Growth ranking
Fastest-growing tracked candy shop 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. Lolli and Pops and Wockenfuss Candies sit in the high-growth half.
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lolli and Pops | - | +8.7% |
| 2 | Wockenfuss Candies | - | -10.4% |
| 3 | Candy Kitchen | - | -12.5% |
| 4 | IT'SUGAR | - | -30.6% |
- Candy Kitchen
- Sugar Planet
- Wockenfuss Candies
- JR's Candy and Bulk Foods
- Gateway Candyland
- IT'SUGAR
- Dolle's Candyland
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
78 tracked store locations in Maryland. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted. The top 5 chains by store count run 28 of the 78 stores (36%); 44 of the 52 tracked chains have a single store here. 0.6% of the tracked food & drink stores here are candy shops, the same share as across the United States.
- Candy Kitchen (11)
- Sugar Planet (1)
- Wockenfuss Candies (7)
- JR's Candy and Bulk Foods (1)
- Gateway Candyland (1)
- IT'SUGAR (5)
- Dolle's Candyland (2)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Candy Kitchen 11
- 2 Wockenfuss Candies 7
- 3 IT'SUGAR 5
- 4 Lolli and Pops 3
- 5 Berries by Quicha 2
- 6 Sweet Cascades Chocolatier 2
- 7 See's Candies 2
- 8 Dolle's Candyland 2
- 9 Jinji Chocolate 1
- 10 The Peanut Shoppe 1
- 11 Oh My Chocolate 1
- 12 Chocolate Moonshine Co 1
- 13 Annapolis Chocolate Co 1
- 14 Mi Dulcifiesta 1
- 15 Chesapeake Chocolates 1
- 16 sweet cascades 1
- 17 North East Chocolates 1
- 18 Jeppi Nut & Candy Co. 1
- 19 Betty Lee's Candy Dish 1
- 20 The Caramel Kettle, LLC 1
- 21 Savannah's Candy Kitchen 1
- 22 Cropper's Farm 1
- 23 Ice Cream Sweet Shop 1
- 24 Thunder Ridge Kettle Corn 1
- 25 Sugar Kingdom 1
- 26 Hon Style Sweets 1
- 27 Frost Bite - Freeze Dried Treats 1
- 28 Olde Town Candy Company 1
- 29 The Sweet Shop 1
- 30 Stephanie's Sweets 1
- 31 Bomboy's Candy 1
- 32 Rheb's Candies 1
- 33 Olde Time Candy and Bulk Food 1
- 34 Lindt 1
- 35 Heritage Chocolates 1
- 36 The Candy Kitchen 1
- 37 Sweet as Fudge 1
- 38 The Candy Store 1
- 39 Rare Morsel 1
- 40 Gateway Candyland 1
- 41 JR's Candy and Bulk Foods 1
- 42 Candy World 1
- 43 Olympia Candy Kitchen 1
- 44 Neuhaus 1
- 45 Log Cabin Chocolates 1
- 46 Jessica's Fudge House 1
- 47 Bethesda Chocolates 1
- 48 Kirchmayr Chocolatier 1
- 49 Sugar Planet 1
- 50 Silky Gem 1
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