Trends · data through September 2026

Colleges & Universities in Colorado

Iceflower tracks 85 stores from 68 colleges & universities in Colorado. Fort Lewis College grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Colorado State University and University of Denver.

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
68
Tracked stores
85
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked colleges & universities

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. Fort Lewis College and Colorado State University sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 F Fort Lewis College - +19.8%
2 C Colorado State University logo Colorado State University - +11.9%
3 U University of Denver logo University of Denver - -32.3%
4 I IntelliTec College - -59.2%
  • Front Range Community College
  • Colorado State University
  • Metropolitan State University of Denver
  • University of Denver
  • University of Colorado Denver
  • Community College of Denver
  • University of Colorado Boulder
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

85 tracked store locations in Colorado. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Front Range Community College (1)
  • Colorado State University (5)
  • Metropolitan State University of Denver (1)
  • University of Denver (6)
  • University of Colorado Denver (1)
  • Community College of Denver (2)
  • University of Colorado Boulder (1)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 U University of Denver logo University of Denver 6
  • 2 C Colorado State University logo Colorado State University 5
  • 3 I IntelliTec College 3
  • 4 F Fort Lewis College 3
  • 5 C Community College of Denver 2
  • 6 U University of Northern Colorado 2
  • 7 C Colorado School of Mines 2
  • 8 P Pikes Peak State College 2
  • 9 C Colorado State University School of Music, Theatre, and Dance 1
  • 10 M Morgan Community College 1
  • 11 C CSU College of Liberal Arts 1
  • 12 C CSU Department of Statistics 1
  • 13 C CSU Pueblo Student Support Services 1
  • 14 M Metropolitan State College of Denver 1
  • 15 C Colorado Christian University 1
  • 16 C Colorado State University Pueblo 1
  • 17 P Preconstruction Center 1
  • 18 C Colorado State Rams 1
  • 19 R Retired Enlisted Association 1
  • 20 C CSU Pueblo International 1
  • 21 U UNC Ropes Course 1
  • 22 U UNC Campus Commons 1
  • 23 E EMS Education at Denver Health 1
  • 24 U University of Phoenix logo University of Phoenix 1
  • 25 W Wilderness Pursuits 1
  • 26 C CSU Ventures 1
  • 27 R Ravencrest Chalet 1
  • 28 U Ucar & Ncar Foothills Lab 1
  • 29 A Augustine Institute logo Augustine Institute 1
  • 30 F Fortino Ballroom 1
  • 31 H Hellems Arts and Sciences 1
  • 32 C CSU-Pueblo Athletics 1
  • 33 U UCCS Johnson Beth-El College of Nursing and Health Sciences 1
  • 34 M MSU Denver Access Center 1
  • 35 M Mines SAIL 1
  • 36 C Colorado Northwestern Community College 1
  • 37 D Denver Technological Center 1
  • 38 K Koenig Alumni Center 1
  • 39 F Front Range Community College 1
  • 40 M Metropolitan State University of Denver 1
  • 41 U University of Colorado Denver 1
  • 42 U University of Colorado Boulder logo University of Colorado Boulder 1
  • 43 C Colorado Mesa University 1
  • 44 R Red Rocks Community College 1
  • 45 R Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design 1
  • 46 A Arapahoe Community College 1
  • 47 C Community College of Aurora 1
  • 48 A Auraria Higher Education Center logo Auraria Higher Education Center 1
  • 49 A Aims Community College 1
  • 50 C Charis Bible College logo Charis Bible College 1

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