Trends · data through September 2026

Retail trends in Columbia, SC

Iceflower tracks 1,142 stores from 700 retail chains in Columbia, SC. Roses grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Hobby Lobby and Staples.

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
700
Tracked stores
1,142
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. Roses and Hobby Lobby sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 R Roses logo Roses ▲4 +16.7%
2 H Hobby Lobby logo Hobby Lobby ▲1 +11.5%
3 S Staples logo Staples ▲1 +10.6%
4 P pOpshelf logo pOpshelf ▲4 +9.5%
5 V Victoria's Secret logo Victoria's Secret ▲3 +8.9%
6 M Men's Wearhouse logo Men's Wearhouse ▲4 +8.3%
7 B Batteries Plus Bulbs - +7.9%
8 B Barnes & Noble logo Barnes & Noble ▲3 +7.1%
9 O Ollie's Bargain Outlet logo Ollie's Bargain Outlet ▲2 +6.3%
10 D Dollar General logo Dollar General - +6.2%
11 R Rack Room Shoes logo Rack Room Shoes ▲4 +6.1%
12 R Ross Dress for Less logo Ross Dress for Less ▲1 +5.9%
13 M Marshalls logo Marshalls - +5.8%
14 R REEDS Jewelers logo REEDS Jewelers ▲2 +5.8%
15 J Journeys logo Journeys - +5.6%

Store footprint

Store map

1,142 tracked store locations in Columbia, SC, colored by category.

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