Company lists · Data refreshed September 2026
Top 25 Ice cream makers worldwide
RevenueBase identified 2,791 ice cream makers worldwide as of September 2026 and tracks 41,982 professional contacts across them, including 4,337 with verified work emails. The United States is the largest market and Sao Paulo the largest hub.
This list covers ice cream makers worldwide, 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 20, 2026. Country and city lists for ice cream makers follow the table.
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 ice cream makers worldwide
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1,402 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “A Friendly's Ice Cream Shop was opened in Springfield, Massachusetts in 1935 by two young brothers, Prestley and Curtis Blake, with money they borrowed from their parents.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 1,250 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Ben & Jerry’s believes business has a responsibility to give back to the community.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 1,131 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 1,093 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Our family opened the first United Dairy Farmers in 1940.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 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 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 924 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Today, the name Vadilal conjures images of lip-smacking ice cream in a whole gamut of flavours.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 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 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 653 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “TRADIZIONE IN GELATO Freddo es la marca de helados premium, líder en Argentina.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 610 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Handels Ice Cream is a food & beverages company based out of Youngstown, Ohio.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 484 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Founded in 1901, Gram Equipment is one of the most experienced and trusted suppliers in industrial ice cream production.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 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 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 441 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “The United States’ first retail ice cream franchise, Carvel® Ice Cream has become one of the best-loved and most recognized names in its industry.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 374 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Atuando há 36 anos na fabricação de gelatos comestíveis, a Frosty é uma indústria 100% cearense, gerando mais de empregos diretos e cerca de empregos indiretos.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 339 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Welcome to Hershey’s® Ice Cream!” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 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 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 328 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Established by industry veterans in 2002, Dairy Day is one of the leading brands in South India.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 305 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Since 1946, Italian firm Carpigiani makes renowned machines for the Italian-style fresh ice cream (gelato).” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 272 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Dippin' Dots Inc.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 261 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 259 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Established in 1988, Top N Town has grown into one of India's most recognised ice cream manufacturers, proudly bringing its creations to consumers under the brand name TOP ’N TOWN.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 244 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Team great product with an active imagination, a thirst for innovation and you get a dynamic company that will stand the test of time.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 234 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Hico was the first ice cream company in Pakistan.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 232 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Established in 1984 in Mumbai, Natural ice cream has been pioneer in making artisan ice creams using only fruits, dry fruits, chocolates, milk and sugar.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 223 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Creating Smiles for More Than 100 Years!” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 220 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Established in 1989, Rollick is today, amongst the largest manufacturers of frozen dessert in Eastern India, with state of the art manufacturing units in Kolkata and Ranchi.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 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: 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 ice cream makers.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of 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 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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Ice cream makers worldwide at a glance
As of Sep 20, 2026Companies by employee count
Email recency is reported on each country list linked below.
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 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.
- Coverage
- Every country. Country and city lists for ice cream makers are linked below.
- What qualifies
- Companies worldwide whose own description of what they do matches “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 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 ice cream makers, and records with no verified work email.
- 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, 4,337 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 20, 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.
Ice cream makers by location
11 lists · largest firstEvery Ice cream makers list RevenueBase publishes, by country and city. Counts are matching companies in each list as of its own refresh date.
Countries
- Ice cream makers based in the United States737
- Ice cream makers based in Brazil215
- Ice cream makers based in India156
- Ice cream makers based in Germany136
- Ice cream makers based in the United Kingdom133
- Ice cream makers based in the Netherlands132
- Ice cream makers based in France110
- Ice cream makers based in Italy89
- Ice cream makers based in Canada62
- Ice cream makers based in Belgium61
- Ice cream makers based in Australia42
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 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 ice cream makers are there worldwide?
RevenueBase identified 2,791 ice cream makers worldwide 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?
Friendly's ICE Cream, LLC, headquartered in Worldwide, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which country has the most ice cream makers?
The United States leads with 737 companies, followed by Brazil (215) and India (156). Every ice cream makers list by country and city is linked on this page.
Which city has the most ice cream makers?
Sao Paulo leads with 21 headquartered companies, followed by London (19) and Berlin (16).
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 4,337 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 2,791 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 20, 2026.
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About this data
RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.