Trends · data through September 2026

Labor Unions in the United States

Iceflower tracks 423 stores from 369 labor union chains in the United States. Laborers' International Union grew fastest over the last year, ahead of IUOE Local 150 and IBEW Local 26.

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
369
Tracked stores
423
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked labor union 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. Laborers' International Union and IUOE Local 150 sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 L Laborers' International Union ▲2 +15.1%
2 I IUOE Local 150 - +13.1%
3 I IBEW Local 26 logo IBEW Local 26 - +2.6%
4 S Sheet Metal Workers International Association ▲1 -0.6%
5 T Teamsters ▲1 -12.2%
6 I IUOE ▼1 -14.0%
7 C Carpenters Local Union ▼1 -18.2%
8 L Laborers International Union logo Laborers International Union ▼2 -60.3%
  • IBEW Local 26
  • I.A.T.S.E Local 16
  • IUOE Local 302
  • International Union Of Elevator Constructors Local 18
  • International Union of Operating Engineers Local 139
  • Laborers' International Union
  • Operating Engineers Local 66
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

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

  • IBEW Local 26 (24)
  • I.A.T.S.E Local 16 (1)
  • IUOE Local 302 (1)
  • International Union Of Elevator Constructors Local 18 (1)
  • International Union of Operating Engineers Local 139 (1)
  • Laborers' International Union (7)
  • Operating Engineers Local 66 (1)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 I IBEW Local 26 logo IBEW Local 26 24
  • 2 L Laborers' International Union 7
  • 3 C Carpenters Local Union 6
  • 4 T Teamsters 4
  • 5 I IUOE 4
  • 6 S Sheet Metal Workers International Association 4
  • 7 L Laborers International Union logo Laborers International Union 3
  • 8 I IUOE Local 150 3
  • 9 I IBEW Local 9 2
  • 10 I Iron Workers Local 17 2
  • 11 S Sheet Metal Workers Local 20 logo Sheet Metal Workers Local 20 2
  • 12 I International Union of Painters and Allied Trades 2
  • 13 I Ironworkers Local 433 2
  • 14 I IUOE Local 399 2
  • 15 I IUEC Elevator Constructors Local 2 1
  • 16 B Boilermakers Local 454 1
  • 17 S Smart Local 359 1
  • 18 M Millwrights Local 1163 1
  • 19 L Laborers 1
  • 20 P Pipefitters Local Union 211 1
  • 21 I Iron Union 229 1
  • 22 L Laborers Local 110 Union Hall 1
  • 23 L Laborers' Union Local 210 1
  • 24 C Carpenters Local Union 106 1
  • 25 C Carpenters Local 619 1
  • 26 I IBEW Local 701 1
  • 27 I IBEW Local 51 1
  • 28 I IUEC Local 6 1
  • 29 C Carpenters Local Union 22 1
  • 30 U United Association Local Union 295 1
  • 31 U UFCW Local 1546 1
  • 32 B Boilermakers Local 154 1
  • 33 I International Union of Operating Engineers Local 841 1
  • 34 I IBEW Local 1141 1
  • 35 L Laborers Local 292 1
  • 36 I IBEW 873 logo IBEW 873 1
  • 37 I IBEW Local 22 1
  • 38 I International Brotherhood Of Electrical Workers Local Union 756 1
  • 39 I IBEW Local 505 1
  • 40 I Iron Workers Union Local 808 1
  • 41 I IUOE Local Union 14-14B 1
  • 42 S SAG-AFTRA logo SAG-AFTRA 1
  • 43 I Iron Workers Local 290 1
  • 44 L Laborers Local 73 1
  • 45 C Cleveland Electrical Jatc 1
  • 46 T Teamsters Local 456 logo Teamsters Local 456 1
  • 47 I IBEW Local 351 1
  • 48 M Millwrights Local Union 1
  • 49 T Teamsters Local 166 logo Teamsters Local 166 1
  • 50 L Laborers Local 1

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