Trends · data through August 2026

College Universities in the United States

Iceflower tracks 1,237 stores from 1,106 college universities chains in the United States. Universal grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Collin College and University of Oregon.

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: 1,106
Tracked stores: 1,237
Consumer panel: 130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked college universities 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. Universal and Collin College sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth

Rank	Chain	Rank movement	YoY growth
1	U Universal	▲1	+19.7%
2	C Collin College	-	+13.7%
3	U University of Oregon	▲2	+13.1%
4	P Portland Community College	-	+12.1%
5	U University of Michigan	-	+10.9%
6	J Johns Hopkins University	▼1	+9.6%
7	U U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs	▲1	+0.6%
8	F Florida State University	-	+0.5%
9	U University of Florida	-	-5.3%
10	T Tarrant County College	▲1	-5.3%
11	U University of Pittsburgh	-	-7.8%
12	U University of Cincinnati	-	-10.9%
13	I Indiana University	-	-18.8%
14	S Salt Lake Community College	▼1	-27.4%
15	B Boston College	▼3	-29.8%

Universal
Johns Hopkins University
University of Phoenix
Collin College
University of Pittsburgh
University of Cincinnati
SUNY Polytechnic Institute
Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

1,237 tracked store locations in the United States. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

Universal (4)
Johns Hopkins University (3)
University of Phoenix (5)
Collin College (4)
University of Pittsburgh (3)
University of Cincinnati (5)
SUNY Polytechnic Institute (1)
Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

1 U University of Florida 16
2 U University of Phoenix 5
3 U University of Cincinnati 5
4 U Universal 4
5 C Collin College 4
6 U University of Illinois 4
7 F Florida State University 4
8 R Rutgers University 3
9 S Salt Lake Community College 3
10 T Tarrant County College 3
11 B Boston College 3
12 U University of Oregon 3
13 U University of Michigan 3
14 U U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs 3
15 I Indiana University 3
16 P Portland Community College 3
17 U University of Pittsburgh 3
18 J Johns Hopkins University 3
19 U University of Southern Mississippi 2
20 G George Mason University 2
21 M Montgomery College 2
22 I Indian River State College 2
23 W Wor Wic Community College 2
24 A Auburn University 2
25 K Kent State University 2
26 U University of Houston 2
27 N Nova Southeastern University 2
28 F Florida International University 2
29 C Columbia College 2
30 M Mississippi State University 2
31 D Delaware Technical Community College 2
32 H Hampton University 2
33 R Russell Sage College 2
34 N NC State 2
35 C Coastal Carolina University 2
36 A Alabama State University 2
37 U University of Arizona 2
38 U University of Wisconsin-Madison 2
39 V Virginia Tech 2
40 C Cleveland State University 2
41 B Baylor University 2
42 O OSU 2
43 P Purdue University 2
44 M Michigan State University 2
45 V Villanova University 2
46 I Indiana State University 2
47 L Lorain County Community College 1
48 U University of Southern Indiana 1
49 L Laredo College 1
50 W West Chester University 1

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