Trends · data through July 2026

Retail trends in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN

Iceflower tracks 3,937 stores from 1,291 retail chains in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN. The Salvation Army Family Store & Donation Center grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Gap and Boot Barn.

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
1,291
Tracked stores
3,937
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. The Salvation Army Family Store & Donation Center and Gap sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 T The Salvation Army Family Store & Donation Center logo The Salvation Army Family Store & Donation Center ▲17 +18.7%
2 G Gap logo Gap ▲15 +17.3%
3 B Boot Barn logo Boot Barn ▲15 +16.7%
4 T The Home Depot logo The Home Depot +16.2%
5 W Williams-Sonoma logo Williams-Sonoma ▲8 +15.9%
6 T Tractor Supply Co. logo Tractor Supply Co. ▲6 +15.5%
7 H Hobby Lobby logo Hobby Lobby ▲3 +15.1%
8 V Value Village logo Value Village ▲8 +15.1%
9 O Office Depot logo Office Depot ▲6 +14.7%
10 G Goodwill logo Goodwill ▲3 +14.5%
11 A Abercrombie & Fitch logo Abercrombie & Fitch ▲8 +13.0%
12 M Miniso logo Miniso ▲5 +12.9%
13 B Barnes & Noble logo Barnes & Noble ▲4 +12.6%
14 M Menards logo Menards +12.1%
15 A Ace Hardware logo Ace Hardware ▲2 +11.0%

Store footprint

Store map

3,937 tracked store locations in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN, colored by category.

Top tracked chains by store count

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