Trends · data through September 2026

Retail trends in Illinois

Iceflower tracks 11,682 stores from 5,418 retail chains in Illinois. The Salvation Army Family Store & Donation Center grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Louis Vuitton and Aritzia.

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
5,418
Tracked stores
11,682
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 Louis Vuitton 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 ▲20 +20.0%
2 L Louis Vuitton logo Louis Vuitton ▲7 +19.2%
3 A Aritzia logo Aritzia ▲4 +18.2%
4 M Menards logo Menards - +18.1%
5 G Grand Appliance and TV ▲23 +17.7%
6 G Graham Crackers Comics logo Graham Crackers Comics ▲4 +17.0%
7 G Garage logo Garage ▲15 +16.3%
8 O Ollie's Bargain Outlet logo Ollie's Bargain Outlet ▲6 +15.0%
9 H HobbyTown ▲4 +14.6%
10 B BoxLunch logo BoxLunch ▲15 +14.0%
11 L Lurvey Landscape Supply logo Lurvey Landscape Supply ▲3 +13.6%
12 F Five Below logo Five Below ▲2 +13.5%
13 P Pottery Barn logo Pottery Barn ▲12 +12.5%
14 J Jared logo Jared ▲13 +12.3%
15 R Ralph Lauren logo Ralph Lauren ▲11 +11.8%

Store footprint

Store map

11,682 tracked store locations in Illinois, colored by category.

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