Trends · data through July 2026

Bowling Alleys in the United States

Iceflower tracks 1,877 stores from 1,377 bowling alleys chains in the United States. Alley Cats Entertainment grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Station 300 and Round1.

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
1,377
Tracked stores
1,877
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked bowling alleys 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. Alley Cats Entertainment and Station 300 sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 A Alley Cats Entertainment ▲2 +14.4%
2 S Station 300 ▲2 +14.1%
3 R Round1 logo Round1 - +12.0%
4 A All Star Bowling and Entertainment ▲1 +11.0%
5 H Holiday Lanes ▲4 +8.1%
6 8 810 Billiards & Bowling logo 810 Billiards & Bowling ▲2 +7.0%
7 U Uptown Alley ▲2 +4.6%
8 N Northside Lanes ▲2 +4.5%
9 A AMF Bowling Co. logo AMF Bowling Co. ▲1 +3.0%
10 I Imperial Lanes - +1.6%
11 L Lucky Strike logo Lucky Strike ▲1 +1.1%
12 S Spare Time logo Spare Time ▲1 -0.1%
13 B Bowl America logo Bowl America ▼1 -0.1%
14 P Plaza Lanes - -0.9%
15 P Pinz Bowling Center - -1.0%
  • Round1
  • Bowlero
  • AMF Bowling Co.
  • Spare Time
  • Nellis 300 Lanes Bowling Alley
  • Stars and Strikes Family Entertainment Centers
  • Fat Cats
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

1,877 tracked store locations in the United States. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Round1 (49)
  • Bowlero (139)
  • AMF Bowling Co. (56)
  • Spare Time (21)
  • Nellis 300 Lanes Bowling Alley (1)
  • Stars and Strikes Family Entertainment Centers (14)
  • Fat Cats (7)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 B Bowlero logo Bowlero 139
  • 2 A AMF Bowling Co. logo AMF Bowling Co. 56
  • 3 R Round1 logo Round1 49
  • 4 S Spare Time logo Spare Time 21
  • 5 S Stars and Strikes Family Entertainment Centers logo Stars and Strikes Family Entertainment Centers 14
  • 6 L Lucky Strike logo Lucky Strike 12
  • 7 B Bowl America logo Bowl America 10
  • 8 8 810 Billiards & Bowling logo 810 Billiards & Bowling 8
  • 9 F Fat Cats logo Fat Cats 7
  • 10 H Holiday Lanes 7
  • 11 K King Pin Lanes 7
  • 12 R RollHouse Solon logo RollHouse Solon 6
  • 13 P Plaza Lanes 6
  • 14 B Brunswick Zone 5
  • 15 S Sunset Lanes Inc 5
  • 16 S Sunset Bowl 5
  • 17 C Classic Lanes 5
  • 18 P PINSTACK logo PINSTACK 5
  • 19 T Thunderbird Lanes 4
  • 20 S Spins Bowl logo Spins Bowl 4
  • 21 S Southern Lanes 4
  • 22 P Pinz Bowling Center 4
  • 23 A Alley Cats Entertainment 4
  • 24 W Western Bowl 4
  • 25 S Station 300 4
  • 26 B Buffaloe Lanes 4
  • 27 A All Star Bowling and Entertainment 3
  • 28 U Uptown Alley 3
  • 29 P Parkside Lanes 3
  • 30 I Imperial Lanes 3
  • 31 T The Bowling Alley 3
  • 32 T Thunderbowl Lanes 3
  • 33 P Pin Chasers logo Pin Chasers 3
  • 34 T Ten Pin Alley 3
  • 35 N Northside Lanes 3
  • 36 F Flamingo Bowl 3
  • 37 R River City Lanes 2
  • 38 B Bama Lanes 2
  • 39 R River Lanes 2
  • 40 J Jack & Jill Lanes 2
  • 41 E Evergreen Lanes 2
  • 42 C Centennial Lanes 2
  • 43 B Bowling 2
  • 44 O Orange Bowl Lanes 2
  • 45 B Bowl 360 Strike City 2
  • 46 E Eastgate Lanes 2
  • 47 P Pin Strikes 2
  • 48 O Oasis Lanes 2
  • 49 E Emerald Lanes 2
  • 50 S Strike 10 Bowling 2

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