Growth ranking
Fastest-growing tracked art craft hobby 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. HobbyTown and Hobby Lobby sit in the high-growth half.
#
Chain
YoY growth
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | H HobbyTown | - | +13.5% |
| 2 |
H
Hobby Lobby
|
- | +10.0% |
| 3 |
M
Michaels
|
- | -1.4% |
| 4 |
W
Wild Birds Unlimited
|
- | -4.8% |
| 5 |
W
Warhammer
|
- | -5.6% |
| 6 |
J
JOANN Fabric and Craft Stores
|
- | -11.9% |
| 7 |
S
Spirit Halloween
|
- | -22.8% |
- Michaels
- Hobby Lobby
- JOANN Fabric and Craft Stores
- Spirit Halloween
- Wild Birds Unlimited
- HobbyTown
- Tower of Games
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
182 tracked store locations in Virginia. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.
- Michaels (50)
- Hobby Lobby (20)
- JOANN Fabric and Craft Stores (16)
- Spirit Halloween (16)
- Wild Birds Unlimited (14)
- HobbyTown (4)
- Tower of Games (2)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
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1
M
Michaels 50
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2
H
Hobby Lobby 20
-
3
J
JOANN Fabric and Craft Stores 16
-
4
S
Spirit Halloween 16
-
5
W
Wild Birds Unlimited 14
-
6
W
Warhammer 6
- 7 H HobbyTown 4
- 8 T The Frame Market 2
-
9
P
Plaza Artist Materials & Picture Framing 2
- 10 C Curio Cavern 2
-
11
T
Tower of Games 2
- 12 B BangerZ Cards & Collectibles 1
- 13 7 757 Creative ReUse Center 1
- 14 N Needles in the Haymarket 1
- 15 C Collector's Den 1
- 16 S Stitch Sew Shop 1
- 17 T Tiny Tim's Trains & Toys 1
- 18 F Forge & Factions 1
- 19 C Clay Cafe Studios 1
- 20 E Earth Glaze & Fire 1
- 21 S Starling Ave Cards & Comics 1
-
22
T
The Booster Box 1
- 23 B B & C Sports 1
- 24 K Kiln & Co. 1
- 25 P Paint on Pottery 1
- 26 R River City Airsoft 1
- 27 T Threads Ink 1
- 28 N New River Art & Fiber 1
- 29 C CREATE Pottery Shop 1
- 30 T The Frame Factory 1
- 31 B Bangles & Beads 1
- 32 E Exotic Himalayan Handicrafts 1
- 33 T The Cottage Barn 1
- 34 R Richmond Comix 1
- 35 U Upcycle Creative Reuse Center 1
- 36 F Fabric Hut 1
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37
J
Jerry's Artarama 1
- 38 F Fabric Place Basement 1
- 39 A A Different Touch 1
- 40 W Wine & Cake Hobbies 1
- 41 V VMFA Shop 1
- 42 H Harygul's Halloween Planet 1
- 43 O One Eyed Jacques 1
- 44 H House of Cars Virginia 1
- 45 P Potts N Paints 1
- 46 B Berger's Sewing Machine 1
- 47 C Creative Pursuit Games 1
- 48 C Collectors Cove 1
- 49 S Sunshine Quilt Corner 1
- 50 M Mother of Yarns 1
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