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
|
- | +19.4% |
| 2 |
G
Guitar Center
|
- | -5.4% |
- 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
125 tracked store locations in Illinois. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.
- Guitar Center (14)
- 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 W Waukegan Music Exchange 1
- 6 H Hoffman Strings 1
- 7 R Round Trip Records 1
- 8 R Reverberation Vinyl 1
- 9 G Groovin High 1
- 10 V Vinyl Revival 1
- 11 H Hip Cat Records & Music Videos 1
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12
Q
Quinlan & Fabish Music Company 1
- 13 G Groove Distribution 1
- 14 T Tone Deaf Records 1
- 15 S Scratched Vinyl 1
- 16 R RiverBend Records 1
- 17 V Vinyl Zone Records 1
- 18 M Melodic Rhythms 1
- 19 W Windy City Records 1
- 20 P Purple Dog Records 1
- 21 G Gramaphone Records 1
- 22 T The Music Store 1
- 23 R Reckless Saint 1
- 24 E Exotic Adult Books & Videos 1
- 25 Q Quinlan & Fabish 1
- 26 O Old School Records 1
- 27 R Rare Birds Music 1
- 28 C Cheap Kiss Records 1
- 29 C Controlled Chaos Vintage Vinyl and Variety 1
- 30 R Ribbon Records 1
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31
R
Reckless Records 1
- 32 R Ross's Chicago Records 1
- 33 M Music Garage 1
- 34 A America's Groove Record Store 1
- 35 M Miyagi Records 1
- 36 O Out of the Past Records 1
- 37 S Spin Cycle 1
- 38 L Let's Boogie Records & Tapes 1
- 39 G Green Tangerine Records 1
- 40 A Algonquin Records 1
- 41 V Vinyl & Vintage 1
- 42 U Uncle Jon's Music 1
- 43 M Mike's Music 1
- 44 R Rock of Ages 1
- 45 S Speakeasy Records & Oddities 1
- 46 C Co-Op Records 1
- 47 S Starship Video 1
- 48 6 606 Records 1
- 49 C Conservatory Vintage & Vinyl 1
- 50 T Trusty Chords Record Shop 1
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