Growth ranking
Fastest-growing tracked art craft hobby store 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. Hobby Lobby and Michaels sit in the high-growth half.
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Chain
YoY growth
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
H
Hobby Lobby
|
- | +17.8% |
| 2 |
M
Michaels
|
- | +1.0% |
| 3 |
B
Blick Art Materials
|
▲1 | -3.0% |
| 4 | C Chicago Costume | ▲1 | -5.9% |
| 5 |
P
Paper Source
|
▲1 | -6.2% |
| 6 | T The Gaming Goat | ▲1 | -80.9% |
| 7 |
J
JOANN Fabric and Craft Stores
|
▼4 | -100.0% |
- Hobby Lobby
- Michaels
- Blick Art Materials
- Color Me Mine
- Paper Source
- Pastimes
- Textile Discount Outlet
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
250 tracked store locations in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.
- Hobby Lobby (27)
- Michaels (42)
- Blick Art Materials (3)
- Color Me Mine (9)
- Paper Source (10)
- Pastimes (1)
- Textile Discount Outlet (1)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
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1
M
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2
H
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3
J
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4
P
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5
C
Color Me Mine 9
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6
B
- 7 C Chicago Costume 3
- 8 T The Gaming Goat 3
- 9 T The Great Frame Up 2
- 10 M Mickey's Linen 2
- 11 T The Painted Penguin 2
- 12 A American Science & Surplus 2
- 13 T The Backdrop 1
- 14 P Penguin Foot Pottery 1
- 15 C Chicago Fabric Yarn & Button Sales 1
- 16 K knit1 1
- 17 F Fox Valley Pottery 1
- 18 A a. favorite design 1
- 19 F Fiber Friends Studio 1
- 20 C Cut It Out Scrapbook Supplies 1
- 21 B Bead In Hand 1
- 22 A AU Sports 1
- 23 N Nick's Embroidery 1
- 24 S Sew on Central 1
- 25 I Incas Andes 1
- 26 P Perfect Circle Games 1
- 27 P Pottery Bayou 1
- 28 T The Pieceful Project 1
- 29 G Gemini Builds It 1
- 30 P Paint-N-Party 1
- 31 C Clay Monet 1
- 32 B Booming Acres 1
- 33 A African Art & Objects 1
- 34 A A Different Box of Crayons 1
- 35 H Hawker Hobbies 1
- 36 E El Artesanal 1
- 37 R Ron's Mundelein Hobbies 1
- 38 T Tastebud Tours 1
- 39 T Thimbles Quilts 1
- 40 T Thrown Elements Pottery 1
- 41 G Grade Plus Trade 1
- 42 T Tomorrow's Heirlooms 1
- 43 A A Wright Creation 1
- 44 P Piece By Piece 1
- 45 C CraftFancy 1
- 46 O One Paper Place 1
- 47 T The Works Fireworks and Custom Gifts 1
- 48 E Embers + Apothecary 1
- 49 A Artesanias y Curiosidades Guatemaltecas 1
- 50 H Halloween Hallway 1
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