Trends · data through September 2026

Bus Stations in the United States

Iceflower tracks 322 stores from 240 bus station chains in the United States. Academy Bus grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Omnibus Express Hillcroft and Tornado Bus Company.

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
240
Tracked stores
322
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked bus station 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. Academy Bus and Omnibus Express Hillcroft sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 Academy Bus - +9.5%
2 Omnibus Express Hillcroft - +5.0%
3 Tornado Bus Company - -4.5%
4 Peter Pan Bus Lines - -23.7%
  • Greyhound Bus
  • Mta NYCT M11
  • Omnibus Express Hillcroft
  • Mall In Columbia
  • Harrisburg
  • CARTA
  • Maryland Transit Administration
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

322 tracked store locations in the United States. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted. The top 5 chains by store count run 73 of the 322 stores (23%); 221 of the 240 tracked chains have a single store here.

  • Greyhound Bus (54)
  • Mta NYCT M11 (1)
  • Omnibus Express Hillcroft (4)
  • Mall In Columbia (1)
  • Harrisburg (1)
  • CARTA (2)
  • Maryland Transit Administration (1)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 Greyhound Bus 54
  • 2 Tornado Bus Company 6
  • 3 Peter Pan Bus Lines 5
  • 4 Omnibus Express Hillcroft 4
  • 5 Academy Bus 4
  • 6 River Valley Transit 2
  • 7 CATA 2
  • 8 Regional Transportation District 2
  • 9 Hampton Roads Transit 2
  • 10 Trans-Bridge Lines 2
  • 11 Kansas City 2
  • 12 Logan Express 2
  • 13 Damariscotta 2
  • 14 Miami-Dade Transit 2
  • 15 Hampton Jitney 2
  • 16 Barton Creek Square 2
  • 17 Santiago Express 2
  • 18 CARTA 2
  • 19 Lane Transit District 2
  • 20 Jackson Area Transportation Authority Transfer Center 1
  • 21 Smartbus 1
  • 22 SLCC Taylorsville Transit Hub 1
  • 23 Green Mountain Transit 1
  • 24 Brazos Transit District 1
  • 25 Sun Metro Eastside Terminal 1
  • 26 Wheels Bus 1
  • 27 Trenton Transit Center 1
  • 28 Parker PnR 1
  • 29 Delaware Valley Bus Line 1
  • 30 Rockford Mass Transit District 1
  • 31 OCTA Bus Stop 1
  • 32 Van Nuys Station 1
  • 33 Metro RTA 1
  • 34 George Washington Bridge Bus Station 1
  • 35 Visalia Transit Center 1
  • 36 Beaver County Transit Authority 1
  • 37 Rock Region METRO 1
  • 38 Cape Cod RTA 1
  • 39 Lick Mill 1
  • 40 Lynx Central Station 1
  • 41 Atlanta Bus Station 1
  • 42 SamTrans 1
  • 43 Sheraden 1
  • 44 San Anselmo Hub 1
  • 45 Cockrell Hill Transfer Location 1
  • 46 Cape Cod Regional Transit Authority 1
  • 47 West Hyattsville Metrorail Station 1
  • 48 The Canyons Transit Hub 1
  • 49 France Avenue Bus Stop 1
  • 50 The Wave Transit System 1

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