Trends · data through September 2026

Vending & Micro-Markets in the United States

Iceflower tracks 305 stores from 25 vending & micro-markets in the United States. Imperial LLC grew fastest over the last year, ahead of FuelRod and Canteen.

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
25
Tracked stores
305
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked vending & micro-markets

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. Imperial LLC and FuelRod sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 I Imperial LLC logo Imperial LLC - +8.8%
2 F FuelRod logo FuelRod - -6.7%
3 C Canteen logo Canteen - -14.0%
4 A Avi Foodsystems logo Avi Foodsystems - -34.9%
5 A American Food & Vending logo American Food & Vending - -72.4%
  • Canteen
  • Imperial LLC
  • Five Star Food Service
  • Arnold Vending Company
  • Five Star Breaktime Solutions
  • Cromer Food Services
  • RDS Vending & Coffee
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

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

  • Canteen (106)
  • Imperial LLC (4)
  • Five Star Food Service (21)
  • Arnold Vending Company (1)
  • Five Star Breaktime Solutions (12)
  • Cromer Food Services (1)
  • RDS Vending & Coffee (1)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 C Canteen logo Canteen 106
  • 2 W Watermill Express logo Watermill Express 96
  • 3 T Twice The Ice 35
  • 4 F Five Star Food Service logo Five Star Food Service 21
  • 5 F Five Star Breaktime Solutions logo Five Star Breaktime Solutions 12
  • 6 A Avi Foodsystems logo Avi Foodsystems 7
  • 7 I Imperial LLC logo Imperial LLC 4
  • 8 A American Food & Vending logo American Food & Vending 3
  • 9 F FuelRod logo FuelRod 3
  • 10 C Continental Canteen Services logo Continental Canteen Services 2
  • 11 U USConnect logo USConnect 2
  • 12 V Vista Vending 1
  • 13 S Servomation Refreshments logo Servomation Refreshments 1
  • 14 C Crickler Vending Company, Inc. logo Crickler Vending Company, Inc. 1
  • 15 C Culinary Ventures Inc 1
  • 16 C Casco Bay Food and Beverage 1
  • 17 S Sirness Vending Services 1
  • 18 R Riverside Refreshments logo Riverside Refreshments 1
  • 19 3 365 Retail Markets logo 365 Retail Markets 1
  • 20 A Anthony Wayne Vending 1
  • 21 P Premier Food Service 1
  • 22 R RDS Vending & Coffee 1
  • 23 C Cromer Food Services 1
  • 24 C Continental Services 1
  • 25 A Arnold Vending Company logo Arnold Vending Company 1

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