Trends · data through September 2026

Ice Cream & Frozen Treats in Kentucky

Iceflower tracks 324 stores from 117 ice cream & frozen treats in Kentucky. Whit's Frozen Custard grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Cold Stone Creamery and Baskin-Robbins.

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
117
Tracked stores
324
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. Whit's Frozen Custard and Cold Stone Creamery sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 W Whit's Frozen Custard logo Whit's Frozen Custard - +16.4%
2 C Cold Stone Creamery logo Cold Stone Creamery - +12.1%
3 B Baskin-Robbins logo Baskin-Robbins - +1.1%
4 D Dairy Queen logo Dairy Queen - +0.3%
5 S Spotz Gelato - -2.8%
6 G Graeter's Ice Cream logo Graeter's Ice Cream - -3.7%
7 P Pelican's SnoBalls logo Pelican's SnoBalls - -3.7%
8 B Bruster's Real Ice Cream logo Bruster's Real Ice Cream - -22.6%
  • Dairy Queen
  • Graeter's Ice Cream
  • Baskin-Robbins
  • Graeter's
  • Cold Stone Creamery
  • Orange Leaf Frozen Yogurt
  • Panchitos Ice Cream
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

324 tracked store locations in Kentucky. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Dairy Queen (146)
  • Graeter's Ice Cream (14)
  • Baskin-Robbins (22)
  • Graeter's (2)
  • Cold Stone Creamery (11)
  • Orange Leaf Frozen Yogurt (2)
  • Panchitos Ice Cream (2)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 D Dairy Queen logo Dairy Queen 146
  • 2 B Baskin-Robbins logo Baskin-Robbins 22
  • 3 G Graeter's Ice Cream logo Graeter's Ice Cream 14
  • 4 C Cold Stone Creamery logo Cold Stone Creamery 11
  • 5 S Spotz Gelato 5
  • 6 W Whit's Frozen Custard logo Whit's Frozen Custard 3
  • 7 P Pelican's SnoBalls logo Pelican's SnoBalls 3
  • 8 B Bruster's Real Ice Cream logo Bruster's Real Ice Cream 3
  • 9 L La Michoacana 2
  • 10 M Menchie's Frozen Yogurt logo Menchie's Frozen Yogurt 2
  • 11 T The Comfy Cow 2
  • 12 P Panchitos Ice Cream 2
  • 13 O Orange Leaf Frozen Yogurt logo Orange Leaf Frozen Yogurt 2
  • 14 G GiGi's Homemade Ice Cream 2
  • 15 G Gelato Gilberto logo Gelato Gilberto 2
  • 16 G Graeter's logo Graeter's 2
  • 17 U Uncle Steph's Ice Cream and Eats 1
  • 18 S Southern Fire & Ice 1
  • 19 R Rita's Italian Ice & Frozen Custard logo Rita's Italian Ice & Frozen Custard 1
  • 20 D Dari-Crest 1
  • 21 J Joe Brett’s Ice Cream 1
  • 22 L La Michoacana Antojitos 1
  • 23 T The Big MOO 1
  • 24 H Heather's Homemade Ice Cream 1
  • 25 B BIG Wally’s Ice Cream & More 1
  • 26 4 4 Generations 1
  • 27 S Sugar Tree Sweet Shop 1
  • 28 M Mi Michoacana 1
  • 29 S Summer Snow Shaved Ice LLC 1
  • 30 S Swirl's Frozen Yogurt 1
  • 31 J Jen's General Store 1
  • 32 L La Real Michoacana 1
  • 33 C Cool Treats 1
  • 34 T The Creative Cow LLC 1
  • 35 T Tropical Ice Cream 1
  • 36 G Glasgow City Creamery 1
  • 37 S Sav's Chill 1
  • 38 L Latinus 1 Stop 1
  • 39 R Rowlett's Milkhouse Creamery 1
  • 40 G Goode’s Riverside Creamery 1
  • 41 S Steph's Uptown Swag 1
  • 42 R Ricolandia llc 1
  • 43 I In & Out Dairy and Bait 1
  • 44 H Henderson Fuel Ice Cream Stand 1
  • 45 F Frozen In Time 1
  • 46 F Frozen Flakes 1
  • 47 D Daddy Yos 1
  • 48 M Moody Cows 1
  • 49 S Summer Sno 1
  • 50 T Tropical Treats 1

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