Trends · data through September 2026

Leisure & Travel trends in New Haven, CT

Iceflower tracks 197 stores from 178 leisure & travel chains in New Haven, CT. Elks Lodge grew fastest over the last year, ahead of GameStop and Choice Hotels.

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
178
Tracked stores
197
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked leisure & travel 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. Elks Lodge and GameStop sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 Elks Lodge - +2.3%
2 GameStop - -0.5%
3 Choice Hotels - -18.0%
  • Hotels & Rentals
  • Park
  • Golf Course
  • Recreational Location
  • Family Fun Centers
  • Historic Site
  • Martial Arts Club
  • Other categories

Store footprint

Store map

197 tracked store locations in New Haven, CT, colored by category. The top 5 chains by store count run 15 of the 197 stores (8%); 164 of the 178 tracked chains have a single store here. 10% of the tracked leisure & travel stores here are parks, against 7% across Connecticut.

  • Hotels & Rentals (42)
  • Park (19)
  • Golf Course (9)
  • Recreational Location (8)
  • Family Fun Centers (7)
  • Historic Site (7)
  • Martial Arts Club (6)
  • Other categories

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 Choice Hotels 4
  • 2 GameStop 4
  • 3 Elks Lodge 3
  • 4 Red Roof 2
  • 5 Frankie's 2
  • 6 Bike New Haven 2
  • 7 Bowlero 2
  • 8 Guilford Fair Grounds 2
  • 9 Motel 6 2
  • 10 Hampton Inn & Suites 2
  • 11 East Rock Park 2
  • 12 Yale Billiards 2
  • 13 Residence Inn 2
  • 14 Courtyard by Marriott 2
  • 15 Park New Haven 1
  • 16 Arrowhead Grove LLC 1
  • 17 M7 Ride 1
  • 18 Long Wharf Pier 1
  • 19 glaze 1
  • 20 Yale Repertory Theater 1
  • 21 Chapel Park 1
  • 22 Lyman Center for the Performing Arts 1
  • 23 New Haven Parks Recreation 1
  • 24 KidStrong 1
  • 25 Kidz Klub Indoor Playground 1
  • 26 Soulcraft Brazilian Jiu Jitsu 1
  • 27 New England Kudo 1
  • 28 Branford River Paddlesports 1
  • 29 Milford Indoor Tennis 1
  • 30 Chris' Indoor Range and Gun Shop 1
  • 31 The Spot VR Lounge 1
  • 32 Muse Paintbar 1
  • 33 On Track Karting 1
  • 34 Wallingford Country Club 1
  • 35 Hilton Garden Inn Wallingford/Meriden 1
  • 36 Sikorsky Bridge 1
  • 37 Best Video - Film & Cultural Center 1
  • 38 Goldfish Swim School 1
  • 39 Long Wharf Park 1
  • 40 Amtrak 1
  • 41 West Haven station 1
  • 42 Orange Street 1
  • 43 Mediterranea 1
  • 44 DiamondZone 1
  • 45 Catalyst Art Studio 1
  • 46 Legacy Theatre 1
  • 47 Gallery 53 1
  • 48 Quinnipiac Gorge 1
  • 49 Thimble Islands Cruises Aboard Sea Mist 1
  • 50 Prime Climb 1

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