Trends · data through July 2026

Shoe Stores in the United States

Iceflower tracks 5,991 stores from 491 shoe stores chains in the United States. Timberland grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Road Runner Sports and Boot Barn.

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
491
Tracked stores
5,991
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked shoe stores 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. Timberland and Road Runner Sports sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 T Timberland logo Timberland ▲5 +19.6%
2 R Road Runner Sports logo Road Runner Sports ▲1 +18.7%
3 B Boot Barn logo Boot Barn - +17.3%
4 U Underground Station ▲1 +16.7%
5 S Steve Madden logo Steve Madden ▲3 +16.3%
6 T The Athlete's Foot logo The Athlete's Foot ▲3 +15.8%
7 S Shoe City logo Shoe City - +14.2%
8 S SHU DEAL ▲1 +14.0%
9 J JD Sports logo JD Sports ▲2 +12.9%
10 B Birkenstock logo Birkenstock ▲3 +11.9%
11 A ALDO logo ALDO ▲1 +11.8%
12 S Second Sole ▲2 +11.3%
13 S Shoe Sensation logo Shoe Sensation ▼1 +10.1%
14 C Cavender's logo Cavender's ▲3 +10.1%
15 B Boot World logo Boot World ▲4 +9.4%
  • Foot Locker
  • DSW Designer Shoe Warehouse
  • Boot Barn
  • JD Sports
  • Journeys
  • Famous Footwear
  • Shoe Carnival
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

5,991 tracked store locations in the United States. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Foot Locker (417)
  • DSW Designer Shoe Warehouse (334)
  • Boot Barn (310)
  • JD Sports (245)
  • Journeys (390)
  • Famous Footwear (418)
  • Shoe Carnival (281)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

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