Trends · data through September 2026

Ice Cream & Frozen Treats in Pittsburgh, PA

Iceflower tracks 239 stores from 124 ice cream & frozen treats in Pittsburgh, PA. Rita's Italian Ice & Frozen Custard grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Bruster's Real 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
124
Tracked stores
239
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 Bruster's Real Ice Cream 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 - +5.1%
2 B Bruster's Real Ice Cream logo Bruster's Real Ice Cream - +4.0%
3 D Dairy Queen logo Dairy Queen - +0.6%
4 H Handel's Homemade Ice Cream logo Handel's Homemade Ice Cream - -6.1%
5 T The Meadows Original Frozen Custard logo The Meadows Original Frozen Custard - -6.5%
6 M MilkShake Factory - -10.8%
7 M Millie's logo Millie's - -15.5%
  • Dairy Queen
  • MilkShake Factory
  • Rita's Italian Ice & Frozen Custard
  • Bruster's Real Ice Cream
  • The Meadows Original Frozen Custard
  • Baskin-Robbins
  • Page Dairy Mart
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

239 tracked store locations in Pittsburgh, PA. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Dairy Queen (64)
  • MilkShake Factory (3)
  • Rita's Italian Ice & Frozen Custard (19)
  • Bruster's Real Ice Cream (10)
  • The Meadows Original Frozen Custard (4)
  • Baskin-Robbins (6)
  • Page Dairy Mart (1)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 D Dairy Queen logo Dairy Queen 64
  • 2 R Rita's Italian Ice & Frozen Custard logo Rita's Italian Ice & Frozen Custard 19
  • 3 B Bruster's Real Ice Cream logo Bruster's Real Ice Cream 10
  • 4 B Baskin-Robbins logo Baskin-Robbins 6
  • 5 M Millie's logo Millie's 6
  • 6 T The Meadows Original Frozen Custard logo The Meadows Original Frozen Custard 4
  • 7 M MilkShake Factory 3
  • 8 H Handel's Homemade Ice Cream logo Handel's Homemade Ice Cream 3
  • 9 J Jerry's Custard 2
  • 10 K Kool Cones 2
  • 11 M Millie's Homemade Ice Cream 2
  • 12 G Glen's Frozen Custard 2
  • 13 C Cold Stone Creamery logo Cold Stone Creamery 2
  • 14 S Sincerely Yogurt 2
  • 15 G Graeter's Ice Cream logo Graeter's Ice Cream 2
  • 16 S Sub Zero Nitrogen Ice Cream logo Sub Zero Nitrogen Ice Cream 2
  • 17 S Sugar Spell Scoops 1
  • 18 P Papa Gelateria 1
  • 19 D Debbie Lee's Delight 1
  • 20 S Simply Yogurt 1
  • 21 J Jackson Farms Dairy 1
  • 22 T The Shake Shop 1
  • 23 W Wu's Shaved Ice 1
  • 24 M Millie's Homemade logo Millie's Homemade 1
  • 25 5 512 Coffee and Ice Cream 1
  • 26 L Lees Ice Cream 1
  • 27 E Edwards Soft Serve 1
  • 28 C Christy Park Cones 1
  • 29 T Treasure Box Nutrition & Treats 1
  • 30 T The Twist 1
  • 31 I I Scream Shop 1
  • 32 L Latrobe Cone Zone 1
  • 33 F Frosty's Frozen Delights 1
  • 34 B Barkley's Derry King 1
  • 35 H Holy Sundae 1
  • 36 K Kristin's Ice Cream Korner 1
  • 37 S Shmily's 1
  • 38 S Simple Sugars 1
  • 39 B Betsy's Ice Cream 1
  • 40 D Dell's Sundae Grill 1
  • 41 H Happy Day Dessert Factory 1
  • 42 T Treat Down The Street 1
  • 43 N NatuRoll Creamery Cranberry 1
  • 44 N NatuRoll Creamery 1
  • 45 G Granny and Peepaw's Ice Corner 1
  • 46 G Gilbert's Creamery 1
  • 47 C Crave Frozen Desserts 1
  • 48 S Scoops on the Blvd 1
  • 49 T Twisters Ice Cream 1
  • 50 T The Ice Creamery 1

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