Trends · data through July 2026

Arcades in the United States

Iceflower tracks 537 stores from 424 arcades chains in the United States. Apex Entertainment grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Ryan Family Amusements and Cidercade.

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
424
Tracked stores
537
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked arcades 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. Apex Entertainment and Ryan Family Amusements sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 A Apex Entertainment logo Apex Entertainment - +15.4%
2 R Ryan Family Amusements ▲3 +12.8%
3 C Cidercade ▲1 +2.6%
4 C Cyber Quest ▲1 -2.1%
5 T Tilt Studio ▲1 -4.4%
6 T The Portal ▲1 -7.3%
7 A Arcade ▲1 -8.4%
8 Z Zap Zone logo Zap Zone - -10.7%
9 A Adventure Landing logo Adventure Landing - -13.9%
10 N Nickel City - -14.8%
11 A Arcade Monsters logo Arcade Monsters ▼1 -18.1%
12 F Free Play Arcade ▼1 -19.7%
13 B Bounce House - -22.9%
14 Y YesterCades - -23.2%
15 M Main Event ▼1 -33.6%
  • Apex Entertainment
  • Round One Entertainment
  • Jenkinson's Boardwalk
  • Cidercade
  • Supercharged Entertainment
  • Main Event
  • Tilt Studio
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

537 tracked store locations in the United States. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Apex Entertainment (3)
  • Round One Entertainment (2)
  • Jenkinson's Boardwalk (1)
  • Cidercade (5)
  • Supercharged Entertainment (2)
  • Main Event (10)
  • Tilt Studio (14)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 T Tilt Studio 14
  • 2 M Main Event 10
  • 3 C Cyber Quest 8
  • 4 F Fun Factory 8
  • 5 Z Zap Zone logo Zap Zone 8
  • 6 A Adventure Landing logo Adventure Landing 6
  • 7 R Ryan Family Amusements 6
  • 8 A Arcade Monsters logo Arcade Monsters 5
  • 9 C Cidercade 5
  • 10 F Free Play Arcade 5
  • 11 B Bounce House 4
  • 12 Y YesterCades 4
  • 13 N Nickel City 4
  • 14 G Grand Slam USA 3
  • 15 G Game Over 3
  • 16 T The Portal 3
  • 17 A Arcade 3
  • 18 A Apex Entertainment logo Apex Entertainment 3
  • 19 N Nickelmania 3
  • 20 F F1 Arcade logo F1 Arcade 3
  • 21 R Round One Entertainment logo Round One Entertainment 2
  • 22 C Coin-Op Game Room 2
  • 23 T Timeline Arcade 2
  • 24 G Gameday 2
  • 25 O Ocean5 2
  • 26 A All Star Sports 2
  • 27 N NickelCade 2
  • 28 T Time Out 2
  • 29 T The Magic Castle logo The Magic Castle 2
  • 30 A Arcade City Gatlinburg 2
  • 31 S Stop N Play 2
  • 32 T The Coliseum 2
  • 33 T Tilt 2
  • 34 O Old North Arcade 2
  • 35 D Destination Fun 2
  • 36 S Supercharged Entertainment logo Supercharged Entertainment 2
  • 37 E Elev8 Fun logo Elev8 Fun 2
  • 38 T Tilted 10 2
  • 39 G Gatcha 2
  • 40 B Boomers! logo Boomers! 2
  • 41 F Fat Daddy's Arcade 2
  • 42 C Cluggy's Amusement Center 1
  • 43 L Laugh Out Loud Stations 1
  • 44 N NickelRama 1
  • 45 A Arcade Mania 1
  • 46 P Past Times Pinball & Video Arcade 1
  • 47 R Radioactive Pinball Arcade 1
  • 48 A Angel Island Fun Park 1
  • 49 T The Garcade 1
  • 50 G Gamers Heaven 1

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