Growth ranking
Fastest-growing tracked candy shop 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. Candy World and Sweet Tooth sit in the high-growth half.
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Chain
YoY growth
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Candy World | ▲5 | +17.1% |
| 2 | Sweet Tooth | ▲15 | +16.0% |
| 3 | See's Candies | - | +12.1% |
| 4 | Sweet Treats | ▲8 | +11.7% |
| 5 | Grandpa Joe's Candy Shop | - | +11.1% |
| 6 | Candy Cottage | ▲10 | +9.9% |
| 7 | ROYCE' Chocolate | ▲3 | +9.1% |
| 8 | Forbes Candies | ▲6 | +9.0% |
| 9 | Mrs. Cavanaugh's | ▲5 | +7.8% |
| 10 | Stutz Candy Company | - | +7.3% |
| 11 | Dulceria la Bonita Goodyear | - | +7.2% |
| 12 | Venchi | ▲5 | +6.1% |
| 13 | Dulcerias Pinkis | ▲5 | +5.9% |
| 14 | Fannie May | ▲8 | +5.8% |
| 15 | Russell Stover | ▲1 | +5.8% |
- See's Candies
- Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory
- IT'SUGAR
- Grandpa Joe's Candy Shop
- Ghirardelli Ice Cream & Chocolate Shop
- Malley's Chocolates
- Sarris Candies
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
4,485 tracked store locations in the United States. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted. The top 5 chains by store count run 680 of the 4,485 stores (15%); 2,613 of the 2,937 tracked chains have a single store here.
- See's Candies (295)
- Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory (148)
- IT'SUGAR (94)
- Grandpa Joe's Candy Shop (18)
- Ghirardelli Ice Cream & Chocolate Shop (15)
- Malley's Chocolates (22)
- Sarris Candies (2)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 See's Candies 295
- 2 Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory 148
- 3 IT'SUGAR 94
- 4 Rocket Fizz 86
- 5 Lolli and Pops 57
- 6 Lindt 36
- 7 Gertrude Hawk Chocolates 31
- 8 Malley's Chocolates 22
- 9 Grandpa Joe's Candy Shop 18
- 10 Peterbrooke Chocolatier 18
- 11 Candy Kitchen 18
- 12 The Fudgery 17
- 13 Candyland 16
- 14 Ghirardelli Ice Cream & Chocolate Shop 15
- 15 Sweet Treats 15
- 16 Sweet Tooth 14
- 17 Russell Stover 14
- 18 Sweet Factory 13
- 19 Candy Craze 13
- 20 River Street Sweets 13
- 21 ROYCE' Chocolate 12
- 22 Chocolaterie Stam 10
- 23 Fuzziwig's Candy Factory 10
- 24 The Sweet Shoppe 10
- 25 Sugar Kingdom 10
- 26 The Candy Store 10
- 27 Gardners Candies 9
- 28 Natalie's Candy Jar 9
- 29 Savannah's Candy Kitchen 9
- 30 Nuts Factory 9
- 31 Fannie May 8
- 32 Munson's Chocolates 8
- 33 Sweet 7
- 34 Candy World 7
- 35 Wockenfuss Candies 7
- 36 Schakolad Chocolate Factory 7
- 37 Dulcerias Pinkis 6
- 38 Dylan's Candy Bar 6
- 39 Venchi 6
- 40 Sugar Bear 6
- 41 The Candy Bar 6
- 42 Candy Barrel of Florida 6
- 43 Sugar Planet 5
- 44 Esther Price Candies 5
- 45 Dulceria la Bonita Goodyear 5
- 46 The Original Fudge Kitchen 5
- 47 Norman Love Confections 5
- 48 Sweet Annie's Ice Cream Parlour 5
- 49 Alpine Chocolat Haus 5
- 50 Candy Tyme 5
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