Trends · data through September 2026

Ice Cream & Frozen Treats in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ

Iceflower tracks 1,406 stores from 480 ice cream & frozen treats in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ. Figo il Gelato Italiano grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Nicholas Creamery and Pinkberry.

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
480
Tracked stores
1,406
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. Figo il Gelato Italiano and Nicholas Creamery sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 F Figo il Gelato Italiano ▲3 +17.9%
2 N Nicholas Creamery ▲1 +8.9%
3 P Pinkberry logo Pinkberry - +2.5%
4 V Van Leeuwen Ice Cream logo Van Leeuwen Ice Cream ▲1 +1.9%
5 M Mrs. Walker's Ice Cream ▲2 -0.5%
6 H Haagen-Dazs logo Haagen-Dazs ▲1 -0.8%
7 J Jersey Freeze - -1.3%
8 M Mister Softee logo Mister Softee ▲2 -1.9%
9 S Sweet Expressions - -2.8%
10 M Magic Fountain ▲1 -3.2%
11 1 16 Handles logo 16 Handles ▲1 -3.6%
12 G Guerriero Gelato logo Guerriero Gelato ▲1 -3.6%
13 R Ralph's Famous Italian Ices logo Ralph's Famous Italian Ices ▲1 -3.8%
14 K Kilwins logo Kilwins ▲1 -8.0%
15 R Rita's Italian Ice & Frozen Custard logo Rita's Italian Ice & Frozen Custard ▼1 -8.3%
  • Baskin-Robbins
  • Carvel Ice Cream
  • Dairy Queen
  • Van Leeuwen Ice Cream
  • Rita's Italian Ice & Frozen Custard
  • 16 Handles
  • Haagen-Dazs
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

1,406 tracked store locations in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Baskin-Robbins (322)
  • Carvel Ice Cream (187)
  • Dairy Queen (60)
  • Van Leeuwen Ice Cream (12)
  • Rita's Italian Ice & Frozen Custard (69)
  • 16 Handles (17)
  • Haagen-Dazs (25)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

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