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Top 25 Artisanal ice cream makers based in the United States
RevenueBase identified 814 artisanal ice cream makers headquartered in the United States as of September 2026 and tracks 13,253 professional contacts across them, including 1,844 with verified work emails. New York is the largest hub.
This list covers artisanal ice cream makers headquartered in the United States, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 19, 2026.
Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.
The 25 largest artisanal ice cream makers based in the United States
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1,250 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Ben & Jerry’s believes business has a responsibility to give back to the community.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 1,093 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Our family opened the first United Dairy Farmers in 1940.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 1,038 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “It all started on a hot summer day in 1907 when a group of local businessmen decided to open a creamery and make butter from excess cream brought in by area farmers.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 713 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams was founded in 2002 by James Beard Award-winning cookbook author Jeni Britton.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 610 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Handels Ice Cream is a food & beverages company based out of Youngstown, Ohio.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 480 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Graeter’s ice cream produces handcrafted ice cream and sorbet lines using a french pot, small batch, artisanal method of production dating back over a century.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 339 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Welcome to Hershey’s® Ice Cream!” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 334 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “We started Van Leeuwen Ice Cream in a yellow truck on the streets of NYC in 2008 with a mission to make good ice cream that makes you feel good.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 272 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Dippin' Dots Inc.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 223 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Creating Smiles for More Than 100 Years!” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 126 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Amy's Ice Creams creates delicious homemade premium ice cream, shakes, malts, frosted, frozen yogurt, fresh fruit ices and ice cream cakes.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 120 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Brothers and founders, Pete and Mike Mitchell, opened the first Mitchell’s Ice Cream in in Westlake, Ohio.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 119 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “A strong work ethic, a passion for creating the best ice cream, and a humble family-centered culture are the tenets of our Midwest Crafted Creamery.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 98 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Mini Melt is a super-premium, fun and great tasting ice cream with a novel appeal.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 95 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We all enjoyed a constant state of wonderment when we were kids.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 87 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “At Oregon Ice Cream, we create extraordinary frozen desserts to bring friends and family together.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 74 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “For over 100 years, family has been at the center of everything Velvet does.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 67 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Chocolate Shoppe Ice Cream is a family-owned and operated super-premium ice cream manufacturer, wholesaler and retailer that’s operated with the core values of quality, innovation…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 67 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Molly Moon's Homemade Ice Cream is making the world better, one scoop at a time!” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 66 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “McConnell's Fine Ice Creams was founded in Santa Barbara, California in 1949.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 60 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Gelati Celesti was established in 1984 and proudly serves hand-crafted, artisanal ice cream in seven stores in Richmond, Virginia and four in Virginia Beach.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 56 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Pierre's Ice Cream Company is family owned and has been crafting delicious gourmet ice cream products in the heart of Cleveland, Ohio since 1932.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 56 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Every creamy ice cream concoction we create is made with pride and love locally in St.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 54 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Ice cream is America’s favorite dessert.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 53 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “ONCE UPON A TIME.there were cows in Brooklyn.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: artisanal ice cream makers. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.
- Strong evidence
- The company's own public description of its business names artisanal ice cream makers.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of artisanal ice cream makers, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name artisanal ice cream makers. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.
RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.
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Artisanal ice cream makers based in the United States at a glance
As of Sep 19, 2026Companies by employee count
Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for United States, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for United States, over 814 companies.
How this list was built
Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among artisanal ice cream makers, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.
- Source
- The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
- What qualifies
- Companies headquartered in the United States whose own description of what they do matches “artisanal ice cream makers”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
- RevenueBase Smart Search
- RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names artisanal ice cream makers), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
- What we exclude
- Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among artisanal ice cream makers, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside United States are excluded even when they keep an office there.
- Match quality
- In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
- Ranking
- Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
- Verification
- Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 1,844 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
- Refresh
- This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 19, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
- Corrections
- Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.
Artisanal ice cream makers by metro
- Artisanal ice cream makers in New York25
Frequently asked
What is RevenueBase Smart Search?
RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names artisanal ice cream makers, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.
How many artisanal ice cream makers are there based in the United States?
RevenueBase identified 814 artisanal ice cream makers headquartered in the United States as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.
What is the largest company on this list?
BEN & Jerry's, headquartered in South Burlington, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most artisanal ice cream makers?
New York leads with 25 headquartered companies, followed by Miami (13) and Los Angeles (11).
How do I get contact information for these companies?
A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 1,844 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 814 companies.
How current is this list?
The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 19, 2026.
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