Trends · data through September 2026

Candy Shops in Ohio

Iceflower tracks 178 stores from 136 candy shop chains in Ohio. Grandpa Joe's Candy Shop grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Goumas Candyland and Malley's Chocolates.

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
136
Tracked stores
178
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. Grandpa Joe's Candy Shop and Goumas Candyland sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 Grandpa Joe's Candy Shop - +15.9%
2 Goumas Candyland - +15.0%
3 Malley's Chocolates - -0.9%
4 IT'SUGAR - -3.2%
  • Malley's Chocolates
  • Grandpa Joe's Candy Shop
  • Sweets and Geeks
  • Aglamesis Bro's
  • Anthony-Thomas Candy
  • Esther Price Candies
  • IT'SUGAR
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

178 tracked store locations in Ohio. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted. The top 5 chains by store count run 39 of the 178 stores (22%); 123 of the 136 tracked chains have a single store here. 0.7% of the tracked food & drink stores here are candy shops, against 0.6% across the United States.

  • Malley's Chocolates (22)
  • Grandpa Joe's Candy Shop (6)
  • Sweets and Geeks (1)
  • Aglamesis Bro's (1)
  • Anthony-Thomas Candy (1)
  • Esther Price Candies (5)
  • IT'SUGAR (3)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 Malley's Chocolates 22
  • 2 Grandpa Joe's Candy Shop 6
  • 3 Esther Price Candies 5
  • 4 Goumas Candyland 3
  • 5 IT'SUGAR 3
  • 6 Rocket Fizz 2
  • 7 The Peanut Shoppe 2
  • 8 Weathervane Kettle Corn 2
  • 9 Lolli and Pops 2
  • 10 Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory 2
  • 11 Anthony Thomas Chocolates 2
  • 12 All City Candy 2
  • 13 Gorant Chocolatier 2
  • 14 Good Hope Lions Club Candy Store 1
  • 15 Chocolate Treasures 1
  • 16 Nothing But Chocolate 1
  • 17 Fantasy Candies Chocolate Factory and Fine Wines 1
  • 18 Sicily's Italian Icebox 1
  • 19 Lohcally Artisan Chocolates 1
  • 20 Roscoe Village Sweets & Treats 1
  • 21 Troyer's Sweet Shoppe 1
  • 22 Annie's Homemade Sweets 1
  • 23 ZuZu Chocolates 1
  • 24 Sugar Shack too 1
  • 25 Carmazzi's 1
  • 26 Tastebuds Popcorn Hickory 1
  • 27 Crack Corn / Puffy Pop 1
  • 28 Dulceria La Michoacana 1
  • 29 Mardi Gras Cake & Candy Supplies 1
  • 30 Patty’s Old Fashioned Popcorn 1
  • 31 Sweet Treats 1
  • 32 Snack Brothers 1
  • 33 Mama Made It Kettle Corn 1
  • 34 Henry's Candy Co 1
  • 35 Anastasiades Exclusive Chocolates 1
  • 36 Bear Necessities Candy & Soda 1
  • 37 Friesinger's Fine Chocolates 1
  • 38 Honadle's Fine Chocolates 1
  • 39 Pucker Up Candy Shoppe 1
  • 40 Russell Stover 1
  • 41 Ruby's Chocolates 1
  • 42 Chocolates By Erin 1
  • 43 Everything Fudge 1
  • 44 Copper Brick Market 1
  • 45 Port Clinton Candy Company 1
  • 46 Suzin L Chocolatier 1
  • 47 Harbor Candy Company 1
  • 48 Boyd's Retro Candy Store 1
  • 49 Neumeister's Candy Shoppe 1
  • 50 Chocolates and More LLC 1

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