Trends · data through September 2026

Art Craft Hobby Stores in the United States

Iceflower tracks 10,066 stores from 5,757 art craft hobby store chains in the United States. The Old Country Store grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Texas Art Supply and Hobby Lobby.

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
5,757
Tracked stores
10,066
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked art craft hobby 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. The Old Country Store and Texas Art Supply sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 T The Old Country Store ▲1 +19.8%
2 T Texas Art Supply ▲4 +19.2%
3 H Hobby Lobby logo Hobby Lobby - +16.6%
4 T The Game Shoppe ▲3 +16.5%
5 G Glazed Expressions ▲3 +16.1%
6 G Grandmaster Games ▲1 +15.3%
7 C Craft Warehouse logo Craft Warehouse ▲1 +13.6%
8 J Jerry's Artarama logo Jerry's Artarama ▲1 +13.6%
9 B Blick Art Materials logo Blick Art Materials ▲1 +11.4%
10 T The Portal ▲1 +7.9%
11 T The Hobby Shop ▲1 +7.6%
12 U Utrecht Art Supplies logo Utrecht Art Supplies ▲1 +6.2%
13 S Southern Hospitality ▲1 +5.8%
14 T The Vinyl Room - +5.7%
15 B Ben Franklin Crafts - +5.3%
  • Hobby Lobby
  • Michaels
  • Blick Art Materials
  • Paper Source
  • Color Me Mine
  • Craft Warehouse
  • Jerry's Artarama
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

10,066 tracked store locations in the United States. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Hobby Lobby (1,128)
  • Michaels (1,352)
  • Blick Art Materials (51)
  • Paper Source (124)
  • Color Me Mine (124)
  • Craft Warehouse (8)
  • Jerry's Artarama (23)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 M Michaels logo Michaels 1,352
  • 2 H Hobby Lobby logo Hobby Lobby 1,128
  • 3 P Paper Source logo Paper Source 124
  • 4 C Color Me Mine logo Color Me Mine 124
  • 5 T Tandy Leather logo Tandy Leather 93
  • 6 B Blick Art Materials logo Blick Art Materials 51
  • 7 J Jerry's Artarama logo Jerry's Artarama 23
  • 8 G Guiry's logo Guiry's 21
  • 9 U Utrecht Art Supplies logo Utrecht Art Supplies 15
  • 10 B Ben Franklin 13
  • 11 P Plaza Artist Materials & Picture Framing logo Plaza Artist Materials & Picture Framing 11
  • 12 B Ben Franklin Crafts 9
  • 13 T The Great Frame Up 9
  • 14 C Craft Warehouse logo Craft Warehouse 8
  • 15 T The Mad Potter 8
  • 16 T The Pottery Place 7
  • 17 A All Fired Up 7
  • 18 F Field's Fabrics 6
  • 19 T The Vinyl Room 6
  • 20 U uPaint Pottery Studio 5
  • 21 F Fabric Mart 5
  • 22 U United Art and Education 5
  • 23 I In Stitches 5
  • 24 F Frames Unlimited 5
  • 25 C CeramiCafe logo CeramiCafe 5
  • 26 C Collage 4
  • 27 P Pastimes 4
  • 28 A Amazing Glaze 4
  • 29 S SCG Hobby 4
  • 30 T The Old Country Store 3
  • 31 F Flower Patch logo Flower Patch 3
  • 32 T The Hobby Shop 3
  • 33 S SAS Fabrics 3
  • 34 S Southern Hospitality 3
  • 35 G Grandmaster Games 3
  • 36 T The Game Shoppe 3
  • 37 M Mood Fabrics logo Mood Fabrics 3
  • 38 A American HTV & CRAFTS 3
  • 39 T The Portal 3
  • 40 G Good Game 3
  • 41 T Tower of Games logo Tower of Games 3
  • 42 G Glazed Expressions 3
  • 43 T Texas Art Supply 3
  • 44 N Next Level Games 3
  • 45 F Fine Fabrics 3
  • 46 T Tabletop Tavern 2
  • 47 G Gail K Fabrics 2
  • 48 C Cards of Ruin 2
  • 49 A Aurora Sewing Center 2
  • 50 N New River Pottery 2

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