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Top 25 Ice cream parlor chains based in the United States
RevenueBase identified 1,159 ice cream parlor chains headquartered in the United States as of September 2026 and tracks 46,786 professional contacts across them, including 1,669 with verified work emails. New York is the largest hub.
This list covers ice cream parlor chains 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 ice cream parlor chains based in the United States
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1,111 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Coldstone Creamery is a restaurants company based out of 160 Preakness Dr, Mount Laurel, NJ, United States.” 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 | 826 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Since 2006, Yogurtland has been leading the frozen yogurt chain delivering over 200 handcrafted artisan flavors and providing fans an anytime treat for the whole family.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 819 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Founded in 1986 in Osage Beach, MO by Andy’s parents John and Carol Kuntz, Andy’s Frozen Custard has been providing the freshest frozen custard in the business for 35 years…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 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. | |||||
| 6 | 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. | |||||
| 7 | 506 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Welcome to sweetFrog!” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 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. | |||||
| 9 | 477 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We believe life should be flavorful and at Bahama Buck’s, our purpose is to Flavor Your Life.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 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 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 345 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “At Jeremiah's Italian Ice, we've been scooping up our tasty frozen treats since 1996.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 339 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Welcome to Hershey’s® Ice Cream!” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 272 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Dippin' Dots Inc.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 223 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Creating Smiles for More Than 100 Years!” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 222 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “ABOUT HAPPY JOE'S PIZZA & ICE CREAM ® Headquartered in Davenport, Iowa, Happy Joe's Pizza was founded in 1972 by Lawrence “Joe” Whitty, a professional baker by trade otherwise…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 184 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Let the Good Times Swirl™!” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 157 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Somisomi is all about fresh firsts, and gourmet twists to meet your cravings and satisfy your tastebuds!” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 147 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “In 1925, Casper Merrill took the milk and cream from the family milk cows and made the “original” Ice Cream Nut Sundae on a Stick, then called Casco Nut Sundaes.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 142 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Yumi Ice Cream is the sole Texas Distributor of Nestle, Dreyers, Häagen-Dazs, Breyers,Good Humor, & Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream novelties.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 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. | |||||
| 21 | 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. | |||||
| 22 | 115 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Childhood friends, Rob Robbins and Shane Stanger, left their careers to follow their true passion: serving up inventive sweets to their home town of San Diego.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 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. | |||||
| 24 | 97 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Family owned since 1902, we specialize in serving homemade frozen custard; the way ice cream was meant to be.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 96 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Pittsburgh's premier dessert destination, now franchising!” 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: ice cream parlor chains. 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 parlor chains.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of ice cream parlor chains, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name ice cream parlor chains. 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 parlor chains 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 1,159 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 ice cream parlor chains, 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 “ice cream parlor chains”. 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 parlor chains), 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 parlor chains, 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, 1,669 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
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Ice cream parlor chains by metro
- Ice cream parlor chains in New York31
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 parlor chains, 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 parlor chains are there based in the United States?
RevenueBase identified 1,159 ice cream parlor chains 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?
Coldstone Creamery, headquartered in Mount Laurel, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most ice cream parlor chains?
New York leads with 31 headquartered companies, followed by Chicago (11) and Los Angeles (10).
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 1,669 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 1,159 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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