Trends · data through July 2026

Retail trends in Illinois

Iceflower tracks 5,145 stores from 1,492 retail chains in Illinois. The Salvation Army Family Store & Donation Center grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Gap and Sierra.

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
1,492
Tracked stores
5,145
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. The Salvation Army Family Store & Donation Center and Gap sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 T The Salvation Army Family Store & Donation Center logo The Salvation Army Family Store & Donation Center ▲12 +18.3%
2 G Gap logo Gap ▲13 +17.0%
3 S Sierra logo Sierra ▲7 +16.9%
4 H Hobby Lobby logo Hobby Lobby ▲4 +15.4%
5 W Williams-Sonoma logo Williams-Sonoma ▲6 +15.4%
6 V Value Village logo Value Village ▲7 +15.2%
7 T The Home Depot logo The Home Depot - +14.7%
8 B Boot Barn logo Boot Barn ▲14 +14.5%
9 P pOpshelf logo pOpshelf ▲10 +14.4%
10 J JD Sports logo JD Sports ▲2 +14.2%
11 G Goodwill logo Goodwill ▲1 +13.2%
12 M Miniso logo Miniso ▲3 +12.8%
13 A Abercrombie & Fitch logo Abercrombie & Fitch ▲7 +12.7%
14 O Office Depot logo Office Depot ▲3 +12.1%
15 H Hallmark logo Hallmark ▲14 +12.0%

Store footprint

Store map

5,145 tracked store locations in Illinois, colored by category.

Top tracked chains by store count

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