Trends · data through September 2026

Ice Cream & Frozen Treats in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD

Iceflower tracks 521 stores from 264 ice cream & frozen treats in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD. Handel's Homemade Ice Cream grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Owowcow Creamery and Dairy Queen.

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
264
Tracked stores
521
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. Handel's Homemade Ice Cream and Owowcow Creamery sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 H Handel's Homemade Ice Cream logo Handel's Homemade Ice Cream ▲1 +2.7%
2 O Owowcow Creamery logo Owowcow Creamery ▲1 +0.2%
3 D Dairy Queen logo Dairy Queen - -1.4%
4 R Rita's Italian Ice & Frozen Custard logo Rita's Italian Ice & Frozen Custard - -2.3%
5 H Haagen-Dazs logo Haagen-Dazs ▲2 -3.3%
6 S Scoops - -10.5%
7 B Bruster's Real Ice Cream logo Bruster's Real Ice Cream ▼1 -11.4%
8 S Scoop Deville - -19.9%
9 C Cold Stone Creamery logo Cold Stone Creamery - -21.4%
10 S Surreal Creamery ▼3 -36.9%
  • Rita's Italian Ice & Frozen Custard
  • Dairy Queen
  • Baskin-Robbins
  • Cold Stone Creamery
  • Merrymead Farm
  • Handel's Homemade Ice Cream
  • Bruster's Real Ice Cream
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

521 tracked store locations in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Rita's Italian Ice & Frozen Custard (136)
  • Dairy Queen (54)
  • Baskin-Robbins (17)
  • Cold Stone Creamery (11)
  • Merrymead Farm (1)
  • Handel's Homemade Ice Cream (3)
  • Bruster's Real Ice Cream (5)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 R Rita's Italian Ice & Frozen Custard logo Rita's Italian Ice & Frozen Custard 136
  • 2 D Dairy Queen logo Dairy Queen 54
  • 3 B Baskin-Robbins logo Baskin-Robbins 17
  • 4 C Cold Stone Creamery logo Cold Stone Creamery 11
  • 5 K Kiwi Yogurt 6
  • 6 K Kilwins logo Kilwins 6
  • 7 B Bruster's Real Ice Cream logo Bruster's Real Ice Cream 5
  • 8 H Haagen-Dazs logo Haagen-Dazs 4
  • 9 S Surreal Creamery 4
  • 10 S Scoops 3
  • 11 H Handel's Homemade Ice Cream logo Handel's Homemade Ice Cream 3
  • 12 O Owowcow Creamery logo Owowcow Creamery 3
  • 13 S Scoop Deville 3
  • 14 K Kona Ice logo Kona Ice 2
  • 15 B Bruster's Ice Cream logo Bruster's Ice Cream 2
  • 16 H Häagen-Dazs logo Häagen-Dazs 2
  • 17 R Rocco's Italian Ice 2
  • 18 B Big Var's Water Ice 2
  • 19 P Petrucci's Ice Cream 2
  • 20 Y Yapple Yogurt 2
  • 21 Y Yogo Factory 2
  • 22 P Philly Flavors 2
  • 23 U UMMM Ice Cream Parlor 2
  • 24 I Ice Cream Express 2
  • 25 J John's Water Ice 2
  • 26 T The Sugaree 2
  • 27 N Nina's Waffles 2
  • 28 S sweetFrog Premium Frozen Yogurt logo sweetFrog Premium Frozen Yogurt 2
  • 29 S Sweet Cowolines 1
  • 30 T Tranzilli Real Italian Water 1
  • 31 D Dino's ice cream truck 1
  • 32 H Healthy Swirl Frozen Yogurt 1
  • 33 J Jimmies Scoops and More 1
  • 34 K K & B Ice Cream 1
  • 35 C Chill Out Ice Cream & Water Ice 1
  • 36 J JoJo's Ice Cream 1
  • 37 U Urban Scoop 1
  • 38 A Angy's Cafe & Ice Cream 1
  • 39 M Maya's Mexican Ice Cream & Snacks 1
  • 40 R Richie's Water Ice & Ice cream 1
  • 41 B Ben & Jerry's logo Ben & Jerry's 1
  • 42 F Famous Italian Ices 1
  • 43 S Sprinkles Ice Cream logo Sprinkles Ice Cream 1
  • 44 U Uncle Mike's Ice Cream and Water Ice 1
  • 45 G Gelato Dolceria 1
  • 46 M Merrymead Farm 1
  • 47 C Carminati Creamery 1
  • 48 L Lexylicious 1
  • 49 B Browns Cow 1
  • 50 L La Bamba Ice Cream and Snacks 1

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