Trends · data through September 2026

Ice Cream & Frozen Treats in Maine

Iceflower tracks 169 stores from 131 ice cream & frozen treats in Maine. Ben & Jerry's grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Beal's Ice Cream 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
131
Tracked stores
169
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. Ben & Jerry's and Beal's Ice Cream sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 B Ben & Jerry's logo Ben & Jerry's - -3.5%
2 B Beal's Ice Cream - -7.4%
3 D Dairy Queen logo Dairy Queen - -10.1%
4 D Dairy Joy - -85.3%
  • Dairy Queen
  • Fielder's Choice Ice Cream
  • The Ice Cream Shoppe
  • Gelato Fiasco
  • Big Daddy's Ice Cream
  • Tastee Freez
  • Fielder's Choice
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

169 tracked store locations in Maine. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Dairy Queen (23)
  • Fielder's Choice Ice Cream (5)
  • The Ice Cream Shoppe (2)
  • Gelato Fiasco (1)
  • Big Daddy's Ice Cream (1)
  • Tastee Freez (1)
  • Fielder's Choice (1)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 D Dairy Queen logo Dairy Queen 23
  • 2 F Fielder's Choice Ice Cream 5
  • 3 B Beal's Ice Cream 4
  • 4 D Dairy Joy 3
  • 5 B Ben & Jerry's logo Ben & Jerry's 3
  • 6 T The Ice Cream Shoppe 2
  • 7 V Village Scoop 2
  • 8 W Wild Cow Creamery 2
  • 9 M Mount Desert Island Ice Cream 2
  • 10 B Beal's Old Fashioned Ice Cream 2
  • 11 R Raymond's Frozen Custard 1
  • 12 P Pine Tree Frosty 1
  • 13 T The Gazebo 1
  • 14 T Thurston and Peters Sugarhouse 1
  • 15 A Aunt Marie's 1
  • 16 S Sprinkles On Top 1
  • 17 M Maine Street Creamery 1
  • 18 L Love at First Light Gift Shop & Ice Cream Stop 1
  • 19 B Butterfield's Ice Cream 1
  • 20 S Softie Delite 1
  • 21 R Richards' Dairy Delight 1
  • 22 D Double D’s Dairy Cup 1
  • 23 F Freya's 1
  • 24 T Toots Ice Cream 1
  • 25 A Acadia Outdoor Center 1
  • 26 C Causeway Dairy Bar 1
  • 27 L Long Lake Creamery 1
  • 28 D Dark Harbor Shop 1
  • 29 N Northland Dairy Treat 1
  • 30 C Craig's Clam Shop 1
  • 31 H Hero's Take Out & Dairy Bar 1
  • 32 F Froagie's Ice Cream 1
  • 33 F Frosty Delite 1
  • 34 W Willard Scoops 1
  • 35 P Pugnuts Ice Cream Shop 1
  • 36 C Caddy's Ice Cream 1
  • 37 S Stonington Ice Cream Company 1
  • 38 B Blanchard's Creamery 1
  • 39 H Harbor Ice Cream 1
  • 40 S Super Scoops Ice Cream 1
  • 41 S Sunny's Scoops 1
  • 42 S Sticky Sweet 1
  • 43 S Spencer's Ice Cream 1
  • 44 S Smithfield Ice Cream Place 1
  • 45 L Lulu's Ice Cream 1
  • 46 I Island Dairy Treat 1
  • 47 B Betty's Ice Cream 1
  • 48 A Anderson's Mill Pond Dairy Bar 1
  • 49 S Sarah's Scoops 1
  • 50 B Bloomers Ice Cream and Coffee Bar 1

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