Trends · data through June 2026

Arcades in the United States

Iceflower tracks 550 stores from 417 arcades chains in the United States. Apex Entertainment grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Ryan Family Amusements and Velocity Esports.

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
417
Tracked stores
550
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked arcades 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. Apex Entertainment and Ryan Family Amusements sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 A Apex Entertainment logo Apex Entertainment +12.2%
2 R Ryan Family Amusements ▲3 +9.8%
3 V Velocity Esports logo Velocity Esports +2.2%
4 C Cidercade -0.4%
5 T Tilt Studio ▲1 -7.1%
6 T The Portal ▲1 -9.7%
7 A Arcade ▲1 -11.9%
8 C Cyber Quest ▲1 -12.3%
9 Z Zap Zone logo Zap Zone -12.7%
10 A Adventure Landing logo Adventure Landing -16.5%
11 N Nickel City -17.1%
12 A Arcade Monsters logo Arcade Monsters ▼1 -20.6%
13 F Free Play Arcade ▼1 -21.3%
14 B Bounce House -25.1%
15 Y YesterCades -26.0%
  • Apex Entertainment
  • Round One Entertainment
  • Activate Games
  • Cidercade
  • Supercharged Entertainment
  • F1 Arcade
  • Tilt Studio
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

550 tracked store locations in the United States. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Apex Entertainment (3)
  • Round One Entertainment (2)
  • Activate Games (16)
  • Cidercade (5)
  • Supercharged Entertainment (2)
  • F1 Arcade (3)
  • Tilt Studio (13)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 A Activate Games logo Activate Games 16
  • 2 T The Place 15
  • 3 T Tilt Studio 13
  • 4 Z Zap Zone logo Zap Zone 8
  • 5 F Fun Factory 8
  • 6 C Cyber Quest 7
  • 7 R Ryan Family Amusements 6
  • 8 A Adventure Landing logo Adventure Landing 6
  • 9 F Free Play Arcade 5
  • 10 C Cidercade 5
  • 11 A Arcade Monsters logo Arcade Monsters 5
  • 12 A Area 51 4
  • 13 N Nickel City 4
  • 14 B Bounce House 4
  • 15 Y YesterCades 4
  • 16 T The Portal 3
  • 17 A Arcade 3
  • 18 V Velocity Esports logo Velocity Esports 3
  • 19 N Nickelmania 3
  • 20 F F1 Arcade logo F1 Arcade 3
  • 21 A Apex Entertainment logo Apex Entertainment 3
  • 22 T Time Out 2
  • 23 O Old North Arcade 2
  • 24 D Destination Fun 2
  • 25 T Tilt 2
  • 26 A Arcade City Gatlinburg 2
  • 27 T The Magic Castle logo The Magic Castle 2
  • 28 N NickelCade 2
  • 29 S Stop N Play 2
  • 30 O Ocean5 2
  • 31 G Gameday 2
  • 32 B Boardwalk Arcade 2
  • 33 C Coin-Op Game Room 2
  • 34 T Timeline Arcade 2
  • 35 T Tilted 10 2
  • 36 E Elev8 Fun logo Elev8 Fun 2
  • 37 G Gatcha 2
  • 38 A All Star Sports 2
  • 39 S Supercharged Entertainment logo Supercharged Entertainment 2
  • 40 R Round One Entertainment logo Round One Entertainment 2
  • 41 B Boomers! logo Boomers! 2
  • 42 F Fat Daddy's Arcade 2
  • 43 C Cluggy's Amusement Center 1
  • 44 P Pinheads & Alley's Alehouse 1
  • 45 N NickelRama 1
  • 46 P Past Times Pinball & Video Arcade 1
  • 47 A Arcade Mania 1
  • 48 A Angel Island Fun Park 1
  • 49 P Paige's Crossing 1
  • 50 R Radioactive Pinball Arcade 1

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