Trends · data through September 2026

Shoe Stores & Footwear Brands in Connecticut

Iceflower tracks 71 stores from 30 shoe stores & footwear brands in Connecticut. Journeys grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Shoe Dept. Encore and ALDO.

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
30
Tracked stores
71
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked shoe stores & footwear brands

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. Journeys and Shoe Dept. Encore sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 J Journeys logo Journeys - +17.8%
2 S Shoe Dept. Encore - +9.7%
3 A ALDO logo ALDO ▲1 +9.4%
4 F Famous Footwear logo Famous Footwear - +8.9%
5 V Vans logo Vans - +4.4%
6 D DSW Designer Shoe Warehouse logo DSW Designer Shoe Warehouse - -2.0%
7 H Hawley Lane Shoes ▼1 -4.1%
  • DSW Designer Shoe Warehouse
  • Famous Footwear
  • Journeys
  • Crocs
  • Shoe Dept. Encore
  • Vans
  • Dance Village
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

71 tracked store locations in Connecticut. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • DSW Designer Shoe Warehouse (12)
  • Famous Footwear (13)
  • Journeys (7)
  • Crocs (2)
  • Shoe Dept. Encore (5)
  • Vans (3)
  • Dance Village (1)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 F Famous Footwear logo Famous Footwear 13
  • 2 D DSW Designer Shoe Warehouse logo DSW Designer Shoe Warehouse 12
  • 3 J Journeys logo Journeys 7
  • 4 S Shoe Dept. Encore 5
  • 5 V Vans logo Vans 3
  • 6 A ALDO logo ALDO 3
  • 7 H Hawley Lane Shoes 3
  • 8 C Crocs logo Crocs 2
  • 9 S Shoes 'n' More 2
  • 10 R Rundown New Haven 1
  • 11 L Little Eric of Greenwich 1
  • 12 S Sundog Shoe and Leather 1
  • 13 A Athletic Shoe Factory 1
  • 14 T The Dancer's Boutique 1
  • 15 V Vintage Planet 1
  • 16 F Fazio Shoe Repair and Retail 1
  • 17 U UGG logo UGG 1
  • 18 A Alexander's Uniforms 1
  • 19 I Impossible Kicks 1
  • 20 R REM Boot Co. 1
  • 21 N Naturino Kids Shoes and More 1
  • 22 T The Athlete's Source 1
  • 23 S Shoe Inn logo Shoe Inn 1
  • 24 C Connecticut Uniform 1
  • 25 A Arciuolo's Shoes 1
  • 26 R Rundown 1
  • 27 C Clinton Bootery 1
  • 28 X XclusiveCops 1
  • 29 R Rack Room Shoes logo Rack Room Shoes 1
  • 30 D Dance Village 1

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