Growth ranking
Fastest-growing tracked art craft hobby 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. Hobby Lobby and Blick Art Materials sit in the high-growth half.
#
Chain
YoY growth
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
H
Hobby Lobby
|
- | +16.7% |
| 2 |
B
Blick Art Materials
|
▲1 | +6.9% |
| 3 |
M
Michaels
|
- | +2.0% |
| 4 | C Chicago Costume | ▲1 | -5.8% |
| 5 |
P
Paper Source
|
▲1 | -6.1% |
| 6 | T The Gaming Goat | ▲1 | -80.9% |
| 7 |
J
JOANN Fabric and Craft Stores
|
▼4 | -100.0% |
- Hobby Lobby
- Michaels
- Blick Art Materials
- Color Me Mine
- Paper Source
- Pastimes
- Prairie Gardens
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
336 tracked store locations in Illinois. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.
- Hobby Lobby (43)
- Michaels (50)
- Blick Art Materials (6)
- Color Me Mine (9)
- Paper Source (10)
- Pastimes (1)
- Prairie Gardens (1)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
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1
M
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2
H
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3
J
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4
P
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5
C
Color Me Mine 9
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6
B
- 7 T The Gaming Goat 3
- 8 C Chicago Costume 3
- 9 A American Science & Surplus 2
- 10 T The Painted Penguin 2
- 11 B Bead In Hand 1
- 12 C Cut It Out Scrapbook Supplies 1
- 13 F Fiber Friends Studio 1
- 14 A a. favorite design 1
- 15 T The Scrap Jar 1
- 16 F Fox Valley Pottery 1
- 17 C Chicago Fabric Yarn & Button Sales 1
- 18 P Penguin Foot Pottery 1
- 19 T Thunder Road Hobbies 1
- 20 C Clay Monet 1
- 21 A AU Sports 1
- 22 T The Underground Dojo 1
- 23 N Nick's Embroidery 1
- 24 R Red Board Hobbies 1
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25
T
The Crystal Cellar 1
- 26 S Sew on Central 1
- 27 Q Quilter's General Store 1
- 28 I Indigo Quilt Studio and Longarm Quilting Service 1
- 29 I Incas Andes 1
- 30 Y Yarns Untold 1
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31
Y
Yarnify 1
- 32 C CRC Hobbies 1
- 33 B Booming Acres 1
- 34 T Timeless Creations 1
- 35 A African Art & Objects 1
- 36 C Castle Trains & Treasures 1
- 37 D Demetria's Dancewear and Costumes 1
- 38 T Top Notch Knots & Pots 1
- 39 A A Different Box of Crayons 1
- 40 E El Artesanal 1
- 41 R Ron's Mundelein Hobbies 1
- 42 T Tastebud Tours 1
- 43 T Thimbles Quilts 1
- 44 T Thrown Elements Pottery 1
- 45 G Grade Plus Trade 1
- 46 Q Quilters Haven 1
- 47 C Calico Country Sewing and Vacuum 1
- 48 D Dizzy Dugout 1
- 49 R Rock Hounds Rocks and more 1
- 50 T Tomorrow's Heirlooms 1
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