Trends · data through September 2026

Retail trends in Ann Arbor, MI

Iceflower tracks 438 stores from 380 retail chains in Ann Arbor, MI. Barnes & Noble grew fastest over the last year, ahead of HomeGoods and Dollar Tree.

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
380
Tracked stores
438
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. Barnes & Noble and HomeGoods sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 B Barnes & Noble logo Barnes & Noble ▲2 +18.5%
2 H HomeGoods logo HomeGoods - +16.2%
3 D Dollar Tree logo Dollar Tree ▲1 +10.0%
4 D Dollar General logo Dollar General ▼1 +8.2%
5 T Tractor Supply Co. logo Tractor Supply Co. - +7.6%
6 P Pet Supplies Plus logo Pet Supplies Plus ▼1 +1.1%
7 A Ace Hardware logo Ace Hardware ▼1 0.0%
8 T Target logo Target - -0.2%
9 O Old Navy logo Old Navy - -1.2%
10 G Goodwill logo Goodwill ▲1 -1.8%
11 O Office Depot logo Office Depot ▲1 -5.4%
12 W Wags to Wiskers Pet Supplies logo Wags to Wiskers Pet Supplies ▼2 -50.5%
  • Pet Store
  • Bookstore
  • Thrift Stores
  • Specialty Store
  • Art Craft Hobby Store
  • Sporting Goods Store
  • Discount Store
  • Other categories

Store footprint

Store map

438 tracked store locations in Ann Arbor, MI, colored by category.

  • Pet Store (25)
  • Bookstore (25)
  • Thrift Stores (24)
  • Specialty Store (23)
  • Art Craft Hobby Store (21)
  • Sporting Goods Store (20)
  • Discount Store (20)
  • Other categories

Top tracked chains by store count

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