Monica — 43
Santa Paula — 30
Santa Rosa — 143
Santee — 34
Scotts Valley — 13
Seal Beach — 11
Seaside — 25
Sebastopol — 16
Selma — 36
Shafter — 22
Sherman Oaks — 24
Simi Valley — 59
Soledad — 16
Sonoma — 19
Sonora — 26
South El Monte — 17
South Gate — 75
South Lake Tahoe — 22
South Pasadena — 11
South San Francisco — 38
Spring Valley — 46
Stanton — 24
Stockton — 307
Studio City — 18
Suisun City — 15
Sun Valley — 28
Sunnyvale — 57
Susanville — 20
Sylmar — 39
Taft — 24
Tarzana — 20
Tehachapi — 18
Temecula — 55
Temple City — 13
Thermal — 10
Thousand Oaks — 33
Torrance — 112
Tracy — 74
Truckee — 11
Tujunga — 16
Tulare — 66
Turlock — 76
Tustin — 43
Twentynine Palms — 15
Ukiah — 36
Union City — 33
Upland — 54
Vacaville — 56
Valencia — 25
Vallejo — 95
Valley Village — 11
Van Nuys — 88
Venice — 16
Ventura — 81
Victorville — 96
Visalia — 102
Vista — 81
Walnut — 17
Walnut Creek — 33
Wasco — 22
Waterford — 11
Watsonville — 47
Weed — 14
West Covina — 57
West Hills — 10
West Hollywood — 26
West Sacramento — 48
Westminster — 67
Whittier — 99
Wildomar — 16
Williams — 11
Willits — 15
Willows — 12
Wilmington — 43
Winchester — 10
Windsor — 19
Winnetka — 19
Winton — 11
Woodlake — 10
Woodland — 46
Woodland Hills — 40
Yorba Linda — 19
Yreka — 15
Yuba City — 80
Yucaipa — 38
Yucca Valley — 24

Smaller places of California — 1,783 stores.