Trends · data through September 2026

Retail trends in State College, PA

Iceflower tracks 174 stores from 154 retail chains in State College, PA.

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
154
Tracked stores
174
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. Dollar General and Ace Hardware sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 D Dollar General logo Dollar General - +14.7%
2 A Ace Hardware logo Ace Hardware - +11.3%
  • Discount Store
  • Vape & Tobacco Shops
  • Sporting Goods Store
  • Specialty Store
  • Hardware Store
  • Pet Store
  • Other clothing stores
  • Other categories

Store footprint

Store map

174 tracked store locations in State College, PA, colored by category.

  • Discount Store (19)
  • Vape & Tobacco Shops (13)
  • Sporting Goods Store (11)
  • Specialty Store (10)
  • Hardware Store (9)
  • Pet Store (8)
  • Other clothing stores (7)
  • Other categories

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 D Dollar General logo Dollar General 11
  • 2 A Ace Hardware logo Ace Hardware 3
  • 3 D Dollar Tree logo Dollar Tree 2
  • 4 S Smoke n go Express 2
  • 5 T The Pet Pub 2
  • 6 T True Value logo True Value 2
  • 7 S Smokers Square 2
  • 8 W Walmart logo Walmart 2
  • 9 T Target logo Target 2
  • 10 P Party City logo Party City 2
  • 11 S Scraps & Skeins 1
  • 12 H Happy Valley Doors 1
  • 13 H Helen Foxx & Co 1
  • 14 Y Your Perfect Fit 1
  • 15 P Port's Sports Emporium 1
  • 16 F Fox Hill Gardens 1
  • 17 C Chico's logo Chico's 1
  • 18 P Porter Paint and Wallcovering 1
  • 19 M Martin's Feed Mill 1
  • 20 B Bi-Lo Supply 1
  • 21 G Growing Tree Toys 1
  • 22 S Stax of Trax 1
  • 23 S Smith & Front 1
  • 24 F Fisher's Shoe and Saddle Shop 1
  • 25 D Daniel Vaughn Designs 1
  • 26 T The Nittany Quill 1
  • 27 A Apple Hill Antiques 1
  • 28 A American Eagle logo American Eagle 1
  • 29 S Sammis Greenhouse 1
  • 30 T Talbots logo Talbots 1
  • 31 V Valley Ace 1
  • 32 M Maurices logo Maurices 1
  • 33 P Pennsylvania State Univ 1
  • 34 W Weaver's Store logo Weaver's Store 1
  • 35 P Penns Valley Building Supply 1
  • 36 T The Music Mart 1
  • 37 V Vape Vibe 1
  • 38 B Belding & Mull 1
  • 39 A Average Jack Archery LLC 1
  • 40 M Miska & Reini Goldsmiths and Jewelers 1
  • 41 H Hammer Down Armament 1
  • 42 U Urban Outfitters logo Urban Outfitters 1
  • 43 M Millheim Small Engine 1
  • 44 V Vape Depot 1
  • 45 B Bellefonte Brick Studio 1
  • 46 R Rainbow Music 1
  • 47 B Bella Donna Herbs 1
  • 48 L Lakewoods Outdoor Supply 1
  • 49 C Custom Shoe Repair 1
  • 50 F Family Dollar logo Family Dollar 1

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