Trends · data through August 2026

Arcades in the United States

Iceflower tracks 530 stores from 428 arcades chains in the United States. Apex Entertainment grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Ryan Family Amusements and Cidercade.

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
428
Tracked stores
530
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 - +14.3%
2 R Ryan Family Amusements ▲3 +10.9%
3 C Cidercade - +1.6%
4 C Cyber Quest ▲1 -3.3%
5 T Tilt Studio ▲1 -5.8%
6 T The Portal ▲1 -7.8%
7 A Arcade ▲1 -9.5%
8 Z Zap Zone logo Zap Zone - -11.7%
9 A Adventure Landing logo Adventure Landing - -14.9%
10 N Nickel City - -15.8%
11 A Arcade Monsters logo Arcade Monsters ▼1 -19.1%
12 F Free Play Arcade ▼1 -20.6%
13 Y YesterCades - -24.1%
14 B Bounce House - -24.1%
15 N Nickelmania ▼5 -63.3%
  • Apex Entertainment
  • Round One Entertainment
  • Jenkinson's Boardwalk
  • Cidercade
  • Supercharged Entertainment
  • Tilt Studio
  • F1 Arcade
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

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

  • Apex Entertainment (3)
  • Round One Entertainment (2)
  • Jenkinson's Boardwalk (1)
  • Cidercade (5)
  • Supercharged Entertainment (2)
  • Tilt Studio (14)
  • F1 Arcade (3)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 T Tilt Studio 14
  • 2 Z Zap Zone logo Zap Zone 8
  • 3 F Fun Factory 8
  • 4 C Cyber Quest 8
  • 5 R Ryan Family Amusements 6
  • 6 A Adventure Landing logo Adventure Landing 6
  • 7 C Cidercade 5
  • 8 A Arcade Monsters logo Arcade Monsters 5
  • 9 F Free Play Arcade 5
  • 10 B Bounce House 4
  • 11 Y YesterCades 4
  • 12 N Nickel City 4
  • 13 G Grand Slam USA 3
  • 14 T The Portal 3
  • 15 A Arcade 3
  • 16 N Nickelmania 3
  • 17 F F1 Arcade logo F1 Arcade 3
  • 18 A Apex Entertainment logo Apex Entertainment 3
  • 19 D Destination Fun 2
  • 20 T Tilt 2
  • 21 O Ocean5 2
  • 22 T Time Out 2
  • 23 G Gameday 2
  • 24 N NickelCade 2
  • 25 S Supercharged Entertainment logo Supercharged Entertainment 2
  • 26 S Stop N Play 2
  • 27 O Old North Arcade 2
  • 28 C Coin-Op Game Room 2
  • 29 F Fat Daddy's Arcade 2
  • 30 B Boomers! logo Boomers! 2
  • 31 T The Coliseum 2
  • 32 T Timeline Arcade 2
  • 33 G Gatcha 2
  • 34 T Tilted 10 2
  • 35 T The Magic Castle logo The Magic Castle 2
  • 36 E Elev8 Fun logo Elev8 Fun 2
  • 37 R Round One Entertainment logo Round One Entertainment 2
  • 38 A Arcade City Gatlinburg 2
  • 39 A All Star Sports 2
  • 40 G Game Arena logo Game Arena 1
  • 41 A Angel Island Fun Park 1
  • 42 G Gamers Heaven 1
  • 43 P Palace Social 1
  • 44 L Laser Flash 1
  • 45 O Off The Wall Kendall 1
  • 46 R Racer World Car Sports 1
  • 47 F Fun N Games Arcade 1
  • 48 M Mulligan's Lagoon Arcade & Putt 1
  • 49 C Claw Mania Kingdom 1
  • 50 C Captain Crazy's Paradise 1

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