Trends · data through September 2026

Bowling Alleys in the United States

Iceflower tracks 2,731 stores from 2,297 bowling alley chains in the United States. Highland Lanes grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Thunderbird Lanes and Strikers.

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
2,297
Tracked stores
2,731
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked bowling alley 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. Highland Lanes and Thunderbird Lanes sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 H Highland Lanes ▲1 +19.8%
2 T Thunderbird Lanes ▲7 +15.9%
3 S Strikers ▼1 +13.4%
4 S Station 300 ▲1 +8.3%
5 N Northside Lanes ▲6 +7.4%
6 N North Bowl - +4.8%
7 T Thunderbowl Lanes ▲1 +3.6%
8 E Evergreen Lanes ▲2 +3.4%
9 C Classic Lanes ▲1 +3.3%
10 C Classic Bowl - +2.5%
11 C Centennial Lanes ▲2 +0.9%
12 F Flamingo Bowl ▲2 -0.9%
13 I Imperial Lanes - -1.0%
14 P Pin Chasers logo Pin Chasers - -1.0%
15 K King Pin Lanes ▲2 -1.1%
  • AMF Bowling Co.
  • All Star Bowling and Entertainment
  • Uptown Alley
  • Bowl America
  • Maple Lanes
  • Splitsville - Disney Springs
  • All Star Lanes & Casino
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

2,731 tracked store locations in the United States. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • AMF Bowling Co. (70)
  • All Star Bowling and Entertainment (3)
  • Uptown Alley (3)
  • Bowl America (9)
  • Maple Lanes (4)
  • Splitsville - Disney Springs (1)
  • All Star Lanes & Casino (1)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 A AMF Bowling Co. logo AMF Bowling Co. 70
  • 2 K King Pin Lanes 9
  • 3 B Bowl America logo Bowl America 9
  • 4 C Classic Lanes 8
  • 5 H Holiday Lanes 8
  • 6 S Sunset Bowl 7
  • 7 P Plaza Lanes 7
  • 8 W Western Bowl 5
  • 9 T Thunderbird Lanes 5
  • 10 E Evergreen Lanes 4
  • 11 B Buffaloe Lanes 4
  • 12 S Station 300 4
  • 13 L Lakeview Lanes 4
  • 14 A Alley Cats Entertainment 4
  • 15 T The Bowling Alley 4
  • 16 S Southern Lanes 4
  • 17 B Brooklyn Bowl logo Brooklyn Bowl 4
  • 18 I Imperial Lanes 4
  • 19 M Maple Lanes 4
  • 20 S Strikers 4
  • 21 N Northside Lanes 3
  • 22 F Flamingo Bowl 3
  • 23 C Centennial Lanes 3
  • 24 T Ten Pin Alley 3
  • 25 T Thunderbowl Lanes 3
  • 26 C Classic Bowl 3
  • 27 N North Bowl 3
  • 28 S Stardust Bowl 3
  • 29 H Highland Lanes 3
  • 30 U Uptown Alley 3
  • 31 P Pin Chasers logo Pin Chasers 3
  • 32 S Spare Time Texas 3
  • 33 C Cypress Lanes 3
  • 34 A All Star Bowling and Entertainment 3
  • 35 P Pin Strikes 2
  • 36 E Empire Bowl logo Empire Bowl 2
  • 37 R River Lanes 2
  • 38 B Bowling 2
  • 39 R Royal Z Lanes 2
  • 40 J Jack & Jill Lanes 2
  • 41 S Splitz Bowling 2
  • 42 L Legacy Lanes 2
  • 43 K Kingpin's Alley 2
  • 44 H Hurricane Lanes 2
  • 45 S Strike & Spare logo Strike & Spare 2
  • 46 B Beach Bowl 2
  • 47 C Chipper's Lanes 2
  • 48 M Miracle Lanes 2
  • 49 L Laurel Lanes 2
  • 50 A All Star Bowling & Entertainment 2

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