Trends · data through September 2026

Shoe Stores & Footwear Brands in Massachusetts

Iceflower tracks 134 stores from 64 shoe stores & footwear brands in Massachusetts. Journeys grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Shoe Dept. Encore and Famous Footwear.

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
64
Tracked stores
134
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 - +12.1%
2 S Shoe Dept. Encore - +11.0%
3 F Famous Footwear logo Famous Footwear ▲1 +0.4%
4 D DSW Designer Shoe Warehouse logo DSW Designer Shoe Warehouse ▼1 -12.7%
  • Famous Footwear
  • DSW Designer Shoe Warehouse
  • Journeys
  • Vans
  • Crocs
  • Shoe Market
  • The Barn Family Shoe Store
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

134 tracked store locations in Massachusetts. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Famous Footwear (25)
  • DSW Designer Shoe Warehouse (16)
  • Journeys (13)
  • Vans (7)
  • Crocs (2)
  • Shoe Market (1)
  • The Barn Family Shoe Store (1)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 F Famous Footwear logo Famous Footwear 25
  • 2 D DSW Designer Shoe Warehouse logo DSW Designer Shoe Warehouse 16
  • 3 J Journeys logo Journeys 13
  • 4 V Vans logo Vans 7
  • 5 A ALDO logo ALDO 5
  • 6 S Shoe Dept. Encore 4
  • 7 S Steve Madden logo Steve Madden 2
  • 8 O Off Broadway Shoe Warehouse logo Off Broadway Shoe Warehouse 2
  • 9 R Rack Room Shoes logo Rack Room Shoes 2
  • 10 A Allen Edmonds logo Allen Edmonds 2
  • 11 M Michelson's Shoes logo Michelson's Shoes 2
  • 12 C Crocs logo Crocs 2
  • 13 N New England Running Company & Trail 1
  • 14 F FootStock 1
  • 15 F Footbeats for Women 1
  • 16 A Alexander's Uniforms 1
  • 17 W WOW Dancewear 1
  • 18 W Wolverine World Wide logo Wolverine World Wide 1
  • 19 S Shoe Market Kids 1
  • 20 C Concepts 1
  • 21 E Everybody Shoes 1
  • 22 S Shooz 44 1
  • 23 J John Tarr Store 1
  • 24 F Foot Stock 1
  • 25 P Plymouth Dancewear 1
  • 26 R Rockport logo Rockport 1
  • 27 S Shoe City logo Shoe City 1
  • 28 E Eagle Shoe & Boot Co 1
  • 29 U UGG logo UGG 1
  • 30 T The Vans Dqm General 1
  • 31 P Pennyworth's 1
  • 32 C CONVERSE logo CONVERSE 1
  • 33 F Foot Paths 1
  • 34 T The Cobbler Shop 1
  • 35 T Teddy Shoes 1
  • 36 C Christian Louboutin logo Christian Louboutin 1
  • 37 I If The Shoe Fits 1
  • 38 W Waterfront 1
  • 39 S Shoe Market 1
  • 40 T The Barn Family Shoe Store 1
  • 41 T Trend 1
  • 42 B Birkenstock logo Birkenstock 1
  • 43 E Evans On The Common 1
  • 44 D Dr. Martens AirWair Japan logo Dr. Martens AirWair Japan 1
  • 45 L Legacy 1
  • 46 M Maynard Outdoor Store 1
  • 47 G Gone Bananas 1
  • 48 H Heartbreak Hill Running Company logo Heartbreak Hill Running Company 1
  • 49 T Trippi's Uniforms 1
  • 50 S Simons Shoes 1

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