Where
Every Cold Stone Creamery opening, on the map
The wash is where US retail is opening overall. The dots are this brand — drag the timeline to watch them land.
The full report finds the trade areas that look like the ones Cold Stone Creamery already wins in — demographics, co-tenancy, traffic.
US locations
As of Q3 2026
Net new stores
8 quarters · Q4 2024 → Q3 2026
Verified new locations
8 quarters · Q4 2024 → Q3 2026
Individually verified openings, not a count difference.
Growth
8 quarters · Q4 2024 → Q3 2026
Latest quarter
1 quarter
Prior quarter not comparable — index batch.
Cold Stone Creamery
Indexed to 100 at the first quarter — the shape is the growth rate, not the store count.
Rankings
The fastest-growing chains in Bakery & Desserts
Ranked by acceleration — opening faster now than they were a year ago.
Placing Cold Stone Creamery in its category…
Rankings exclude companies whose entire rise lands in a single quarter — that pattern is a change in data coverage, not expansion.
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Click any company to compare it against Cold Stone Creamery — the chart, the metric table and the link at the bottom of this page all follow.
Compare
Cold Stone Creamery against anyone
Indexed to 100 at the first quarter, so a 300-store chain and a 3,000-store chain are the same shape. Cold Stone Creamery plus up to 4 others.
Who
Who to call at Cold Stone Creamery
The people behind this brand's growth — real estate first.
Real estate
Leadership
Blake Borwick
Brand Leader, Cold Stone Creamery
Eric Lefebvre
Chief Executive Officer, MTY Food Group (Cold Stone Creamery's public parent)
Knowing how fast Cold Stone Creamery is growing is half of it. The other half is where they should open next.
We'll find the trade areas that look like the ones Cold Stone Creamery already wins in — demographics, co-tenancy, traffic, and the specific neighbourhoods that match.