Trends · data through September 2026

Retail trends in Champaign-Urbana, IL

Iceflower tracks 230 stores from 185 retail chains in Champaign-Urbana, IL. Sherwin-Williams grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Dollar General and Ace Hardware.

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
185
Tracked stores
230
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. Sherwin-Williams and Dollar General sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 S Sherwin-Williams logo Sherwin-Williams - +13.9%
2 D Dollar General logo Dollar General - +9.7%
3 A Ace Hardware logo Ace Hardware - +9.6%
4 D Dollar Tree logo Dollar Tree - +4.0%
5 W Walmart logo Walmart - +3.1%
  • Discount Store
  • Thrift Stores
  • Vape & Tobacco Shops
  • Art Craft Hobby Store
  • Hardware Store
  • Bookstore
  • Other clothing stores
  • Other categories

Store footprint

Store map

230 tracked store locations in Champaign-Urbana, IL, colored by category.

  • Discount Store (32)
  • Thrift Stores (15)
  • Vape & Tobacco Shops (12)
  • Art Craft Hobby Store (11)
  • Hardware Store (11)
  • Bookstore (8)
  • Other clothing stores (8)
  • Other categories

Top tracked chains by store count

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