Chain · United States · data through September 2026

B Build-A-Bear Workshop logo Build-A-Bear Workshop

Iceflower tracks 322 Build-A-Bear Workshop stores across 46 US states. It ranks #2 of 1,550 tracked US toy store chains by card spend. Its share of tracked category spend moved -15.0% over the last year.

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 stores
322
States
46
Category
Toy Store
Category rank
#2

Growth

Build-A-Bear Workshop against its category

The biggest tracked US toy store chains by card spend, with year-over-year growth of category share. Share means a chain's slice of tracked category spend. It can decline while the chain's own sales grow. The chart tracks Build-A-Bear Workshop's share of the category quarter by quarter, indexed to 2024 Q4 = 100.

# Chain YoY share
1 L LEGO logo LEGO -2.2%
2 B Build-A-Bear Workshop logo Build-A-Bear Workshop -15.0%
3 L Learning Express Toys logo Learning Express Toys +18.7%
4 A American Girl logo American Girl -3.1%
5 F Fao Schwarz logo Fao Schwarz -
6 L Lakeshore Learning logo Lakeshore Learning -23.6%
7 B Bricks & Minifigs logo Bricks & Minifigs -3.9%
8 T Through The Decades +3.9%
9 S Sir Troy's Toy Kingdom logo Sir Troy's Toy Kingdom -
10 A ABU Games logo ABU Games +18.9%

Share of tracked category spend, indexed

100 91.3 2024 Q4 2026 Q3

Store footprint

Store map

322 tracked Build-A-Bear Workshop locations across 46 US states.

Customer overlap

Who shops at Build-A-Bear Workshop

Tracked chains Build-A-Bear Workshop customers also buy from more than a similarly active shopper would, indexed to the strongest overlap (100). From real card transactions.

T Target logo Target 100
B BoxLunch logo BoxLunch 100
H Hot Topic logo Hot Topic 99
L LEGO logo LEGO 57
F Five Below logo Five Below 53
M Miniso logo Miniso 37
W Walt Disney World logo Walt Disney World 32

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