Trends · data through September 2026

Retail trends in Ann Arbor, MI

Iceflower tracks 425 stores from 370 retail chains in Ann Arbor, MI. Barnes & Noble grew fastest over the last year, ahead of HomeGoods and Dollar Tree.

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
370
Tracked stores
425
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked retail 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. Barnes & Noble and HomeGoods sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 Barnes & Noble - +16.3%
2 HomeGoods - +15.4%
3 Dollar Tree - +10.6%
4 Dollar General - +8.3%
5 Tractor Supply Co. - +6.7%
6 Ace Hardware - +2.0%
7 Pet Supplies Plus - -0.3%
8 Target - -1.9%
9 Goodwill - -4.2%
10 Office Depot ▲1 -4.2%
11 Wags to Wiskers Pet Supplies ▼1 -52.4%
  • Thrift Stores
  • Pet Store
  • Bookstore
  • Specialty Store
  • Discount Store
  • Art Craft Hobby Store
  • Sporting Goods Store
  • Other categories

Store footprint

Store map

425 tracked store locations in Ann Arbor, MI, colored by category. The top 5 chains by store count run 26 of the 425 stores (6%); 338 of the 370 tracked chains have a single store here. 5% of the tracked retail stores here are discount stores, against 14% across Michigan.

  • Thrift Stores (24)
  • Pet Store (24)
  • Bookstore (24)
  • Specialty Store (23)
  • Discount Store (20)
  • Art Craft Hobby Store (20)
  • Sporting Goods Store (19)
  • Other categories

Top tracked chains by store count

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