Trends · data through September 2026

Ice Cream & Frozen Treats in New Jersey

Iceflower tracks 863 stores from 423 ice cream & frozen treats in New Jersey. Nicholas Creamery grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Mister Softee and Mrs. Walker's Ice Cream.

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
423
Tracked stores
863
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. Nicholas Creamery and Mister Softee sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 N Nicholas Creamery ▲1 +13.9%
2 M Mister Softee logo Mister Softee ▲1 +6.6%
3 M Mrs. Walker's Ice Cream ▲1 +4.0%
4 J Jersey Freeze - +3.2%
5 V Van Leeuwen Ice Cream logo Van Leeuwen Ice Cream - +1.3%
6 G Guerriero Gelato logo Guerriero Gelato - +0.8%
7 Y Yogo Factory - -1.0%
8 U Uncle Louie G ▲1 -2.0%
9 1 16 Handles logo 16 Handles ▼1 -4.5%
10 R Rita's Italian Ice & Frozen Custard logo Rita's Italian Ice & Frozen Custard - -5.2%
11 P Peace Pie ▼1 -6.0%
12 H Häagen-Dazs logo Häagen-Dazs - -6.1%
13 C Carvel Ice Cream logo Carvel Ice Cream - -6.3%
14 K Kohr Brothers Frozen Custard logo Kohr Brothers Frozen Custard ▲1 -7.6%
15 H Haagen-Dazs logo Haagen-Dazs - -8.1%
  • Baskin-Robbins
  • Rita's Italian Ice & Frozen Custard
  • Dairy Queen
  • Carvel Ice Cream
  • Kohr Brothers Frozen Custard
  • Mister Softee
  • Cold Stone Creamery
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

863 tracked store locations in New Jersey. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Baskin-Robbins (77)
  • Rita's Italian Ice & Frozen Custard (107)
  • Dairy Queen (72)
  • Carvel Ice Cream (42)
  • Kohr Brothers Frozen Custard (8)
  • Mister Softee (7)
  • Cold Stone Creamery (23)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

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