Trends · data through September 2026

Arcades in the United States

Iceflower tracks 1,120 stores from 964 arcade chains in the United States. Fun Factory grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Cidercade and Gameday.

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
964
Tracked stores
1,120
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked arcade chains

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. Fun Factory and Cidercade sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 F Fun Factory ▲1 +8.2%
2 C Cidercade - +3.5%
3 G Gameday ▲2 +2.9%
4 N Nickelmania - +0.6%
5 C Cyber Quest - -4.0%
6 N Nickel City - -4.1%
7 T Time Out - -7.5%
8 T The Coliseum - -7.8%
9 A Apex Entertainment logo Apex Entertainment - -8.7%
10 K Ka-Ko Jo's - -9.3%
11 A Arcade Monsters logo Arcade Monsters - -10.3%
12 F F1 Arcade logo F1 Arcade ▼1 -13.4%
13 L Level Up Arcade ▲1 -15.0%
14 F Free Play Arcade ▼1 -15.5%
15 B Boomers! logo Boomers! ▼1 -19.3%
  • Apex Entertainment
  • Jenkinson's Boardwalk
  • Cidercade
  • Arcade Monsters
  • Fun Factory
  • Pinheads & Alley's Alehouse
  • Supercharged Entertainment
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

1,120 tracked store locations in the United States. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Apex Entertainment (3)
  • Jenkinson's Boardwalk (1)
  • Cidercade (5)
  • Arcade Monsters (5)
  • Fun Factory (16)
  • Pinheads & Alley's Alehouse (1)
  • Supercharged Entertainment (2)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 F Fun Factory 16
  • 2 C Cyber Quest 13
  • 3 A Arcade 8
  • 4 T Time Out 5
  • 5 C Cidercade 5
  • 6 A Arcade Monsters logo Arcade Monsters 5
  • 7 L Level Up Arcade 5
  • 8 F Free Play Arcade 5
  • 9 Y YesterCades 4
  • 10 N Nickel City 4
  • 11 C Coin-Op Game Room 3
  • 12 G Gameday 3
  • 13 E Extreme Fun Center 3
  • 14 B Boomers! logo Boomers! 3
  • 15 G Grand Slam USA 3
  • 16 W Wunderland logo Wunderland 3
  • 17 A Adrenaline Rush 3
  • 18 K Ka-Ko Jo's 3
  • 19 T The Coliseum 3
  • 20 N Nickelmania 3
  • 21 A Apex Entertainment logo Apex Entertainment 3
  • 22 F F1 Arcade logo F1 Arcade 3
  • 23 B Big Sky Arcadia 3
  • 24 P Party Safari 2
  • 25 S Space Adventure 2
  • 26 S Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk logo Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk 2
  • 27 A Arcade City Gatlinburg 2
  • 28 N NickelCade 2
  • 29 D Destination Fun 2
  • 30 T The Claw Factory 2
  • 31 T Tilted 10 2
  • 32 O Old North Arcade 2
  • 33 V VR1 Arcade logo VR1 Arcade 2
  • 34 P Playland Arcade logo Playland Arcade 2
  • 35 C Claw Zone 2
  • 36 T The Workz 2
  • 37 T Tilt 2
  • 38 A Angel Island Fun Park 2
  • 39 B Boardwalk Arcade 2
  • 40 T The Magic Castle logo The Magic Castle 2
  • 41 S Supercharged Entertainment logo Supercharged Entertainment 2
  • 42 G Gatcha 2
  • 43 E Elev8 Fun logo Elev8 Fun 2
  • 44 F Fat Daddy's Arcade 2
  • 45 J Jungle Fun Island 1
  • 46 F Flippers Arcade & Lasertag 1
  • 47 L Laser Storm Pittsburgh 1
  • 48 C Cluggy's Amusement Center 1
  • 49 L Lost Worlds Adventures 1
  • 50 K Kokomo Joe's Family Fun Center-St. Peters 1

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