Growth ranking
Fastest-growing tracked performing arts venue 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. Lincoln Center and Loony Bin Comedy Club sit in the high-growth half.
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lincoln Center | - | +11.4% |
| 2 | Loony Bin Comedy Club | - | +8.7% |
| 3 | Paramount Theater | ▲2 | +5.8% |
| 4 | Zanies Comedy Club | ▲1 | +5.4% |
| 5 | Fox Theatre | - | +1.6% |
| 6 | Lincoln Theatre | ▲1 | -3.9% |
| 7 | Paramount Theatre | ▼1 | -7.2% |
| 8 | Helium Comedy Club | - | -8.7% |
| 9 | Laugh Factory | - | -9.3% |
| 10 | Improv | ▼2 | -14.6% |
| 11 | Alexander Hall | ▼1 | -40.8% |
- Funny Bone Comedy Club
- Helium Comedy Club
- Metropolitan Opera
- Blumenthal Performing Arts Center
- Wind Creek Event Center
- Sci-Fi Dine-In Theater
- The Ark
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
762 tracked store locations in the United States. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted. The top 5 chains by store count run 47 of the 762 stores (6%); 623 of the 662 tracked chains have a single store here.
- Funny Bone Comedy Club (14)
- Helium Comedy Club (5)
- Metropolitan Opera (1)
- Blumenthal Performing Arts Center (1)
- Wind Creek Event Center (1)
- Sci-Fi Dine-In Theater (1)
- The Ark (6)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Funny Bone Comedy Club 14
- 2 Capitol Theatre 13
- 3 Fox Theatre 9
- 4 The Ark 6
- 5 Palace Theatre 5
- 6 Laugh Factory 5
- 7 Paramount Theatre 5
- 8 Lincoln Theatre 5
- 9 Helium Comedy Club 5
- 10 Paramount Theater 5
- 11 Cirque du Soleil 4
- 12 Alexander Hall 3
- 13 Loony Bin Comedy Club 3
- 14 Lincoln Center 3
- 15 Hale Centre Theatre 3
- 16 Zanies Comedy Club 3
- 17 Improv 3
- 18 Bricktown Comedy Club 2
- 19 LA Opera 2
- 20 New York Comedy Club 2
- 21 The Comedy Zone 2
- 22 Baltimore Comedy Factory 2
- 23 Mad House Comedy Club 2
- 24 The Grisly Pear 2
- 25 Hyena's Comedy Nightclub 2
- 26 Mic Drop Comedy 2
- 27 Levity Live 2
- 28 The Comedy Store 2
- 29 Village Theatre 2
- 30 Atlanta Ballet 2
- 31 The Barn Theatre 2
- 32 Comedy Works 2
- 33 Second City 2
- 34 Mann Center for the Performing Arts 1
- 35 The Annoyance Theatre & Bar 1
- 36 La Jolla Music Society 1
- 37 Comedy Cellar 1
- 38 Broadway Comedy Club 1
- 39 Vulcan Gas Company 1
- 40 El Paso Comic Strip 1
- 41 Loonees Comedy Corner 1
- 42 Picayune School District Auditorium 1
- 43 Playhouse Events and Dinner Theater 1
- 44 Barrel Proof Lounge 1
- 45 The Atlanta Opera 1
- 46 Side Splitters Comedy Club 1
- 47 Tulsa Comedy Club 1
- 48 Joker's Comedy House 1
- 49 Greenfield Lake Amphitheater 1
- 50 Cozzy's Comedy Club and Tavern 1
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