Trends · data through September 2026

Photography Services in the United States

Iceflower tracks 1,268 stores from 1,182 photography service chains in the United States. TSS Photography grew fastest over the last year, ahead of District Camera and Imaging and Samy's Camera.

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
1,182
Tracked stores
1,268
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked photography service 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. TSS Photography and District Camera and Imaging sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 TSS Photography - +18.4%
2 District Camera and Imaging - +14.6%
3 Samy's Camera - +1.6%
4 The Shutterbug ▲1 -2.3%
5 Cardinal Camera - -6.7%
6 The Camera Shop - -9.3%
7 Picture This - -17.3%
8 Bluewater ▲1 -47.1%
9 Allen's Camera ▲1 -54.1%
10 PROCAM ▼3 -77.8%
  • Samy's Camera
  • District Camera and Imaging
  • Murphy's Camera
  • Roberts Camera
  • Ace Photo
  • Precision Camera & Video
  • Glazer's Camera
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

1,268 tracked store locations in the United States. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted. The top 5 chains by store count run 22 of the 1,268 stores (2%); 1,118 of the 1,182 tracked chains have a single store here.

  • Samy's Camera (3)
  • District Camera and Imaging (3)
  • Murphy's Camera (2)
  • Roberts Camera (2)
  • Ace Photo (1)
  • Precision Camera & Video (2)
  • Glazer's Camera (1)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 Bluewater 6
  • 2 Allen's Camera 4
  • 3 The Shutterbug 4
  • 4 Nikys-sports.com 4
  • 5 Cardinal Camera 4
  • 6 PROCAM 3
  • 7 The Camera Shop 3
  • 8 Picture This 3
  • 9 TSS Photography 3
  • 10 Samy's Camera 3
  • 11 District Camera and Imaging 3
  • 12 Picture People 3
  • 13 Norman Camera 2
  • 14 What's for Dinner 2
  • 15 Image Shots 2
  • 16 Town of Palm Beach 2
  • 17 Industrial Color Labs 2
  • 18 Photo Pro 2
  • 19 Wilson Camera 2
  • 20 Links Golf Club 2
  • 21 Old Tyme Portraits 2
  • 22 Wyoming Camera Outfitters 2
  • 23 Dan's Camera City 2
  • 24 Edgewood 2
  • 25 Studio 590 2
  • 26 Iron City Studios 2
  • 27 Elite Photography 2
  • 28 Pro Image Photo 2
  • 29 Noosh Kitchen 2
  • 30 Camera Shy Photography 2
  • 31 Central Studio 2
  • 32 60 Minutes Photo Imaging 2
  • 33 Murphy's Camera 2
  • 34 Roberts Camera 2
  • 35 Precision Camera & Video 2
  • 36 Ft Lauderdale 2
  • 37 The Camera Exchange 2
  • 38 Northern Neck 2
  • 39 Southeastern Camera 2
  • 40 Vengeance 2
  • 41 World Of Photography 2
  • 42 Cashman Brothers 1
  • 43 Cashman Professional 1
  • 44 Katy Freeway 1
  • 45 Arlington Camera 1
  • 46 J. Oates Portrait Design 1
  • 47 Northeast Controls 1
  • 48 Preston Forest Tower 1
  • 49 Photo-60 1
  • 50 Lighthouse Visuals 1

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