Trends · data through September 2026

Ice Cream & Frozen Treats in Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT

Iceflower tracks 96 stores from 64 ice cream & frozen treats in Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT. Rita's Italian Ice & Frozen Custard grew fastest over the last year, ahead of sweetFrog Premium Frozen Yogurt and Dairy Queen.

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
64
Tracked stores
96
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. Rita's Italian Ice & Frozen Custard and sweetFrog Premium Frozen Yogurt sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 R Rita's Italian Ice & Frozen Custard logo Rita's Italian Ice & Frozen Custard - +10.5%
2 S sweetFrog Premium Frozen Yogurt logo sweetFrog Premium Frozen Yogurt - +4.6%
3 D Dairy Queen logo Dairy Queen - -5.8%
4 C Carvel Ice Cream logo Carvel Ice Cream - -7.5%
5 B Ben & Jerry's logo Ben & Jerry's - -16.6%
  • Dairy Queen
  • American Creamery
  • sweetFrog Premium Frozen Yogurt
  • Ben & Jerry's
  • Durham Dari Serv
  • Carvel Ice Cream
  • Sweet Luna's
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

96 tracked store locations in Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Dairy Queen (14)
  • American Creamery (1)
  • sweetFrog Premium Frozen Yogurt (3)
  • Ben & Jerry's (6)
  • Durham Dari Serv (1)
  • Carvel Ice Cream (5)
  • Sweet Luna's (1)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 D Dairy Queen logo Dairy Queen 14
  • 2 B Ben & Jerry's logo Ben & Jerry's 6
  • 3 C Carvel Ice Cream logo Carvel Ice Cream 5
  • 4 R Rita's Italian Ice & Frozen Custard logo Rita's Italian Ice & Frozen Custard 5
  • 5 S sweetFrog Premium Frozen Yogurt logo sweetFrog Premium Frozen Yogurt 3
  • 6 F Frisbie's Dairy Barn 2
  • 7 T The Farmer's Cow Calfe & Creamery 2
  • 8 C Cold Stone Creamery logo Cold Stone Creamery 2
  • 9 K Kiwi Spoon 2
  • 10 A American Creamery 1
  • 11 C Collins Creamery 1
  • 12 P Pat's Main Street Ice Cream 1
  • 13 D Dom's Creamery 1
  • 14 C Cream Time 1
  • 15 H Higgie's Food and Ice Cream 1
  • 16 S Scoops and Sprinkles 1
  • 17 C Capital Ice Cream 1
  • 18 F Froyo Shoppe 1
  • 19 H Hilltop Farm Store and Creamery 1
  • 20 T Tall Man's Homemade Ice Cream 1
  • 21 T The Scoop Ice Cream Cafe 1
  • 22 E Emrey's Specialty Sweets & Sodas 1
  • 23 D Deep River Ice 1
  • 24 D Dairy Cream 1
  • 25 M Menchie's Frozen Yogurt logo Menchie's Frozen Yogurt 1
  • 26 L Lacroix's Homemade Ice Cream 1
  • 27 W Woody's Coffee & Ice Cream 1
  • 28 C Center Scoop 1
  • 29 C Creamy Rolls 1
  • 30 Y YoYo Thai Ice Cream Roll 1
  • 31 D Dickson's Snack Shop 1
  • 32 K Kilwins logo Kilwins 1
  • 33 D Dippin' Dots logo Dippin' Dots 1
  • 34 I Icy Rolls 1
  • 35 T The Caboose Ice Cream Stand 1
  • 36 B Baskin-Robbins logo Baskin-Robbins 1
  • 37 0 0 Degree Middletown 1
  • 38 D Durham Dari Serv 1
  • 39 S Sweet Luna's 1
  • 40 H Honeycone Craft Ice Cream logo Honeycone Craft Ice Cream 1
  • 41 C Cromwell Creamery 1
  • 42 P Praline's Cafe 1
  • 43 M Moodus Ice Cream 1
  • 44 S Scooter Bug's Ice Cream Shop 1
  • 45 H Homestead Farm Dairy 1
  • 46 I Island Vibes Creamery 1
  • 47 R Rich Farm Ice Cream 1
  • 48 H Hallmark Drive-In 1
  • 49 P Praline's Ice Cream 1
  • 50 H HK Dairy Barn 1

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