Chain · United States · data through September 2026

L L.L.Bean logo L.L.Bean

Iceflower tracks 58 L.L.Bean stores across 18 US states. It ranks #3 of 45 tracked US outdoor apparel & gear chains by card spend. Its share of tracked category spend moved +10.6% 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
58
States
18
Category
Outdoor Apparel & Gear
Category rank
#3

Growth

L.L.Bean against its category

The biggest tracked US outdoor apparel & gear 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 L.L.Bean's share of the category quarter by quarter, indexed to 2024 Q4 = 100.

# Chain YoY share
1 C Columbia Sportswear Company logo Columbia Sportswear Company -4.1%
2 T The North Face logo The North Face +13.0%
3 L L.L.Bean logo L.L.Bean +10.6%
4 S Surf Style logo Surf Style +7.6%
5 E Eddie Bauer logo Eddie Bauer -27.7%
6 R Ron Jon Surf Shop logo Ron Jon Surf Shop +2.4%
7 C Columbia +2.4%
8 C Columbia Sportswear logo Columbia Sportswear +3.3%
9 S Sun & Ski Sports logo Sun & Ski Sports -5.1%
10 R REI logo REI +1.3%

Share of tracked category spend, indexed

100 83.1 2024 Q4 2026 Q3

Store footprint

Store map

58 tracked L.L.Bean locations across 18 US states.

Customer overlap

Who shops at L.L.Bean

Tracked chains L.L.Bean customers also buy from more than a similarly active shopper would, indexed to the strongest overlap (100). From real card transactions.

H Hannaford logo Hannaford 100
B Bow Street Market 47
S Shaw's logo Shaw's 40
M Market 32 logo Market 32 33
I Irving Oil logo Irving Oil 25
R Renys logo Renys 22
R Royal River Natural Foods 22
H Honest Weight Food Co-OP 19

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