Growth ranking
Fastest-growing tracked art craft hobby stores 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.
#
Chain
YoY growth
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
H
Hobby Lobby
|
- | +10.6% |
| 2 |
M
Michaels
|
- | +3.9% |
| 3 |
B
Blick Art Materials
|
- | -6.3% |
| 4 | H HobbyTown | - | -8.7% |
| 5 |
J
JOANN Fabric and Craft Stores
|
▲1 | -15.1% |
| 6 |
S
Spirit Halloween
|
▼1 | -58.8% |
- Hobby Lobby
- Michaels
- JOANN Fabric and Craft Stores
- Spirit Halloween
- Blick Art Materials
- HobbyTown
- Pastimes
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
125 tracked store locations in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.
- Hobby Lobby (26)
- Michaels (41)
- JOANN Fabric and Craft Stores (12)
- Spirit Halloween (13)
- Blick Art Materials (3)
- HobbyTown (3)
- Pastimes (1)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
-
1
M
Michaels 41
-
2
H
Hobby Lobby 26
-
3
S
Spirit Halloween 13
-
4
J
JOANN Fabric and Craft Stores 12
-
5
B
Blick Art Materials 3
- 6 H HobbyTown 3
- 7 A American Science & Surplus 2
- 8 C Chicago Costume 2
-
9
W
Warhammer 2
- 10 A art house 1
- 11 L Leisure Hours Hobbies 1
-
12
W
Wool and Company 1
- 13 T The Collector's Kid 1
- 14 B Beadniks 1
- 15 P Primetime Sportscards & Collectibles 1
- 16 F Fast Food Anime 1
- 17 N Ninjacat Card Shop 1
- 18 T The WasteShed 1
- 19 T The Gaming Goat 1
- 20 G Granville Gallery 1
- 21 C Chicagoland Games: Dice Dojo 1
- 22 V Vogue Fabrics 1
- 23 C Chupacabra Games 1
- 24 B Beatnix 1
-
25
G
Gamer's World 1
- 26 N New Rainbow Fabrics 1
- 27 S Sullys Abode 1
-
28
W
Wild Birds Unlimited 1
- 29 T Textile Discount Outlet 1
- 30 P Pastimes 1
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