Trends · data through September 2026

Theater Venues in the United States

Iceflower tracks 2,349 stores from 2,229 theater venue chains in the United States. Orpheum Theatre grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Palace Theatre and The Palace Theatre.

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
2,229
Tracked stores
2,349
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked theater venue 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. Orpheum Theatre and Palace Theatre sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 O Orpheum Theatre ▲2 +15.8%
2 P Palace Theatre ▲1 +15.3%
3 T The Palace Theatre ▲1 +13.3%
4 S Saenger Theatre ▲1 +9.5%
5 T Tower Theatre - +4.4%
6 C Coming Attractions Theatres ▲1 -5.8%
7 T The Egg ▲1 -6.0%
8 C Credit Union 1 logo Credit Union 1 - -11.8%
9 S State Theatre ▼2 -39.1%
10 S Stage ▼5 -56.4%
11 K Kennedy Center logo Kennedy Center - -71.4%
  • Knott's Berry Farm
  • Playhouse Square
  • Grand Sierra Resort
  • Sight & Sound Theatres
  • Credit Union 1
  • Jiffy Lube Live
  • Dolly Parton's Stampede
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

2,349 tracked store locations in the United States. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Knott's Berry Farm (1)
  • Playhouse Square (1)
  • Grand Sierra Resort (2)
  • Sight & Sound Theatres (2)
  • Credit Union 1 (11)
  • Jiffy Lube Live (1)
  • Dolly Parton's Stampede (2)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 C Credit Union 1 logo Credit Union 1 11
  • 2 O Orpheum Theatre 8
  • 3 S State Theatre 4
  • 4 P Palace Theatre 4
  • 5 T Tower Theatre 4
  • 6 S Stage 4
  • 7 T The Egg 3
  • 8 T The Palace Theatre 3
  • 9 C Center Stage Theatre 3
  • 10 S Saenger Theatre 3
  • 11 C Coming Attractions Theatres 3
  • 12 K Kennedy Center logo Kennedy Center 3
  • 13 M Majestic 3
  • 14 A Alliance Theatre 2
  • 15 D Drunk Shakespeare logo Drunk Shakespeare 2
  • 16 P Paramount Arts Center 2
  • 17 B Berkeley Repertory Theatre 2
  • 18 F Ford's Theatre 2
  • 19 S Signature Theatre 2
  • 20 S State Theatre Center for the Arts 2
  • 21 C Colorado Ballet 2
  • 22 L Lyric Theatre 2
  • 23 B Barrymore Theatre 2
  • 24 G Grand Sierra Resort logo Grand Sierra Resort 2
  • 25 S Sight & Sound Theatres logo Sight & Sound Theatres 2
  • 26 P Phoenix Theater 2
  • 27 D Dolly Parton's Stampede 2
  • 28 D Denver Center for the Performing Arts logo Denver Center for the Performing Arts 2
  • 29 B BalletMet 1
  • 30 B Bucks County Playhouse 1
  • 31 N New World Stages 1
  • 32 T The Prewitt 1
  • 33 C Cobb Energy Performing Arts Center 1
  • 34 C Casa Mañana 1
  • 35 M Minskoff Theatre 1
  • 36 S Shea's 710 Theatre 1
  • 37 N New York City Ballet 1
  • 38 R Red Mountain Theatre logo Red Mountain Theatre 1
  • 39 B Barbara B Mann Performing Arts Hall 1
  • 40 C Charleston Music Hall 1
  • 41 L La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts 1
  • 42 A American Conservatory Theater 1
  • 43 E Eccles Theater 1
  • 44 R Riverside Theater 1
  • 45 T Thalian Hall Center for the Performing Arts 1
  • 46 W Walter Kerr Theatre 1
  • 47 C Center Stage Theater 1
  • 48 H Hartford Stage 1
  • 49 S Solo Sundays 1
  • 50 M McCarter Theater Center 1

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