Trends · data through September 2026

Places of Learning in the United States

Iceflower tracks 3,159 stores from 2,999 place of learning chains in the United States.

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
2,999
Tracked stores
3,159
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked place of learning 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. School and Public Works sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 School - +3.9%
2 Public Works - -4.4%
  • New Hanover County ABC
  • Littleton
  • Norton University
  • Penn State Housing & Food Services
  • Lee's Academy
  • Butler Technology and Career Development
  • School
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

3,159 tracked store locations in the United States. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted. The top 5 chains by store count run 16 of the 3,159 stores (0.5%); 2,870 of the 2,999 tracked chains have a single store here.

  • New Hanover County ABC (1)
  • Littleton (2)
  • Norton University (1)
  • Penn State Housing & Food Services (1)
  • Lee's Academy (1)
  • Butler Technology and Career Development (1)
  • School (4)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 School 4
  • 2 Pierce College 3
  • 3 Madison College 3
  • 4 Illinois State University 3
  • 5 Public Works 3
  • 6 Denver Public Schools 2
  • 7 University of San Francisco 2
  • 8 Lakota Local School District 2
  • 9 Campbell University 2
  • 10 Michigan Union 2
  • 11 White Hall 2
  • 12 Greenville Technical College 2
  • 13 Hilliard City Schools 2
  • 14 St. Aloysius School 2
  • 15 University of West Florida 2
  • 16 Trine University 2
  • 17 Snowflake 2
  • 18 Evangel Christian Academy 2
  • 19 Park District Of Oak Park 2
  • 20 Idaho Falls 2
  • 21 Wentworth Institute of Technology 2
  • 22 Littleton 2
  • 23 Moraine Valley Community College 2
  • 24 Northland Christian School 2
  • 25 South County 2
  • 26 Rowan University 2
  • 27 American Heritage Schools 2
  • 28 Xavier University of Louisiana 2
  • 29 Russell Sage College 2
  • 30 Boulder 2
  • 31 Word of Life Christian Academy 2
  • 32 RI Drivers Permit 1
  • 33 Osceola Christian Academy 1
  • 34 Richardson ISD 1
  • 35 Montverde Academy 1
  • 36 Vancleave Schools Administrative Office 1
  • 37 Town of Old Orchard Beach 1
  • 38 Pcc Guardian 1
  • 39 Academy DA 1
  • 40 Rehoboth Christian School 1
  • 41 Sevier School District Office 1
  • 42 UConn Athletic Development Office 1
  • 43 YWAM Kona 1
  • 44 Alcuin School 1
  • 45 Motlow College 1
  • 46 Bethesda Lacrosse 1
  • 47 Dixie Technical College 1
  • 48 Mentor Public Schools 1
  • 49 Osseo Area Schools 1
  • 50 Cornell Comparative Pain 1

More trends

Ready to see your market clearly?

Create an account, pick a plan, and explore your merchants, competitors and customers the way they actually behave.