Trends · data through September 2026

Sneakers & Athletic Brands in the United States

Iceflower tracks 4,885 stores from 26 sneakers & athletic brands in the United States. SNIPES grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Road Runner Sports and New Balance.

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
26
Tracked stores
4,885
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked sneakers & athletic 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. SNIPES and Road Runner Sports sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 S SNIPES logo SNIPES ▲2 +16.4%
2 R Road Runner Sports logo Road Runner Sports - +15.0%
3 N New Balance logo New Balance ▲2 +12.8%
4 F Fleet Feet logo Fleet Feet ▲2 +11.4%
5 T The Athlete's Foot logo The Athlete's Foot - +8.6%
6 V V.I.M. Jeans & Sneaker Store ▲1 +7.5%
7 J JD Sports logo JD Sports - +6.3%
8 F Foot Locker logo Foot Locker - +6.0%
9 C Champs Sports logo Champs Sports - +4.4%
10 N Nike logo Nike - +3.9%
11 C Columbus Running Company logo Columbus Running Company - +3.0%
12 A ASICS logo ASICS - +0.1%
13 D DTLR logo DTLR - +0.1%
14 H Hibbett Sports logo Hibbett Sports - -1.8%
15 P PUMA logo PUMA - -4.6%
  • Nike
  • Foot Locker
  • JD Sports
  • Hibbett Sports
  • Champs Sports
  • DTLR
  • adidas
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

4,885 tracked store locations in the United States. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Nike (261)
  • Foot Locker (823)
  • JD Sports (354)
  • Hibbett Sports (1,001)
  • Champs Sports (339)
  • DTLR (280)
  • adidas (151)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

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