Trends · data through September 2026

Candy Shops in the United States

Iceflower tracks 4,442 stores from 2,954 candy shop chains in the United States. Candy World grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Sweet Tooth and ROYCE' Chocolate.

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
2,954
Tracked stores
4,442
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked candy shop 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. Candy World and Sweet Tooth sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 C Candy World ▲9 +17.6%
2 S Sweet Tooth ▲11 +16.6%
3 R ROYCE' Chocolate ▲3 +16.3%
4 S See's Candies logo See's Candies - +13.2%
5 M Mrs. Cavanaugh's ▲9 +13.0%
6 F Fisher's Popcorn logo Fisher's Popcorn ▲2 +12.2%
7 G Grandpa Joe's Candy Shop logo Grandpa Joe's Candy Shop - +9.6%
8 C Candy Cottage ▲11 +9.5%
9 S Sweet Treats Candy ▲5 +9.0%
10 F Forbes Candies ▲4 +7.5%
11 R Russell Stover logo Russell Stover ▲1 +6.8%
12 D Dulcerias Pinkis ▲6 +6.5%
13 V Venchi logo Venchi ▲12 +6.4%
14 S Schakolad Chocolate Factory ▲2 +5.7%
15 T The Sweet Shoppe ▲7 +3.9%
  • See's Candies
  • Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory
  • IT'SUGAR
  • Malley's Chocolates
  • Grandpa Joe's Candy Shop
  • Sarris Candies
  • Gertrude Hawk Chocolates
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

4,442 tracked store locations in the United States. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • See's Candies (297)
  • Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory (149)
  • IT'SUGAR (86)
  • Malley's Chocolates (22)
  • Grandpa Joe's Candy Shop (18)
  • Sarris Candies (2)
  • Gertrude Hawk Chocolates (31)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

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