Trends · data through September 2026

Ice Cream & Frozen Treats in the United Kingdom

Iceflower tracks 765 stores from 549 ice cream & frozen treats in the United Kingdom. Rassams Creamery grew fastest over the last year, ahead of The Cow and Di Meo's.

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
549
Tracked stores
765
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. Rassams Creamery and The Cow sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 R Rassams Creamery logo Rassams Creamery ▲2 +12.1%
2 T The Cow - +5.8%
3 D Di Meo's logo Di Meo's ▲1 +1.5%
4 S Snowflake Luxury Gelato logo Snowflake Luxury Gelato - -1.3%
5 B Ben & Jerry's logo Ben & Jerry's - -2.7%
6 H Hive ▲1 -2.7%
7 M Mauds - -2.9%
8 M Mauds Ice-Cream ▲2 -5.7%
9 O Oddono's Gelati logo Oddono's Gelati ▼1 -6.4%
10 J Joe's Ice Cream logo Joe's Ice Cream ▲2 -6.5%
11 C Creams logo Creams - -7.3%
12 S Sundaes Gelato logo Sundaes Gelato ▲3 -7.5%
13 C Cadwaladers logo Cadwaladers - -11.2%
14 B badiani1932 - -12.9%
15 B Baskin-Robbins logo Baskin-Robbins - -13.5%
  • Creams
  • Yummies
  • Afters Original
  • Cadwaladers
  • Cheshire Farm Ice Cream
  • Snowflake Luxury Gelato
  • The Cow
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

765 tracked store locations in the United Kingdom. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Creams (67)
  • Yummies (9)
  • Afters Original (3)
  • Cadwaladers (7)
  • Cheshire Farm Ice Cream (2)
  • Snowflake Luxury Gelato (7)
  • The Cow (4)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 C Creams logo Creams 67
  • 2 B Baskin-Robbins logo Baskin-Robbins 11
  • 3 Y Yummies 9
  • 4 C Cadwaladers logo Cadwaladers 7
  • 5 S Snowflake Luxury Gelato logo Snowflake Luxury Gelato 7
  • 6 I Ice Cream 7
  • 7 S Scooperb logo Scooperb 7
  • 8 S Sprinkles Gelato logo Sprinkles Gelato 6
  • 9 F Frurt 6
  • 10 S Sundaes Gelato logo Sundaes Gelato 6
  • 11 S Scoops 6
  • 12 F Flavours 6
  • 13 R Rassams Creamery logo Rassams Creamery 6
  • 14 M Mauds Ice-Cream 6
  • 15 I Ice Cream Parlour 5
  • 16 B badiani1932 5
  • 17 B Ben & Jerry's logo Ben & Jerry's 4
  • 18 N Nugelato logo Nugelato 4
  • 19 M Mauds 4
  • 20 I Icestone Desserts logo Icestone Desserts 4
  • 21 S Spoon Street logo Spoon Street 4
  • 22 T The Cow 4
  • 23 H Hive 4
  • 24 D Di Meo's logo Di Meo's 3
  • 25 O Oddono's Gelati logo Oddono's Gelati 3
  • 26 A Afters Original 3
  • 27 A Amorino logo Amorino 3
  • 28 S Sweet Spot 3
  • 29 H Harpers 3
  • 30 S Sweeties 3
  • 31 J Joe's Ice Cream logo Joe's Ice Cream 3
  • 32 F Frizza Caffe Gelato 2
  • 33 T The Ice Cream Parlour 2
  • 34 T The Scoop 2
  • 35 G Gelato Village 2
  • 36 R Rossi Ice Cream logo Rossi Ice Cream 2
  • 37 B Bru logo Bru 2
  • 38 C Cream logo Cream 2
  • 39 R Red Boat Ice Cream Parlour 2
  • 40 C Cheshire Farm Ice Cream 2
  • 41 A AL Gelato 2
  • 42 A As You Like It 2
  • 43 S Scrumptious 2
  • 44 S Spinners 2
  • 45 L La Gelatiera logo La Gelatiera 2
  • 46 H Holdens & Co. 2
  • 47 O Oddono's logo Oddono's 2
  • 48 M Mamasons 2
  • 49 M Miele's Gelateria 2
  • 50 C Candy Floss Creperie 2

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