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. Gertrude Hawk Chocolates and The Original Fudge Kitchen sit in the high-growth half.
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gertrude Hawk Chocolates | ▲1 | +2.3% |
| 2 | The Original Fudge Kitchen | - | -4.4% |
| 3 | Lindt | ▼1 | -17.1% |
| 4 | Lick | - | -22.8% |
| 5 | IT'SUGAR | - | -33.0% |
- The Original Fudge Kitchen
- Shrivers Salt Water Taffy & Fudge
- IT'SUGAR
- Douglass Candies Stone Ha
- Aunt Charlotte's Candies
- The Fudge Shoppe
- Jilly’s Candy Factory
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
163 tracked store locations in New Jersey. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted. The top 5 chains by store count run 21 of the 163 stores (13%); 128 of the 140 tracked chains have a single store here. 0.8% of the tracked food & drink stores here are candy shops, against 0.6% across the United States.
- The Original Fudge Kitchen (5)
- Shrivers Salt Water Taffy & Fudge (1)
- IT'SUGAR (5)
- Douglass Candies Stone Ha (1)
- Aunt Charlotte's Candies (1)
- The Fudge Shoppe (1)
- Jilly’s Candy Factory (1)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 The Original Fudge Kitchen 5
- 2 IT'SUGAR 5
- 3 Lick 4
- 4 Gertrude Hawk Chocolates 4
- 5 Lindt 3
- 6 Country Kettle Fudge 2
- 7 Fralinger's Original Salt Water Taffy 2
- 8 The Chocolate Box 2
- 9 Lolli and Pops 2
- 10 Douglass Fudge 2
- 11 Sugar Bear 2
- 12 Steel's Fudge 2
- 13 The Artisan Marshmallow Co. 1
- 14 Sweet Stop 1
- 15 Freezy Favorites 1
- 16 Lepore's Home Made Chocolates 1
- 17 Candy Connections 1
- 18 Rocket Fizz 1
- 19 Mallin's Candies 1
- 20 Simply Sweet Candy Store 1
- 21 Shriver’s Downtown 1
- 22 Lee Sims Chocolates 1
- 23 Trina's Treats 1
- 24 Sweet Treats 1
- 25 Mery Cake 1
- 26 L' Atelier Du Chocolat 1
- 27 Chocolates With Love 1
- 28 Critchley's Candies 1
- 29 Mr. Pops 1
- 30 Kaival Mini Store 1
- 31 She Shells Sweets 1
- 32 Sweet 1
- 33 Tracey's Candy Shoppe 1
- 34 Libbybeans 1
- 35 Chocolate Village 1
- 36 Foster Stationary 1
- 37 Dayton Homemade Chocolates 1
- 38 Chocolate Treasures 1
- 39 Al Richards Chocolates 1
- 40 Meyers House of Sweets 1
- 41 Brooks Collins Chocolates 1
- 42 Sweet Nothings 1
- 43 Stutz Candy Company 1
- 44 Shrivers Salt Water Taffy & Fudge 1
- 45 Maple Magic Confectionery, LLC 1
- 46 Duffy's Fine Chocolates 1
- 47 Gary's Sweet Shoppe 1
- 48 Van Holten's Sweet Shop 1
- 49 Al-Basha Sweets 1
- 50 Chocolate Moonshine NJ 1
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