Van Leeuwen Ice Cream
Dining · 110+ locations · NYC, Los Angeles, Boston, Washington DC, and 11 other states, plus Seoul, South Korea
Van Leeuwen looks like a beloved Brooklyn ice cream truck that made good. It's grown past 100 shops on five funding rounds, though the founders still run it day-to-day — and worker reviews trail the industry with no public sustainability record.
The Big Picture
Van Leeuwen is still run and majority-owned by its three founders, but it has taken five rounds of outside investment since 2018 and given two investors board seats while growing past 100 shops across 14 states and Washington DC. Worker reviews run below the food-service average, and the company publishes nothing about its environmental footprint. Between the founders and the investors who funded the expansion, it answers to both.
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Company data last updated September 2026
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