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. Hobby Lobby and Michaels sit in the high-growth half.
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hobby Lobby | - | +5.0% |
| 2 | Michaels | - | +0.1% |
| 3 | The Vinyl Room | - | -18.4% |
| 4 | JOANN Fabric and Craft Stores | - | -100.0% |
- Hobby Lobby
- Michaels
- The Vinyl Room
- JC's House of Cards
- Gulf Coast Hobby
- Big Hit Sports Cards
- Hobby Hole
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
154 tracked store locations in Alabama. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted. The top 5 chains by store count run 60 of the 154 stores (39%); 92 of the 98 tracked chains have a single store here. 2% of the tracked retail stores here are art craft hobby stores, against 3% across the United States.
- Hobby Lobby (29)
- Michaels (20)
- The Vinyl Room (3)
- JC's House of Cards (1)
- Gulf Coast Hobby (1)
- Big Hit Sports Cards (1)
- Hobby Hole (1)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Hobby Lobby 29
- 2 Michaels 20
- 3 JOANN Fabric and Craft Stores 6
- 4 The Vinyl Room 3
- 5 Magnolia Gaming 2
- 6 Home Accents 2
- 7 Sew Charming Quilt Shop 1
- 8 All Strung Out Yarn Shop 1
- 9 Frame World Art Gallery 1
- 10 Tom Jones Pottery 1
- 11 Blackberry Cottage Studios 1
- 12 Front Porch Quilt Shoppe 1
- 13 Bessemer Sewing and Vacuum Center 1
- 14 Geekz Haven 1
- 15 Thimbles 1
- 16 Ashville House Quilt Shop 1
- 17 Farmer’s Daughter 1
- 18 Downing and Sons 1
- 19 Patches & Stitches 1
- 20 The Craft Room 1
- 21 PO's Cards and Coffee 1
- 22 Sweet Home Quilting and Supplies 1
- 23 Edgewood Frame Shop 1
- 24 3 Hens & A Chick Quilt Shop 1
- 25 Oxford Gaming Center 1
- 26 Bou Cou Dancewear 1
- 27 Cotton Capers 1
- 28 The Needle Bug 1
- 29 OnTrack Raceway 1
- 30 The Main Menu 1
- 31 Enterprise Sewing Center 1
- 32 Blue Water Vinyl and Gifts 1
- 33 Beads & Leather 1
- 34 Vinyl Cottage 1
- 35 The Stampin' Elephant 1
- 36 Nikkis Magickal Creations And More 1
- 37 Maymay Made It 1
- 38 The Vinyl Hub 1
- 39 By Grace Fabrics 1
- 40 Hale Fire Glass 1
- 41 Classic Decks 1
- 42 High Country Hobbies 1
- 43 Greathouse Made LLC 1
- 44 Sew Blessed Fabric & Embroidery 1
- 45 Factory Surplus Sales Inc 1
- 46 SPARKLE Studio 1
- 47 Dreamland Graphics and Vinyl Supply 1
- 48 Mastermind Models and Miniatures 1
- 49 Paper Crane Yarns 1
- 50 Southern Twist Yarns 1
More trends