Trends · data through September 2026

Internet & Cable TV in the United States

Iceflower tracks 1,328 stores from 275 internet & cable TV chains in the United States. Cox Communications grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Comporium and Dish.

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
275
Tracked stores
1,328
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked internet & cable TV 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. Cox Communications and Comporium sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 C Cox Communications logo Cox Communications ▲1 -12.9%
2 C Comporium logo Comporium ▲2 -15.8%
3 D Dish logo Dish - -37.8%
4 O Optimum logo Optimum - -49.5%
5 C Consolidated Communications logo Consolidated Communications ▼1 -49.8%
6 G GCI Store logo GCI Store ▼1 -50.5%
7 S Spectrum logo Spectrum - -52.1%
8 F Frontier Communications logo Frontier Communications ▼1 -92.3%
  • XFINITY Store by Comcast
  • Optimum
  • Xfinity
  • Spectrum
  • Buckeye Broadband
  • Altafiber
  • Cox
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

1,328 tracked store locations in the United States. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • XFINITY Store by Comcast (462)
  • Optimum (16)
  • Xfinity (75)
  • Spectrum (416)
  • Buckeye Broadband (2)
  • Altafiber (1)
  • Cox (18)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 X XFINITY Store by Comcast logo XFINITY Store by Comcast 462
  • 2 S Spectrum logo Spectrum 416
  • 3 X Xfinity logo Xfinity 75
  • 4 F Frontier Communications logo Frontier Communications 18
  • 5 C Cox logo Cox 18
  • 6 O Optimum logo Optimum 16
  • 7 D Dish logo Dish 10
  • 8 C Consolidated Communications logo Consolidated Communications 9
  • 9 G GCI Store logo GCI Store 8
  • 10 C Comporium logo Comporium 7
  • 11 C Comcast Xfinity logo Comcast Xfinity 6
  • 12 C Cox Communications logo Cox Communications 5
  • 13 B Blue Ridge logo Blue Ridge 5
  • 14 M Meta 4
  • 15 D Direct Communications 2
  • 16 R Reliance Connects logo Reliance Connects 2
  • 17 L LocalTel Communications 2
  • 18 S SPC 2
  • 19 H Hawaiian Telcom logo Hawaiian Telcom 2
  • 20 B Buckeye Broadband logo Buckeye Broadband 2
  • 21 I i3 Broadband logo i3 Broadband 2
  • 22 P Peak Internet logo Peak Internet 2
  • 23 M MassiveMesh Networks 1
  • 24 S Smart Way Communications 1
  • 25 B Bijou Telephone Co-op 1
  • 26 A Adams Telephone Co-Operative 1
  • 27 E Edge Broadband 1
  • 28 B Blue Lightning 1
  • 29 W Wabash Mutual Telephone 1
  • 30 C CardCookie 1
  • 31 P PenTeleData logo PenTeleData 1
  • 32 S Shawnee Communications 1
  • 33 D DigitalPath Inc 1
  • 34 I In The Stix Broadband 1
  • 35 T Tombigbee Fiber 1
  • 36 C Cherry Capital Connection 1
  • 37 P PeakFiber Broadband 1
  • 38 C Coltontel 1
  • 39 F FiberLync logo FiberLync 1
  • 40 Z Zito Media logo Zito Media 1
  • 41 C Citynet 1
  • 42 B Brigham logo Brigham 1
  • 43 T TruLeap Technologies logo TruLeap Technologies 1
  • 44 S SpeedyQuick Networks 1
  • 45 W Wyyerd Fiber logo Wyyerd Fiber 1
  • 46 A Adams Cable Service logo Adams Cable Service 1
  • 47 L LightStream 1
  • 48 L LightSpeed Technologies 1
  • 49 S Speedwavz LLC logo Speedwavz LLC 1
  • 50 C Central Link Broadband 1

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