Trends · data through July 2026

Retail trends in Akron, OH

Iceflower tracks 501 stores from 274 retail chains in Akron, OH. Carter's grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Goodwill and Hobby Lobby.

Rankings come from real card and bank transactions across a panel of 130M+ US and EU consumers. We publish relative growth and rankings, never revenue figures. About the data

Tracked chains
274
Tracked stores
501
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked retail chains

Ranked by year-over-year growth of share of tracked local spend. Arrows show movement in the rankings since last year. Each dot in the chart is one tracked chain: bigger market position to the right, faster growth higher up, more tracked stores in a bigger dot. Colors match the store map below. Carter's and Goodwill sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 C Carter's logo Carter's - +16.6%
2 G Goodwill logo Goodwill ▲2 +12.3%
3 H Hobby Lobby logo Hobby Lobby - +12.0%
4 D Dollar Tree logo Dollar Tree ▲1 +9.2%
5 T T.J.Maxx logo T.J.Maxx - +7.5%
6 F Five Below logo Five Below ▲1 +7.0%
7 O Old Navy logo Old Navy ▲2 +6.6%
8 G GameStop logo GameStop - +6.1%
9 T The Home Depot logo The Home Depot - +4.9%
10 H Harbor Freight Tools logo Harbor Freight Tools - +4.9%
11 D Dollar General logo Dollar General - +4.3%
12 O Once Upon A Child logo Once Upon A Child - +4.1%
13 L Lowe's Home Improvement logo Lowe's Home Improvement - +4.0%
14 T Tractor Supply Co. logo Tractor Supply Co. - +3.3%
15 P Pet Supplies Plus logo Pet Supplies Plus ▼1 +2.1%

Store footprint

Store map

501 tracked store locations in Akron, OH, colored by category.

Top tracked chains by store count

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