Trends · data through July 2026

Specialty Stores in the United States

Iceflower tracks 5,141 stores from 2,932 specialty stores chains in the United States. World Market grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Armstrong Garden Centers and Benjamin Moore.

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
2,932
Tracked stores
5,141
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked specialty 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. World Market and Armstrong Garden Centers sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 W World Market logo World Market ▲2 +19.8%
2 A Armstrong Garden Centers ▲4 +19.6%
3 B Benjamin Moore logo Benjamin Moore ▲4 +19.3%
4 F Firearms Unknown ▲4 +17.3%
5 S SummerWinds Nursery ▲4 +16.9%
6 P Phelps Nursery ▲8 +15.7%
7 D DFS logo DFS ▲3 +14.1%
8 L Le Creuset Outlet Store logo Le Creuset Outlet Store ▲1 +14.0%
9 D Daiso Japan logo Daiso Japan ▲3 +12.4%
10 G Grower's Outlet ▲1 +11.6%
11 S Strader's Garden Center ▲3 +11.5%
12 V Virginia Lottery logo Virginia Lottery ▲1 +9.7%
13 A Arizona Lottery logo Arizona Lottery ▼1 +8.7%
14 M Mahoney's Garden Center ▲5 +8.2%
15 D DIY Home Center logo DIY Home Center ▲3 +8.1%
  • Guitar Center
  • Walmart Garden Center
  • Pinch A Penny Pool Patio Spa
  • Leslie's Pool Supplies
  • Party City
  • Williams-Sonoma
  • West Marine
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

5,141 tracked store locations in the United States. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Guitar Center (223)
  • Walmart Garden Center (56)
  • Pinch A Penny Pool Patio Spa (183)
  • Leslie's Pool Supplies (213)
  • Party City (503)
  • Williams-Sonoma (94)
  • West Marine (103)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

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