Trends · data through September 2026

Leisure & Travel trends in Ames, IA

Iceflower tracks 57 stores from 55 leisure & travel chains in Ames, IA.

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
55
Tracked stores
57
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked leisure & travel 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.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 Choice Hotels - -18.4%
  • Hotels & Rentals
  • Golf Course
  • Bowling Alley
  • Movie Theater
  • Entertainment Location
  • Historic Site
  • Social Club
  • Other categories

Store footprint

Store map

57 tracked store locations in Ames, IA, colored by category. The top 5 chains by store count run 7 of the 57 stores (12%); 54 of the 55 tracked chains have a single store here.

  • Hotels & Rentals (17)
  • Golf Course (6)
  • Bowling Alley (4)
  • Movie Theater (3)
  • Entertainment Location (3)
  • Historic Site (2)
  • Social Club (2)
  • Other categories

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 Choice Hotels 3
  • 2 Twin Anchors Golf Course 1
  • 3 Country Inn & Suites 1
  • 4 Stephens Auditorium 1
  • 5 Baymont by Wyndham 1
  • 6 Boone & Scenic Valley Railroad 1
  • 7 All Iowa Attack 1
  • 8 Iowa State Center 1
  • 9 Baymont by Wyndham Ames 1
  • 10 Hwy 210 1
  • 11 SpringHill Suites Ames 1
  • 12 Microtel Inn & Suites by Wyndham 1
  • 13 American Legion 1
  • 14 TownePlace Suites by Marriott Ames 1
  • 15 Venuworks Agency 1
  • 16 Bethany Life 1
  • 17 Coldwater Golf Links 1
  • 18 Wagon Wheel Bridge 1
  • 19 Octagon Center for the Arts 1
  • 20 City of Ames Dog Park 1
  • 21 Boone Theatre 1
  • 22 AmericInn by Wyndham Ames 1
  • 23 Sunstream Retreat Center 1
  • 24 Carousel Lanes 1
  • 25 Pufferbilly Days! 1
  • 26 Hilton Coliseum 1
  • 27 Hunziker Youth Sports Complex 1
  • 28 GameStop 1
  • 29 Cinemark Movies 12 1
  • 30 Seven Oaks Recreation 1
  • 31 Perfect Games 1
  • 32 Honey Creek Golf Club 1
  • 33 Veenker Memorial Golf Course 1
  • 34 Gateway Hotel & Conference Center 1
  • 35 Hilton Garden Inn 1
  • 36 Tiger Bowl 1
  • 37 North Grand Cinema 1
  • 38 Reiman Gardens 1
  • 39 Courtyard by Marriott 1
  • 40 Time Out 1
  • 41 South View Apartments 1
  • 42 Sports Bowl 1
  • 43 Boone Speedway 1
  • 44 Scott Amusements LLC 1
  • 45 Jack Trice Stadium 1
  • 46 Cyclone Cab 1
  • 47 Best Western Plus University Park Inn & Suites 1
  • 48 Cedar Pointe Golf Course 1
  • 49 Hampton Inn & Suites Ames 1
  • 50 Twin Anchors Camp Ground 1

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