Trends · data through September 2026

Ice Cream & Frozen Treats in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH

Iceflower tracks 276 stores from 200 ice cream & frozen treats in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH. Rancatore's Ice Cream and Yogurt grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Baskin-Robbins and Menchie's Frozen Yogurt.

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
200
Tracked stores
276
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked ice cream & frozen treats

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. Rancatore's Ice Cream and Yogurt and Baskin-Robbins sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 R Rancatore's Ice Cream and Yogurt - +4.1%
2 B Baskin-Robbins logo Baskin-Robbins ▲1 +2.2%
3 M Menchie's Frozen Yogurt logo Menchie's Frozen Yogurt ▲1 +1.2%
4 D Dairy Queen logo Dairy Queen - -5.6%
5 S sweetFrog Premium Frozen Yogurt logo sweetFrog Premium Frozen Yogurt ▼2 -6.9%
6 C Cold Stone Creamery logo Cold Stone Creamery - -7.8%
7 J J.P. Licks logo J.P. Licks - -7.9%
8 B Ben & Jerry's logo Ben & Jerry's - -11.3%
9 T Tutti Frutti Frozen Yogurt - -17.5%
10 A Abbott's Frozen Custard - -21.9%
  • Dairy Queen
  • J.P. Licks
  • Kimball Farm
  • Ben & Jerry's
  • Van Leeuwen Ice Cream
  • Crescent Ridge Dairy
  • Cold Stone Creamery
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

276 tracked store locations in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Dairy Queen (20)
  • J.P. Licks (10)
  • Kimball Farm (2)
  • Ben & Jerry's (7)
  • Van Leeuwen Ice Cream (4)
  • Crescent Ridge Dairy (1)
  • Cold Stone Creamery (7)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 D Dairy Queen logo Dairy Queen 20
  • 2 J J.P. Licks logo J.P. Licks 10
  • 3 B Ben & Jerry's logo Ben & Jerry's 7
  • 4 C Cold Stone Creamery logo Cold Stone Creamery 7
  • 5 V Van Leeuwen Ice Cream logo Van Leeuwen Ice Cream 4
  • 6 S sweetFrog Premium Frozen Yogurt logo sweetFrog Premium Frozen Yogurt 3
  • 7 A Abbott's Frozen Custard 3
  • 8 B Baskin-Robbins logo Baskin-Robbins 3
  • 9 M Menchie's Frozen Yogurt logo Menchie's Frozen Yogurt 3
  • 10 R Rancatore's Ice Cream and Yogurt 3
  • 11 N New City Microcreamery 3
  • 12 T Tutti Frutti Frozen Yogurt 3
  • 13 O Orange Leaf Frozen Yogurt logo Orange Leaf Frozen Yogurt 2
  • 14 B B's Ice Cream 2
  • 15 F Findeisen's Ice Cream 2
  • 16 A Amorino logo Amorino 2
  • 17 R Ron's Gourmet Ice Cream 2
  • 18 C Captain Dusty's Ice Cream 2
  • 19 T Twist & Shake 2
  • 20 B Boston Stone 2
  • 21 M Moo's Place Homemade Ice Cream 2
  • 22 T The Scoop 'n Scootery 2
  • 23 E Emack & Bolio's 2
  • 24 B Bedford Farms Ice Cream 2
  • 25 K Kimball Farm 2
  • 26 T The Scoop N Scootery 2
  • 27 S Stillwells Ice Cream 2
  • 28 K Kilwins logo Kilwins 2
  • 29 F Frosty Ice Cream 2
  • 30 B BerryLine 2
  • 31 H Holy Cow Ice Cream 2
  • 32 D Dover Delite 1
  • 33 F Foleys Ice Cream Shoppe 1
  • 34 D Dairy Freeze 1
  • 35 S Sweeties 1
  • 36 H Hodgies Too of Newburyport 1
  • 37 D Delini Gelato 1
  • 38 D Dr Davis Ice Cream 1
  • 39 P Park Street Ice Cream Shoppe 1
  • 40 M Mike's Ice Cream Stand 1
  • 41 K Kwality Norwood 1
  • 42 C Center Scoop 1
  • 43 I I Love Milkshakes 1
  • 44 F Furlong's Candies & Ice Cream 1
  • 45 C Cows Rock Ice Cream 1
  • 46 W Whippin Good 1
  • 47 N Natural Fruttiberri 1
  • 48 G Guido's Ice Cream and More 1
  • 49 B Broadway Dairy Maid 1
  • 50 J Jamie's Ice Cream Co. 1

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