Growth ranking
Fastest-growing tracked park 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. Sugarloaf and Great Smoky Mountains sit in the high-growth half.
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Chain
YoY growth
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sugarloaf | ▲2 | +15.2% |
| 2 | Great Smoky Mountains | ▲4 | +13.6% |
| 3 | Ghirardelli Soda Fountain & Chocolate Shop | ▲1 | +13.6% |
| 4 | Lake Elsinore | - | +11.1% |
| 5 | Highland Park | ▲1 | +8.7% |
| 6 | Washington Park | ▲1 | +7.9% |
| 7 | Lexington Park | ▲3 | +5.2% |
| 8 | Brooklyn Park | ▲2 | +4.9% |
| 9 | Mission Bay | ▲2 | +1.2% |
| 10 | Hyde Park | ▲1 | -0.3% |
| 11 | Forest Park | - | -1.0% |
| 12 | Little River | ▼1 | -4.7% |
| 13 | Navy Pier | ▼1 | -5.4% |
| 14 | Jekyll Island | ▲1 | -5.7% |
| 15 | Johnson Park | - | -5.9% |
- Mariners Park
- Cedar Point
- Kalahari Resorts
- San Tan Mountain Regional Park
- Sesame Place
- Central Park
- Water Country USA
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
8,346 tracked store locations in the United States. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted. The top 5 chains by store count run 152 of the 8,346 stores (2%); 6,409 of the 7,017 tracked chains have a single store here.
- Mariners Park (1)
- Cedar Point (1)
- Kalahari Resorts (2)
- San Tan Mountain Regional Park (1)
- Sesame Place (3)
- Central Park (45)
- Water Country USA (1)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Central Park 45
- 2 Riverside Park 30
- 3 Heritage Park 27
- 4 Highland Park 25
- 5 Washington Park 25
- 6 Park Place 23
- 7 Lincoln Park 16
- 8 Veterans Park 16
- 9 City Park 15
- 10 Northpark 12
- 11 Forest Park 11
- 12 Franklin Park 10
- 13 Hyde Park 9
- 14 The Commons 8
- 15 Gateway Park 7
- 16 College Park 6
- 17 Little River 6
- 18 Stone Mountain 4
- 19 Water World 4
- 20 Hocking Hills 4
- 21 Lakewood Park 4
- 22 Great Smoky Mountains 4
- 23 Sugarloaf 4
- 24 Brooklyn Park 4
- 25 Lake Elsinore 3
- 26 Ghirardelli Soda Fountain & Chocolate Shop 3
- 27 Red River Gorge 3
- 28 Lake Compounce 3
- 29 Johnson Park 3
- 30 City Park Golf Course 3
- 31 Mission Bay 3
- 32 Jekyll Island 3
- 33 Navy Pier 3
- 34 Catch Air 3
- 35 Imperial Beach 3
- 36 Lake George 3
- 37 Sesame Place 3
- 38 Lexington Park 3
- 39 Mississippi Gulf Coast 3
- 40 Pinellas Park 2
- 41 Empire Park 2
- 42 Penn Park 2
- 43 Kings Park 2
- 44 Iron Mountain Hot Springs 2
- 45 Georgetown 2
- 46 Aquatica 2
- 47 Bronx Park 2
- 48 Kern River 2
- 49 Morton Arboretum 2
- 50 Kalahari Resorts 2
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