Trends · data through September 2026

Retail trends in Bloomington, IN

Iceflower tracks 202 stores from 187 retail chains in Bloomington, IN.

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
187
Tracked stores
202
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. Dollar General and BTown Smoke Time sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 Dollar General - +6.2%
2 BTown Smoke Time - -8.5%
  • Discount Store
  • Thrift Stores
  • Bookstore
  • Flower Shop
  • Vape & Tobacco Shops
  • Art Craft Hobby Store
  • Hardware Store
  • Other categories

Store footprint

Store map

202 tracked store locations in Bloomington, IN, colored by category. The top 5 chains by store count run 17 of the 202 stores (8%); 179 of the 187 tracked chains have a single store here. 6% of the tracked retail stores here are bookstores, against 2% across Indiana.

  • Discount Store (16)
  • Thrift Stores (12)
  • Bookstore (12)
  • Flower Shop (12)
  • Vape & Tobacco Shops (11)
  • Art Craft Hobby Store (10)
  • Hardware Store (10)
  • Other categories

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 Dollar General 8
  • 2 BTown Smoke Time 3
  • 3 Dollar Tree 2
  • 4 Game World 2
  • 5 Goodwill 2
  • 6 Family Dollar 2
  • 7 Rally House 2
  • 8 Walmart 2
  • 9 skullznbunniez 1
  • 10 Barry Co Inc. 1
  • 11 Estate & Downsizing Specialists 1
  • 12 Bender Lumber 1
  • 13 Unraveled Quilt Store 1
  • 14 Target 1
  • 15 Bloomington Scout Shop 1
  • 16 White Light 1
  • 17 U.S. Defense Solutions 1
  • 18 Friends Of Art Bookstore 1
  • 19 Owen Valley Flooring 1
  • 20 ColorTyme 1
  • 21 Vintage Souls Antique Market 1
  • 22 Revolution Bike and Bean 1
  • 23 BTown Box 1
  • 24 Knitting Romance 1
  • 25 The Salvation Army Family Store & Donation Center 1
  • 26 uBreakiFix 1
  • 27 Mary M's Walnut House Flowers 1
  • 28 JL Waters 1
  • 29 BadkneesTs 1
  • 30 Four Seasons Gun Shop 1
  • 31 The Markdown Store 1
  • 32 Claire's 1
  • 33 Wild Birds Unlimited 1
  • 34 Harriman Farms 1
  • 35 Ace Pawn Shop 1
  • 36 Argentum Jewelry 1
  • 37 Bloomington Valley Nursery 1
  • 38 Koenig Equipment 1
  • 39 oak. 1
  • 40 Gather : handmade shoppe & Co: 1
  • 41 The IN Store 1
  • 42 Bicycle Garage 1
  • 43 Zales 1
  • 44 Common Room Games 1
  • 45 Simply Primitive 1
  • 46 Bloomington Paint & Wallpaper 1
  • 47 My Sister's Closet 1
  • 48 Central Supply Company 1
  • 49 O'Child Children's Boutique 1
  • 50 Jeff's Warehouse 1

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