Trends · data through September 2026

Shoe Stores & Footwear Brands in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH

Iceflower tracks 112 stores from 54 shoe stores & footwear brands in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH. ALDO grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Journeys and Famous Footwear.

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
54
Tracked stores
112
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked shoe stores & footwear brands

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. ALDO and Journeys sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 A ALDO logo ALDO - +13.5%
2 J Journeys logo Journeys - -0.1%
3 F Famous Footwear logo Famous Footwear - -0.7%
4 D DSW Designer Shoe Warehouse logo DSW Designer Shoe Warehouse - -7.1%
  • DSW Designer Shoe Warehouse
  • Red's Shoe Barn
  • Famous Footwear
  • Journeys
  • Nike Unite
  • Vans
  • Crocs
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

112 tracked store locations in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • DSW Designer Shoe Warehouse (14)
  • Red's Shoe Barn (2)
  • Famous Footwear (18)
  • Journeys (10)
  • Nike Unite (1)
  • Vans (8)
  • Crocs (2)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 F Famous Footwear logo Famous Footwear 18
  • 2 D DSW Designer Shoe Warehouse logo DSW Designer Shoe Warehouse 14
  • 3 J Journeys logo Journeys 10
  • 4 V Vans logo Vans 8
  • 5 A ALDO logo ALDO 6
  • 6 S Shoe Dept. Encore 2
  • 7 O Off Broadway Shoe Warehouse logo Off Broadway Shoe Warehouse 2
  • 8 A Allen Edmonds logo Allen Edmonds 2
  • 9 M Michelson's Shoes logo Michelson's Shoes 2
  • 10 S Steve Madden logo Steve Madden 2
  • 11 R Red's Shoe Barn 2
  • 12 C Crocs logo Crocs 2
  • 13 S Shoe Market Kids 1
  • 14 C Concepts 1
  • 15 W Wolverine World Wide logo Wolverine World Wide 1
  • 16 R Rack Room Shoes logo Rack Room Shoes 1
  • 17 E Everybody Shoes 1
  • 18 F Foot Stock 1
  • 19 P Plymouth Dancewear 1
  • 20 F FootStock 1
  • 21 F Footnotes logo Footnotes 1
  • 22 N New England Running Company & Trail 1
  • 23 R Rockport logo Rockport 1
  • 24 S Shoe City logo Shoe City 1
  • 25 P Pennyworth's 1
  • 26 F Foot Paths 1
  • 27 T The Cobbler Shop 1
  • 28 T Teddy Shoes 1
  • 29 W Waterfront 1
  • 30 C Christian Louboutin logo Christian Louboutin 1
  • 31 C CONVERSE logo CONVERSE 1
  • 32 T The Vans Dqm General 1
  • 33 U UGG logo UGG 1
  • 34 N Nike Unite 1
  • 35 S Shoe Market 1
  • 36 T The Barn Family Shoe Store 1
  • 37 T Trend 1
  • 38 B Birkenstock logo Birkenstock 1
  • 39 E Evans On The Common 1
  • 40 D Dr. Martens AirWair Japan logo Dr. Martens AirWair Japan 1
  • 41 L Legacy 1
  • 42 M Maynard Outdoor Store 1
  • 43 G Gone Bananas 1
  • 44 H Heartbreak Hill Running Company logo Heartbreak Hill Running Company 1
  • 45 S Simons Shoes 1
  • 46 B BootLegger's Footwear Centers 1
  • 47 M Mark Adrian Shoes 1
  • 48 D Dance This Way 1
  • 49 C Cambridge Clogs 1
  • 50 R Rick Walker's 1

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