This is a list of notable frozen custard companies that manufacture or purvey frozen custard. Frozen custard is a cold dessert similar to ice cream, but includes a significant amount of eggs, and typically has a denser consistency.[1]
Chocolate frozen custard
A Carvel franchise store in Canton, Michigan
Leon's Frozen Custard
Abbott's Frozen Custard – a franchise founded and based in Rochester, New York
Andy's Frozen Custard – a restaurant chain with locations in fourteen U.S. states, based in Springfield, Missouri
Bop’s Frozen Custard – a chain founded in Jackson, Mississippi in 2004 with locations in Mississippi and Alabama
Carvel – an ice cream franchise owned by Focus Brands , founded in Hartsdale, New York
Culver's – a casual fast food restaurant chain that operates primarily in the Midwestern United States, based in Prairie du Sac, Wisconsin
Freddy's Frozen Custard & Steakburgers – an American fast-casual restaurant chain based in Wichita, Kansas .
Gilles Frozen Custard – a brand of frozen custard that originated at the Gilles Frozen Custard Stand established in 1938; the oldest frozen custard stand in Milwaukee, Wisconsin [2] [3]
Good Times Burgers & Frozen Custard – chain based in Golden, Colorado with locations in Colorado and Wyoming
Goodberry's Creamery – based in Wake Forest, North Carolina
J’s Creamery - based in Lubbock, Texas , family owned since 2003.
Kopp's Frozen Custard – a restaurant chain located in the Milwaukee, Wisconsin area that specializes in frozen custard and large "jumbo" hamburgers
Leon's Frozen Custard – a family-owned drive-in established in 1942 and located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin[4]
Meadows Frozen Custard – franchise based in Duncansville, Pennsylvania , most locations in the Mid-Atlantic United States, with one location in Canberra, Australia
Rita's Italian Ice – Italian ice chain located in the Mid-Atlantic United States which also serves frozen custard, based in Bucks County, Pennsylvania
Shake Shack – an American fast casual restaurant chain based in New York City [5]
Shake's Frozen Custard – franchise founded in Joplin, Missouri and based in Fayetteville, Arkansas
Ted Drewes – a family-owned frozen custard company in St. Louis, Missouri
Tom Wahl's – several locations near Rochester, New York
Zesto Drive-In – sublicensed trademark used by several U.S. restaurants and franchises, founded in Jefferson City, Missouri