Trends · data through September 2026

Candy Shops in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ

Iceflower tracks 192 stores from 159 candy shop chains in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ. Gertrude Hawk Chocolates grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Venchi and Nuts Factory.

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
159
Tracked stores
192
Consumer panel
130M+

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 Venchi sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 Gertrude Hawk Chocolates - +4.1%
2 Venchi ▲2 +4.0%
3 Nuts Factory - -14.0%
4 IT'SUGAR ▼2 -36.8%
5 Lindt - -72.6%
  • BonBon - A Swedish Candy Co.
  • Venchi
  • Nuts Factory
  • The Fudge Shoppe
  • IT'SUGAR
  • Lil Sweet Treat
  • Gertrude Hawk Chocolates
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

192 tracked store locations in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted. The top 5 chains by store count run 28 of the 192 stores (15%); 145 of the 159 tracked chains have a single store here. 0.5% of the tracked food & drink stores here are candy shops, the same share as across New York.

  • BonBon - A Swedish Candy Co. (1)
  • Venchi (5)
  • Nuts Factory (8)
  • The Fudge Shoppe (1)
  • IT'SUGAR (7)
  • Lil Sweet Treat (1)
  • Gertrude Hawk Chocolates (4)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 Nuts Factory 8
  • 2 IT'SUGAR 7
  • 3 Venchi 5
  • 4 Lindt 4
  • 5 Gertrude Hawk Chocolates 4
  • 6 Sugar Bear 3
  • 7 Sweet Treats 2
  • 8 Lolli and Pops 2
  • 9 Sweet Expressions 2
  • 10 Mariebelle 2
  • 11 Sweet 2
  • 12 Tornado Crepes 2
  • 13 The Chocolate Box 2
  • 14 Jacques Torres Chocolate 2
  • 15 Miss Chocolate 1
  • 16 Chocolate Fantasy 1
  • 17 Emily's Creations Chocolate Factory 1
  • 18 Roni-Sue's Chocolates 1
  • 19 Mrs. Hanna Krause's Homemade Candy 1
  • 20 BonBon - A Swedish Candy Co. 1
  • 21 Tony's Chocolonely 1
  • 22 Eugene J. Candy Co. 1
  • 23 Village Sweets 1
  • 24 Guruhari News Stand 1
  • 25 Just A Little Somethin 1
  • 26 Fine & Raw Chocolate 1
  • 27 Yogurt And Candy Bar 1
  • 28 Candy Man 1
  • 29 Aigner Chocolates 1
  • 30 Netty's Sweets 1
  • 31 Ogden Grocery and Candy 1
  • 32 Pelham Gardens Candy 1
  • 33 Daniel Corpuz Chocolatier 1
  • 34 Candy Connections 1
  • 35 Lepore's Home Made Chocolates 1
  • 36 Chocolate Inn 1
  • 37 The Sweet Shop NYC 1
  • 38 Southampton Fudge & Taffy Co. 1
  • 39 Ray's Candy Stand 1
  • 40 Las Delicias Mexicanas 1
  • 41 Fort Washington Candy/Grocery 1
  • 42 The Candied Anchor 1
  • 43 Candy Shop 1
  • 44 Fferins of Brooklyn 1
  • 45 Mondel Chocolates 1
  • 46 Chocolate Connects 1
  • 47 Varsano's Chocolate 1
  • 48 Bergen Marzipan & Chocolate 1
  • 49 Sweet n Fancy Emporium 1
  • 50 Chocolate Moonshine NJ 1

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