Trends · data through September 2026

Bowling Alleys in the United States

Iceflower tracks 2,732 stores from 2,238 bowling alley chains in the United States. Maple Lanes grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Highland Lanes and Lakeview Lanes.

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
2,238
Tracked stores
2,732
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked bowling alley 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. Maple Lanes and Highland Lanes sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 Maple Lanes - +18.7%
2 Highland Lanes ▲2 +18.2%
3 Lakeview Lanes ▲2 +18.0%
4 Strikers ▲2 +14.9%
5 Station 300 ▲2 +11.3%
6 Northside Lanes ▲4 +8.1%
7 Classic Lanes ▲3 +7.7%
8 Thunderbowl Lanes ▲2 +5.2%
9 North Bowl ▲2 +4.6%
10 Classic Bowl ▲1 +3.2%
11 Bowlarama Lanes ▼2 +3.0%
12 King Pin Lanes ▲1 +2.2%
13 Imperial Lanes ▲1 +0.5%
14 Centennial Lanes ▲1 -0.0%
15 Pin Chasers ▼2 -0.2%
  • AMF Bowling Co.
  • Strike & Spare
  • Halsted Bowl
  • All Star Bowling and Entertainment
  • Bowl America
  • Uptown Alley
  • Maple Lanes
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

2,732 tracked store locations in the United States. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted. The top 5 chains by store count run 159 of the 2,732 stores (6%); 2,032 of the 2,238 tracked chains have a single store here.

  • AMF Bowling Co. (119)
  • Strike & Spare (7)
  • Halsted Bowl (1)
  • All Star Bowling and Entertainment (3)
  • Bowl America (10)
  • Uptown Alley (3)
  • Maple Lanes (5)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 AMF Bowling Co. 119
  • 2 Strike Zone 12
  • 3 Bowl America 10
  • 4 King Pin Lanes 9
  • 5 Holiday Lanes 9
  • 6 Classic Lanes 8
  • 7 Plaza Lanes 7
  • 8 Sunset Bowl 7
  • 9 Strike & Spare 7
  • 10 Thunderbird Lanes 6
  • 11 Station 300 5
  • 12 Thunderbowl Lanes 5
  • 13 Bowlarama Lanes 5
  • 14 Maple Lanes 5
  • 15 Western Bowl 5
  • 16 Alley Cats Entertainment 4
  • 17 Buffaloe Lanes 4
  • 18 Strikers 4
  • 19 The Bowling Alley 4
  • 20 Brooklyn Bowl 4
  • 21 Southern Lanes 4
  • 22 Lakeview Lanes 4
  • 23 Country Lanes 4
  • 24 Imperial Lanes 4
  • 25 Flamingo Bowl 3
  • 26 Village Bowl 3
  • 27 Classic Bowl 3
  • 28 Highland Lanes 3
  • 29 Northside Lanes 3
  • 30 Centennial Lanes 3
  • 31 Ten Pin Alley 3
  • 32 Stardust Bowl 3
  • 33 All Star Bowling and Entertainment 3
  • 34 Uptown Alley 3
  • 35 Cypress Lanes 3
  • 36 Pin Chasers 3
  • 37 Parkside Lanes 3
  • 38 North Bowl 3
  • 39 Beach Bowl 2
  • 40 Crazy Pinz 2
  • 41 Bama Lanes 2
  • 42 Eastgate Lanes 2
  • 43 Jack & Jill Lanes 2
  • 44 Tower Lanes 2
  • 45 Delton Lanes 2
  • 46 Strike 10 Bowling 2
  • 47 HeadPinz 2
  • 48 Legacy Lanes 2
  • 49 Royal Z Lanes 2
  • 50 Hurricane Lanes 2

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