Trends · data through September 2026

Zoos in the United States

Iceflower tracks 596 stores from 540 zoo chains in the United States. Cincinnati Zoo grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Central Florida Zoo and Nashville Zoo.

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
540
Tracked stores
596
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked zoo 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. Cincinnati Zoo and Central Florida Zoo sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 Cincinnati Zoo - +17.5%
2 Central Florida Zoo - +4.8%
3 Nashville Zoo ▲2 +4.4%
4 Reid Park Zoo ▲1 +2.4%
5 Green Meadows Petting Farm ▲1 +0.1%
6 Milwaukee County Zoo ▼1 -6.7%
7 Alligator Alley ▼2 -21.8%
8 Zoo Atlanta - -24.1%
9 Philadelphia Zoo ▼1 -39.4%
10 Jacksonville Zoo and Botanical Gardens - -57.1%
  • Cincinnati Zoo
  • San Diego Zoo
  • Indianapolis Zoo
  • Denver Zoo
  • Louisville Zoo
  • Nashville Zoo
  • Brookfield Zoo
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

596 tracked store locations in the United States. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted. The top 5 chains by store count run 17 of the 596 stores (3%); 499 of the 540 tracked chains have a single store here.

  • Cincinnati Zoo (4)
  • San Diego Zoo (2)
  • Indianapolis Zoo (3)
  • Denver Zoo (2)
  • Louisville Zoo (1)
  • Nashville Zoo (3)
  • Brookfield Zoo (1)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 Cincinnati Zoo 4
  • 2 Green Meadows Petting Farm 4
  • 3 Indianapolis Zoo 3
  • 4 Jacksonville Zoo and Botanical Gardens 3
  • 5 Nashville Zoo 3
  • 6 Alligator Alley 3
  • 7 Milwaukee County Zoo 3
  • 8 Zoo Atlanta 3
  • 9 Philadelphia Zoo 3
  • 10 Reid Park Zoo 3
  • 11 Central Florida Zoo 3
  • 12 Kansas City Zoo & Aquarium 3
  • 13 Living Treasures Wild Animal Park 2
  • 14 The Wilds 2
  • 15 Maui Ocean Center 2
  • 16 San Francisco Zoo 2
  • 17 Wild Animal Safari 2
  • 18 Natural Bridge Wildlife Ranch 2
  • 19 The Living Desert 2
  • 20 Virginia Zoo 2
  • 21 Oregon Zoo 2
  • 22 Oklahoma City Zoo 2
  • 23 Tulsa Zoo 2
  • 24 The Wild Animal Sanctuary 2
  • 25 ABQ BioPark 2
  • 26 Caldwell Zoo 2
  • 27 San Diego Safari Park 2
  • 28 The Reptile Zoo 2
  • 29 Seneca Park Zoo 2
  • 30 Oakland Zoo 2
  • 31 Fort Worth Zoo 2
  • 32 Phoenix Zoo 2
  • 33 San Diego Zoo 2
  • 34 Columbus Zoo 2
  • 35 Denver Zoo 2
  • 36 Toledo Zoo 2
  • 37 Dallas Zoo 2
  • 38 Tennessee Safari Park 1
  • 39 Broadway Zoological Park 1
  • 40 Claws 'N' Paws Wild Animal Park 1
  • 41 Karen Beasley Sea Turtle Rescue and Rehabilitation Center 1
  • 42 Animal EDventure Park 1
  • 43 Little Crooked Creek Safari 1
  • 44 Louisville Zoo 1
  • 45 Sfo Zoo 1
  • 46 Babby Farms 1
  • 47 Tanganyika Wildlife Park 1
  • 48 Twin Falls Zoological Center 1
  • 49 Texas Zoofari Park 1
  • 50 Sequoia Park Zoo 1

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