Trends · data through September 2026

Ice Cream & Frozen Treats in Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY

Iceflower tracks 90 stores from 64 ice cream & frozen treats in Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY. Nick Charlap's Ice Cream grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Cold Stone Creamery and Dairy Queen.

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
64
Tracked stores
90
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. Nick Charlap's Ice Cream and Cold Stone Creamery sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 N Nick Charlap's Ice Cream - +9.9%
2 C Cold Stone Creamery logo Cold Stone Creamery - +4.9%
3 D Dairy Queen logo Dairy Queen - -4.4%
4 A Anderson's Frozen Custard - -6.2%
  • Dairy Queen
  • Anderson's Frozen Custard
  • Platter's Chocolates
  • Perry's Ice Cream
  • Nick Charlap's Ice Cream
  • Rosie's Handcrafted Ice Cream
  • Antoinette's Sweets
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

90 tracked store locations in Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Dairy Queen (17)
  • Anderson's Frozen Custard (6)
  • Platter's Chocolates (1)
  • Perry's Ice Cream (1)
  • Nick Charlap's Ice Cream (3)
  • Rosie's Handcrafted Ice Cream (1)
  • Antoinette's Sweets (1)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 D Dairy Queen logo Dairy Queen 17
  • 2 A Anderson's Frozen Custard 6
  • 3 C Cold Stone Creamery logo Cold Stone Creamery 3
  • 4 N Nick Charlap's Ice Cream 3
  • 5 K Kone King 2
  • 6 P Pam's Custard Corner 1
  • 7 N Nicky 2 Scoops 1
  • 8 W Woody's Ice Cream Shack 1
  • 9 S Sweet Emilia's Ice Cream 1
  • 10 H Halleez 1
  • 11 P Platter's Chocolates 1
  • 12 V Village Ice Cream 1
  • 13 S Spinners 1
  • 14 S Sweet World Cafe 1
  • 15 R Route 16 Ice Cream 1
  • 16 T The Village Scoop Ice Cream 1
  • 17 C Cookies & Cream 1
  • 18 L Lower Lake Creamery 1
  • 19 S Sweet Melody's 1
  • 20 K King Condrell's Candy and Ice Cream 1
  • 21 D Down on the Corner Ice Cream 1
  • 22 F Frozen Lobstah Creamery 1
  • 23 P Petey's Treats Ice Cream 1
  • 24 T The Yard Ice Cream 1
  • 25 G Golden Hour Treats and Things 1
  • 26 H Hibbard's Custard 1
  • 27 M Mary Moo’s 1
  • 28 K Kona Ice of South Buffalo 1
  • 29 R Rhythmic Scoops 1
  • 30 R Reid's 1
  • 31 S Sweet Spot 1
  • 32 N Nina's Custard 1
  • 33 O Over the Falls Creamery 1
  • 34 W What's Your Scoop? 1
  • 35 Y Yogen Früz 1
  • 36 P Perry's Ice Cream 1
  • 37 R Rosie's Handcrafted Ice Cream 1
  • 38 A Antoinette's Sweets 1
  • 39 S Sweet Jenny's 1
  • 40 Y Yotality 1
  • 41 U Uncle G's Ice Cream 1
  • 42 T The Pink Cow Ice Cream Shop 1
  • 43 2 2 Scoops Ice Cream 1
  • 44 L Lake Effect Ice Cream 1
  • 45 G Green Acres Ice Cream 1
  • 46 L Lake Effect Artisan Ice Cream 1
  • 47 F Fran-Ceil Custard 1
  • 48 M Main Street Ice Cream 1
  • 49 A Amsdell Ice Cream 1
  • 50 F Frey's Tasty Treat 1

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