Hey Sugar Candy Store

Name

Hey Sugar Candy Store

Website

https://heysugarcandy.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2011

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Hey Sugar Candy Store is a small privately held retail chain founded in 2011 that sells chocolates, candies, retro sodas, and homemade ice cream through physical store locations serving walk-in retail consumers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Candy & Confectionery Retail

NAICS

Confectionery and Nut Retailers (445292)

SIC

Retail-Grocery Stores (5411)

akta.pro primary industry

Candy & Specialty Sweets Stores (THAFAGAH)

akta.pro secondary industry

Chocolate & Confectionery Shops (THAFAGAD)

Keywords

• Candy retail
• Retro sodas
• Homemade ice cream
• Chocolate confections
• Candy store chain

Headquarters

HQ city

Roanoke

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Supply Chain, Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Core offering

Hey Sugar Candy Store operates a chain of brick-and-mortar candy stores that sell an assortment of chocolates, candies, retro sodas, and homemade ice creams to retail consumers. The business runs across multiple store locations and focuses on nostalgic and specialty confectionery products.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Chocolates and Candies
• Retro Sodas
• Homemade Ice Creams

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Direct peers

• IT'SUGAR: Large U.S. specialty candy retail chain offering bulk candy, chocolates, and novelty sweets in mall and tourist locations. Directly comparable to Hey Sugar Candy Store in assortment, store-format, and target customer (impulse, gifting, experiential).
• Kilwins: Specialty chocolate, ice cream, and confectionery franchise with a multi-store retail footprint. Comparable to Hey Sugar in combining chocolates, ice cream, and nostalgic sweets under one storefront.
• Lolli and Pops: Specialty candy retailer operating in malls and lifestyle centers with curated confectionery assortments. Directly comparable in store format, target customer, and merchandising approach.
• Sugarfina: Premium candy and confection boutique retailer with both physical stores and a strong DTC/e-commerce channel. Comparable to Hey Sugar as a curated, gifting-oriented candy retailer, though positioned at a higher price point and with greater digital maturity.
• Dylan's Candy Bar: Iconic multi-location candy store chain known for experiential retail, bulk candy, and novelty confections. Closely aligned with Hey Sugar's experiential, gifting-led specialty candy positioning.
• CandyStore.com: Online and brick-and-mortar bulk candy retailer with a wide assortment of traditional and retro sweets. Comparable assortment mix, including retro/nostalgic SKUs similar to Hey Sugar's positioning.

Broad incumbents

• See's Candies: Established national boxed-chocolate and candy retailer with strong gifting positioning. Comparable assortment focus, though with a much broader geographic footprint and brand maturity.
• Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory: Public franchisor of chocolate and confection specialty stores plus caramel apples and dipped treats. Comparable assortment and store-based specialty retail model, though with broader scale and franchise distribution.
• Mrs. Fields / TCBY (parent: Famous Brands International): Multi-brand specialty dessert retailer spanning cookies, cakes, and frozen desserts. Comparable in combining indulgence/gifting occasions with a multi-store retail footprint, providing a useful benchmark for in-store dessert economics.

Emerging players

• Sweetfin: Specialty poké restaurant chain; included as an emerging experiential specialty-food retailer showing how small chains use curated, design-led retail formats — a model pattern that maps to specialty candy operators like Hey Sugar.

Market position

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/heysugar_candy
• Facebookfacebook.com/HeySugarCandyStore
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/hey-sugar-candy-store-l.l.c.

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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