Trends · data through July 2026

Specialty Stores in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN

Iceflower tracks 153 stores from 93 specialty stores chains in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN. CBD Kratom grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Guitar Center and Party City.

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
93
Tracked stores
153
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked specialty 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. CBD Kratom and Guitar Center sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 C CBD Kratom logo CBD Kratom ▲1 +13.7%
2 G Guitar Center logo Guitar Center ▲1 +2.2%
3 P Party City logo Party City ▼2 -80.4%
  • Benjamin Moore
  • Guitar Center
  • Goebbert's Farm
  • Alsip Home & Nursery
  • Williams-Sonoma
  • CBD Kratom
  • Party City
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

153 tracked store locations in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Benjamin Moore (15)
  • Guitar Center (10)
  • Goebbert's Farm (2)
  • Alsip Home & Nursery (2)
  • Williams-Sonoma (4)
  • CBD Kratom (3)
  • Party City (28)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 P Party City logo Party City 28
  • 2 B Benjamin Moore logo Benjamin Moore 15
  • 3 G Guitar Center logo Guitar Center 10
  • 4 W Williams-Sonoma logo Williams-Sonoma 4
  • 5 C CBD Kratom logo CBD Kratom 3
  • 6 G Goebbert's Farm 2
  • 7 A Alsip Home & Nursery 2
  • 8 T The Growing Place 2
  • 9 H Hard Rock Smoke & Vape 2
  • 10 V Vera Bradley logo Vera Bradley 2
  • 11 B Bella's Bouncies 1
  • 12 H Hoffman Garden Center 1
  • 13 V Van Kalker Farms & Greenhouses 1
  • 14 N Naperville Music 1
  • 15 H Harms Farm and Garden Center 1
  • 16 A Avocado Theory 1
  • 17 E Ellman's Music Center 1
  • 18 C Classic Violins logo Classic Violins 1
  • 19 K Kal-Bro Farms 1
  • 20 S Sapper's Market and Greenhouses 1
  • 21 A Adams & Son Gardens 1
  • 22 T The Greenhouse of Crystal Lake 1
  • 23 H Hacker's Glenbard Gardens 1
  • 24 W Winding Creek Nursery and Garden Center 1
  • 25 C Country Bumpkin Garden Center 1
  • 26 M Melka Landscaping & Garden Center 1
  • 27 H Hortons Home Lighting 1
  • 28 C Crisp 1
  • 29 V Vern Goers Greenhouse Inc 1
  • 30 A Arlington Power Equipment 1
  • 31 R Redbox logo Redbox 1
  • 32 P Photobooth Printz 1
  • 33 S Source of Light 1
  • 34 M Monos 1
  • 35 T The Trading Post 1
  • 36 R Roosevelt Tobacco 1
  • 37 4 420 Smokeshop 1
  • 38 D Dulces Fiestas & Party Supplies 1
  • 39 L Lumina 1
  • 40 M MacNeal Hospital Outpatient Pharmacy 1
  • 41 S Seguin Gardens & Gifts 1
  • 42 L Larabee Herbs 1
  • 43 G Grow Geneva 1
  • 44 C Chicago Props 1
  • 45 U Up In Smoke Shop 1
  • 46 C Cassandra Strings 1
  • 47 S Sound Bytes 1
  • 48 O Old Town School Music Store 1
  • 49 L Lucky Smoke Shop 1
  • 50 L Lakeshore Learning logo Lakeshore Learning 1

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