Trends · data through September 2026

Ice Cream & Frozen Treats in Arkansas

Iceflower tracks 170 stores from 84 ice cream & frozen treats in Arkansas. Braum's Ice Cream & Burger Restaurant grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Shake's Frozen Custard and Cold Stone Creamery.

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
84
Tracked stores
170
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked ice cream & frozen treats

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. Braum's Ice Cream & Burger Restaurant and Shake's Frozen Custard sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 B Braum's Ice Cream & Burger Restaurant logo Braum's Ice Cream & Burger Restaurant - +13.5%
2 S Shake's Frozen Custard ▲1 +7.6%
3 C Cold Stone Creamery logo Cold Stone Creamery - +1.8%
4 B Baskin-Robbins logo Baskin-Robbins - +0.4%
5 A Andy's Frozen Custard logo Andy's Frozen Custard - -6.2%
6 V Vargas Fruteria - -7.9%
7 D Dairy Queen logo Dairy Queen - -8.1%
8 T TCBY logo TCBY ▼1 -8.8%
9 M Marble Slab Creamery logo Marble Slab Creamery - -8.8%
  • Dairy Queen
  • Braum's Ice Cream & Burger Restaurant
  • Andy's Frozen Custard
  • Braum's
  • Baskin-Robbins
  • Loblolly Creamery
  • Cold Stone Creamery
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

170 tracked store locations in Arkansas. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Dairy Queen (39)
  • Braum's Ice Cream & Burger Restaurant (12)
  • Andy's Frozen Custard (9)
  • Braum's (2)
  • Baskin-Robbins (10)
  • Loblolly Creamery (1)
  • Cold Stone Creamery (7)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 D Dairy Queen logo Dairy Queen 39
  • 2 B Braum's Ice Cream & Burger Restaurant logo Braum's Ice Cream & Burger Restaurant 12
  • 3 B Baskin-Robbins logo Baskin-Robbins 10
  • 4 A Andy's Frozen Custard logo Andy's Frozen Custard 9
  • 5 C Cold Stone Creamery logo Cold Stone Creamery 7
  • 6 V Vargas Fruteria 4
  • 7 M Marble Slab Creamery logo Marble Slab Creamery 3
  • 8 S Shake's Frozen Custard 3
  • 9 T TCBY logo TCBY 3
  • 10 P Pedal Pops 2
  • 11 O Otro Rollo 2
  • 12 D Dippin' Dots logo Dippin' Dots 2
  • 13 K Kilwins logo Kilwins 2
  • 14 B Braum's logo Braum's 2
  • 15 H Happy Scoops Italian Ice 1
  • 16 C Cotter Bridge Market 1
  • 17 L La Monarca Cafe Y Mas 1
  • 18 T The Happy Wagon 1
  • 19 C Cool Cat Creamery 1
  • 20 M Michoacana Ice Cream Shop 1
  • 21 B Boba Joes 1
  • 22 C Crazy Willy's Ice Cream 1
  • 23 S Southern Tropics Shaved Ice 1
  • 24 Y Yum Yo's Frozen Yogurt 1
  • 25 T The Coffee Cone 1
  • 26 J Jeepney Shave Ice 1
  • 27 L La Michoacana 1
  • 28 L La Nueva Michoacana 1
  • 29 B Bailey's Dairy Treat 1
  • 30 K King Kone 1
  • 31 D Dairy Freeze 1
  • 32 P Parkside Pretzels & Snack Bar 1
  • 33 C Chill and Go 1
  • 34 S Sweet Dream Creamery 1
  • 35 O Oh Snap Ice Cream 1
  • 36 O Ohana Hawaiian Snow 1
  • 37 E El Dorado Creamery 1
  • 38 B Blue Rooster Scoop Shoppe 1
  • 39 C Cajun Snow 1
  • 40 M Magic Ice Tropical Sno 1
  • 41 S Sweet Scoops Blender Bar 1
  • 42 J Jack's Ice Cream-Northwest Arkansas 1
  • 43 B Burton's Creamery 1
  • 44 I Ice Cream Delights 1
  • 45 V Viva Tropicana 1
  • 46 Y Yum Yo's 1
  • 47 T The Chill Zone 1
  • 48 D Delilah's Ice Cream 1
  • 49 D Delicioso Ice Cream 1
  • 50 P Pure Joy 1

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