Trends · data through September 2026

Ice Cream & Frozen Treats in Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN

Iceflower tracks 154 stores from 71 ice cream & frozen treats in Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN. Handel's Homemade Ice Cream grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Dairy Queen and Rita's Italian Ice & Frozen Custard.

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
71
Tracked stores
154
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. Handel's Homemade Ice Cream and Dairy Queen sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 H Handel's Homemade Ice Cream logo Handel's Homemade Ice Cream - +6.1%
2 D Dairy Queen logo Dairy Queen - +0.2%
3 R Rita's Italian Ice & Frozen Custard logo Rita's Italian Ice & Frozen Custard - -0.7%
4 S Sub Zero Nitrogen Ice Cream logo Sub Zero Nitrogen Ice Cream - -2.3%
5 C Cold Stone Creamery logo Cold Stone Creamery - -5.9%
6 B Baskin-Robbins logo Baskin-Robbins - -7.3%
7 R Ritter's Frozen Custard logo Ritter's Frozen Custard - -12.0%
8 P Paradise Shaved Ice & Ice Cream Shop - -38.6%
  • Dairy Queen
  • Graeter's Ice Cream
  • Handel's Homemade Ice Cream
  • La Michoacana
  • Cold Stone Creamery
  • Ritter's Frozen Custard
  • Orange Leaf Frozen Yogurt
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

154 tracked store locations in Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Dairy Queen (57)
  • Graeter's Ice Cream (3)
  • Handel's Homemade Ice Cream (4)
  • La Michoacana (1)
  • Cold Stone Creamery (7)
  • Ritter's Frozen Custard (4)
  • Orange Leaf Frozen Yogurt (2)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 D Dairy Queen logo Dairy Queen 57
  • 2 C Cold Stone Creamery logo Cold Stone Creamery 7
  • 3 H Handel's Homemade Ice Cream logo Handel's Homemade Ice Cream 4
  • 4 R Ritter's Frozen Custard logo Ritter's Frozen Custard 4
  • 5 B Baskin-Robbins logo Baskin-Robbins 3
  • 6 R Rita's Italian Ice & Frozen Custard logo Rita's Italian Ice & Frozen Custard 3
  • 7 S Sub Zero Nitrogen Ice Cream logo Sub Zero Nitrogen Ice Cream 3
  • 8 P Paradise Shaved Ice & Ice Cream Shop 3
  • 9 G Graeter's Ice Cream logo Graeter's Ice Cream 3
  • 10 K Kona Ice logo Kona Ice 2
  • 11 K Kilwins logo Kilwins 2
  • 12 O Orange Leaf Frozen Yogurt logo Orange Leaf Frozen Yogurt 2
  • 13 F Fundae's Ice Cream & Sweets 2
  • 14 L LiftOff Creamery 2
  • 15 H Howdy Homemade Ice Cream 1
  • 16 D Danny's Mexican Ice Cream 1
  • 17 S Summertime Scoops 1
  • 18 S Scoopz Ice Cream 1
  • 19 F Fearrin's Ice Cream & Yogurt Depot 1
  • 20 N Neveria la Reina de Michoacán 1
  • 21 T Twin Kiss Drive In 1
  • 22 L La Blanca Nieves 1
  • 23 Y Yummerful 1
  • 24 N Nicey Treat 1
  • 25 I Ice Cream Plus 1
  • 26 C Chunky Monkey Ice Cream and Sweets 1
  • 27 L La Michoacana 1
  • 28 R Red Line Frozen Treats 1
  • 29 T the Cup and the Cone 1
  • 30 S Sno Zone 1
  • 31 T The Hope Gallery 1
  • 32 A Alexander's On The Square 1
  • 33 B Brain Chillzz 1
  • 34 B Bates Ice cream 1
  • 35 S Scoops & Treasures 1
  • 36 A Amorino logo Amorino 1
  • 37 N Neveria Flores 1
  • 38 A Aw'sum Snoballs 1
  • 39 D Dippin' Dots logo Dippin' Dots 1
  • 40 T TeeJay's Sweet Tooth 1
  • 41 T The Glacier Shaved Ice 1
  • 42 I Indyo Frozen Yogurt 1
  • 43 H Homemade Ice Cream & Bakery Cafe 1
  • 44 L Libby's Ice Cream 1
  • 45 T The Chocolate Moose 1
  • 46 A Alpha Neveria y tamales 1
  • 47 A Alexander's On The Water 1
  • 48 Y Yoya Frozen Yogurt & Boba Tea 1
  • 49 I Ice Cream Paradise 1
  • 50 C Cabell's Ice Cream 1

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