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Top 25 Premium ice cream manufacturers based in the United States

RevenueBase identified 872 premium ice cream manufacturers headquartered in the United States as of September 2026 and tracks 18,739 professional contacts across them, including 2,354 with verified work emails. New York is the largest hub.

This list covers premium ice cream manufacturers 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 17, 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.

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872Companies
18,739Contacts tracked
2,354Verified emails
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The 25 largest premium ice cream manufacturers based in the United States

Ranked by team size
Top 25 of 872 premium ice cream manufacturers based in the United States, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 17, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to premium ice cream manufacturers: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#CompanyRevenueBase Smart SearchHeadquartersEmployeesContacts
1Indirect evidenceSouth Burlington, VT, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026501-1,0001,250 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Ben & Jerry’s believes business has a responsibility to give back to the community.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
2Indirect evidenceCincinnati, OH, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 20261,001-5,0001,093 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Our family opened the first United Dairy Farmers in 1940.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
3Partial evidenceBrenham, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 20261,001-5,0001,038 contacts →

Partial 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 17, 2026
4Partial evidenceCincinnati, OH, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 20261,001-5,000963 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Home City Ice is a Midwest based company that specializes in the manufacturing and delivery of high quality ice.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
5Strong evidenceColumbus, OH, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 20261,001-5,000713 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 17, 2026
6Strong evidenceCanfield, OH, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 20261,001-5,000610 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Handels Ice Cream is a food & beverages company based out of Youngstown, Ohio.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
7Strong evidenceCincinnati, OH, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026501-1,000480 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 17, 2026
8Strong evidenceSandy Springs, GA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026501-1,000441 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 17, 2026
9Indirect evidenceNorth Aurora, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026501-1,000432 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“At Oberweis, quality starts with simplicity-less processing means more flavor and a healthier product for your family.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
10Strong evidenceHarrisburg, PA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026501-1,000339 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Welcome to Hershey’s® Ice Cream!”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
11Strong evidenceBrooklyn, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026501-1,000334 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 17, 2026
12Indirect evidencePaducah, KY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 202651-200272 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Dippin' Dots Inc.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
13Indirect evidenceAkron, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026201-500223 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Creating Smiles for More Than 100 Years!”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
14Strong evidenceOntario, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026201-500158 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Tropicale Foods is a manufacturer and distributor of Helados Mexico and La Michoacana premium ice cream novelties known as "Paletas".”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
15Strong evidenceRichmond, UT, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026201-500147 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 17, 2026
16Indirect evidenceCanton, OH, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026201-500133 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Quality milk and dairy products start on the farm and continue at Superior Dairy.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
17Strong evidenceAustin, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026201-500126 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 17, 2026
18Strong evidenceHolland, MI, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026201-500119 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 17, 2026
19Strong evidenceTrevose, PA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026201-50098 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Mini Melt is a super-premium, fun and great tasting ice cream with a novel appeal.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
20Strong evidenceEugene, OR, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 202651-20087 contacts →

Strong evidence

“At Oregon Ice Cream, we create extraordinary frozen desserts to bring friends and family together.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
21Indirect evidenceUtica, OH, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 202651-20074 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“For over 100 years, family has been at the center of everything Velvet does.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
22Strong evidenceMadison, WI, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 202651-20067 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 17, 2026
23Strong evidenceSanta Barbara, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 202651-20066 contacts →

Strong evidence

“McConnell's Fine Ice Creams was founded in Santa Barbara, California in 1949.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
24Strong evidenceMadison, WI, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 202651-20065 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Schoep’s Ice Cream, based in Madison, WI, makes more than 12 million gallons of ice cream annually and ranks as one of the largest independent ice cream manufacturers not only in…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
25Strong evidenceRichmond, VA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026201-50060 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 17, 2026

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Premium ice cream manufacturers based in the United States at a glance

As of Sep 17, 2026
12.6%Verified-email coverage
21.5Average contacts per company
11-50Median size (employees)
2.1%Largest-city concentration · New York
Sep 17, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
371
11-50
383
51-200
78
201-500
17
501-1,000
7
1,001-5,000
8
10001+
1

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 872 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 premium ice cream manufacturers, 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 “premium ice cream manufacturers”. 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 premium ice cream manufacturers), 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 premium ice cream manufacturers, 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, 2,354 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 17, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections
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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 premium ice cream manufacturers, 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 premium ice cream manufacturers are there based in the United States?

RevenueBase identified 872 premium ice cream manufacturers 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 premium ice cream manufacturers?

New York leads with 18 headquartered companies, followed by Miami (14) and Los Angeles (12).

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 2,354 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 872 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 17, 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.