Trends · data through September 2026

Labor Unions in the United States

Iceflower tracks 414 stores from 386 labor union chains in the United States. IUOE Local 150 grew fastest over the last year, ahead of IBEW and Sheet Metal Workers International Association.

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
386
Tracked stores
414
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked labor union 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. IUOE Local 150 and IBEW sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 IUOE Local 150 - +4.3%
2 IBEW - -3.8%
3 Sheet Metal Workers International Association - -4.8%
4 IUOE - -19.0%
5 Carpenters Local Union - -21.4%
6 Laborers' International Union - -24.2%
  • IBEW Local 26
  • I.A.T.S.E Local 16
  • IBEW Local 134
  • UA Local 38 Plumbers and Pipefitters
  • IBEW Local 369
  • IBEW
  • IBEW Local Union 481
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

414 tracked store locations in the United States. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted. The top 5 chains by store count run 27 of the 414 stores (7%); 376 of the 386 tracked chains have a single store here.

  • IBEW Local 26 (1)
  • I.A.T.S.E Local 16 (1)
  • IBEW Local 134 (1)
  • UA Local 38 Plumbers and Pipefitters (1)
  • IBEW Local 369 (1)
  • IBEW (5)
  • IBEW Local Union 481 (1)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 Laborers' International Union 9
  • 2 Carpenters Local Union 6
  • 3 IBEW 5
  • 4 Sheet Metal Workers International Association 4
  • 5 IUOE 3
  • 6 IUOE Local 150 3
  • 7 IUOE Local 399 2
  • 8 Sheet Metal Workers Local 20 2
  • 9 Iron Workers Local 17 2
  • 10 IBEW Local 415 1
  • 11 IBEW Local 701 1
  • 12 Iron Workers Local 290 1
  • 13 Iron Workers Union Local 27 1
  • 14 IBEW Local 351 1
  • 15 Millwrights Local Union 1
  • 16 Teamsters Local 166 1
  • 17 Carpenters Local Union 174 1
  • 18 Iron Workers Union Local 808 1
  • 19 IBEW Local 9 1
  • 20 Plumbers & Pipefitters Local 99 1
  • 21 IBEW 441 1
  • 22 Laborers Local 1
  • 23 Carpenters Local Union 283 1
  • 24 Laborers 1
  • 25 Local Union 188 1
  • 26 Smart Local 359 1
  • 27 Iron Union 229 1
  • 28 Pipefitters Local Union 211 1
  • 29 Carpenters Local Union 106 1
  • 30 Cleveland Electrical Jatc 1
  • 31 Boilermakers Local 454 1
  • 32 IBEW Local 26 1
  • 33 IBEW Local 665 1
  • 34 IBEW Local 401 1
  • 35 Ironworkers Local 732 1
  • 36 LIUNA Local 630 1
  • 37 IBEW Local 131 1
  • 38 IBEW Local 876 1
  • 39 International Union of Operating Engineers Local 9 1
  • 40 Ironworkers Local 5 1
  • 41 IBEW Local 153 1
  • 42 IUEC Local 8 1
  • 43 ILWU Local 13 1
  • 44 UA Local 290 1
  • 45 Laborers Local 73 1
  • 46 International Brotherhood of Teamsters 1
  • 47 IBEW Local Union 569 1
  • 48 Sheet Metal Workers Local 80 1
  • 49 IATSE Local 720 1
  • 50 ILWU Local 10 1

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