Growth ranking
Fastest-growing tracked music 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. Music & Arts and Guitar Center sit in the high-growth half.
#
Chain
YoY growth
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
M
Music & Arts
|
- | +14.0% |
| 2 |
G
Guitar Center
|
- | -4.6% |
- Guitar Center
- Reckless Records
- Quinlan & Fabish Music Company
- Chicago Music Exchange
- Rolling Stone Records
- Rattleback Records
- Dusty Groove
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
99 tracked store locations in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.
- Guitar Center (11)
- Reckless Records (1)
- Quinlan & Fabish Music Company (1)
- Chicago Music Exchange (1)
- Rolling Stone Records (1)
- Rattleback Records (1)
- Dusty Groove (1)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
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1
G
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2
M
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3
S
Sam Ash Music Stores 2
- 4 L Loud Pizza Records 2
-
5
Q
Quinlan and Fabish Music Company 2
- 6 H Hoffman Strings 1
- 7 R Round Trip Records 1
- 8 G Groovin High 1
- 9 V Vinyl Revival 1
- 10 H Hip Cat Records & Music Videos 1
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11
Q
- 12 G Groove Distribution 1
- 13 B Broadway Music 1
- 14 T Tone Deaf Records 1
- 15 S Scratched Vinyl 1
- 16 W Windy City Records 1
- 17 P Purple Dog Records 1
- 18 G Gramaphone Records 1
- 19 T The Music Store 1
- 20 E Exotic Adult Books & Videos 1
- 21 Q Quinlan & Fabish 1
- 22 O Old School Records 1
- 23 R Rare Birds Music 1
- 24 C Cheap Kiss Records 1
- 25 T Taboo Adult Superstore 1
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26
R
Reckless Records 1
- 27 M Music Garage 1
- 28 M Miyagi Records 1
- 29 O Out of the Past Records 1
- 30 S Spin Cycle 1
- 31 L Let's Boogie Records & Tapes 1
- 32 G Green Tangerine Records 1
- 33 A Algonquin Records 1
- 34 V Vinyl & Vintage 1
- 35 T Trusty Spot Records & Tees 1
- 36 U Uncle Jon's Music 1
- 37 S Starship Video 1
- 38 6 606 Records 1
- 39 C Conservatory Vintage & Vinyl 1
- 40 M Music Direct 1
- 41 A A-Major Music Inc 1
- 42 I Interstellar Space Records 1
- 43 A Audiophil's Records 1
- 44 A Aurora Music Company 1
- 45 W Waukegan Music Exchange 1
- 46 S Squeezebox Books & Music 1
- 47 T Third Coast Guitar Service 1
- 48 G Great Lakes Music 1
- 49 C Chicago Music Exchange 1
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50
A
Austin's Violin Shop 1
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