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 | - | +11.4% |
| 2 | Michaels | - | -4.9% |
| 3 | JOANN Fabric and Craft Stores | - | -100.0% |
- Hobby Lobby
- Michaels
- Sew Much Fun
- Grand Slam Cards Rock Hill
- Rally Squirrel Cards and Collectibles
- Jerry's Artarama
- Morris Costumes
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
87 tracked store locations in Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted. The top 5 chains by store count run 32 of the 87 stores (37%); 56 of the 60 tracked chains have a single store here. 3% of the tracked retail stores here are art craft hobby stores, the same share as across North Carolina.
- Hobby Lobby (10)
- Michaels (16)
- Sew Much Fun (1)
- Grand Slam Cards Rock Hill (1)
- Rally Squirrel Cards and Collectibles (1)
- Jerry's Artarama (1)
- Morris Costumes (1)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Michaels 16
- 2 Hobby Lobby 10
- 3 JOANN Fabric and Craft Stores 3
- 4 Waxhaw Candle Company 2
- 5 Underground Games 1
- 6 Dale-Ray Fabrics 1
- 7 Studio 256 1
- 8 Beads, Inc. 1
- 9 Charlotte Yarn 1
- 10 Collectors Cove 1
- 11 Tangles Knitting On Main 1
- 12 The Bead Lady 1
- 13 Mud Ceramic Studio 1
- 14 The Grove Pottery 1
- 15 Blue Goose Art Supply 1
- 16 Gunny's Warfare Center 1
- 17 Piedmont Players Costume Company 1
- 18 Everything Bing 1
- 19 Paper Source 1
- 20 Carolina Vinyl Shack 1
- 21 Print 2 Press 1
- 22 Salvage Shop 1
- 23 Archer Paper Goods 1
- 24 Chic Custom Creations 1
- 25 Amy's Crochet 1
- 26 Artesania los Potrillos 1
- 27 Christmas Made in the South 1
- 28 Awesome R/C Cars 1
- 29 Cheap Joe's Art Stuff 1
- 30 Chuck's Trains & Hobby Depot 1
- 31 Sew Much Fun 1
- 32 Reynolds Advanced Materials 1
- 33 Rally Squirrel Cards and Collectibles 1
- 34 Jerry's Artarama 1
- 35 Morris Costumes 1
- 36 The Mighty Meeple 1
- 37 Get Some Game 1
- 38 Valentino Card Shop 1
- 39 Bisque Imports 1
- 40 The PokeShop & Collectibles LLC 1
- 41 We're Sew Creative 1
- 42 Carolina Clay Connection 1
- 43 Cardzondeck 1
- 44 Cosmic Hearth Games 1
- 45 SewEndipitous 1
- 46 Just Sew Happy 1
- 47 Wild Bird Center of Charlotte 1
- 48 meg-art pottery painting studio & espresso bar 1
- 49 Shoppes at River's Edge 1
- 50 Modern Fabrics 1
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