Trends · data through September 2026

Candy Shops in New York

Iceflower tracks 221 stores from 175 candy shop chains in New York. Krause's Chocolates grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Gertrude Hawk Chocolates and Venchi.

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
175
Tracked stores
221
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. Krause's Chocolates and Gertrude Hawk Chocolates sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 Krause's Chocolates - +7.7%
2 Gertrude Hawk Chocolates ▲1 +0.4%
3 Venchi ▲1 -3.2%
4 Parkside Candy - -13.5%
5 Nuts Factory ▼1 -14.5%
6 IT'SUGAR ▼1 -25.7%
  • Krause's Homemade Candy
  • BonBon - A Swedish Candy Co.
  • Lindt
  • Gertrude Hawk Chocolates
  • IT'SUGAR
  • Venchi
  • Uncle Sam's All American Chocolate Factory
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

221 tracked store locations in New York. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted. The top 5 chains by store count run 34 of the 221 stores (15%); 156 of the 175 tracked chains have a single store here. 0.5% of the tracked food & drink stores here are candy shops, against 0.6% across the United States.

  • Krause's Homemade Candy (1)
  • BonBon - A Swedish Candy Co. (1)
  • Lindt (5)
  • Gertrude Hawk Chocolates (3)
  • IT'SUGAR (11)
  • Venchi (5)
  • Uncle Sam's All American Chocolate Factory (2)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 IT'SUGAR 11
  • 2 Nuts Factory 7
  • 3 Watson's Chocolates 6
  • 4 Lindt 5
  • 5 Venchi 5
  • 6 Gertrude Hawk Chocolates 3
  • 7 Parkside Candy 3
  • 8 Krause's Chocolates 3
  • 9 Tornado Crepes 2
  • 10 See's Candies 2
  • 11 Fowler's Chocolates 2
  • 12 White Rabbit Dessert Experience 2
  • 13 Neuhaus 2
  • 14 Sweet Treats 2
  • 15 Mariebelle 2
  • 16 Adirondack Chocolates 2
  • 17 Jacques Torres Chocolate 2
  • 18 Sweet Expressions 2
  • 19 Uncle Sam's All American Chocolate Factory 2
  • 20 Tony's Chocolonely 1
  • 21 Eugene J. Candy Co. 1
  • 22 Encore Chocolates 1
  • 23 Tempered Chocolates 1
  • 24 Dimitris Treats 1
  • 25 Guruhari News Stand 1
  • 26 Vasilow's Confectionery 1
  • 27 Blue Table Chocolates 1
  • 28 Fine & Raw Chocolate 1
  • 29 Yogurt And Candy Bar 1
  • 30 Sweet Treat Candy Store 1
  • 31 Quincy's Candy Shop 1
  • 32 Aigner Chocolates 1
  • 33 Candy-O's 1
  • 34 Candy Man 1
  • 35 Alethea's Chocolates 1
  • 36 The Sweet Shop NYC 1
  • 37 Somethin' Sweet Gourmet 1
  • 38 Southampton Fudge & Taffy Co. 1
  • 39 Ray's Candy Stand 1
  • 40 Warwick Chocolate Company 1
  • 41 Las Delicias Mexicanas 1
  • 42 The Candy Cottage and Gifts 1
  • 43 Fort Washington Candy/Grocery 1
  • 44 Chocolate Shop 1
  • 45 The Candied Anchor 1
  • 46 Candy Shop 1
  • 47 Fferins of Brooklyn 1
  • 48 Saratoga Chocolate Co. 1
  • 49 Mondel Chocolates 1
  • 50 Chocolate Connects 1

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