Metro by metro
The leading art craft hobby store chains in every Colorado metro area
Tracked art craft hobby store chains ranked by consumer spend in each metro area, Q4 2025–Q3 2026. Hobby Lobby leads in 4 metro areas, Michaels in 1 metro area. Against their share in Colorado as a whole, Michaels stands out in 2 metro areas, Hobby Lobby in 1 metro area, and Guiry's in 1 metro area.
By tracked consumer spend, Q4 2025–Q3 2026
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Michaels
Relative #1 in 2 metro areas
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO 1.1× · Boulder, CO 1.5×
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Hobby Lobby
Relative #1 in Colorado Springs, CO, 1.1× its share in Colorado
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Guiry's
Relative #1 in Fort Collins-Loveland, CO, 1.3× its share in Colorado
Not enough tracked stores: Greeley, CO · Pueblo, CO
No ranked chain with 5% of the metro area's spend and 3 stores there: Grand Junction, CO
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Hobby Lobby
#1 in 4 metro areas
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO · Colorado Springs, CO · Fort Collins-Loveland, CO · Grand Junction, CO
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Michaels
#1 in Boulder, CO
Not enough tracked stores: Greeley, CO · Pueblo, CO
A metro area shows a ranking once it has at least 2 tracked art craft hobby store chains and 10 tracked stores. Relative to Colorado compares a chain's share of the metro area's spend with its share in Colorado as a whole. It ranks the 7 biggest chains in Colorado and the chains that lead a metro area by spend, wherever a chain has at least 5% of the metro area's spend and 3 stores there. Metro areas are the Census Bureau's metropolitan statistical areas; the rest of Colorado is light gray. Colors match the store map; other tracked chains are gray.
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 Guiry's sit in the high-growth half.
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
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| 1 | Hobby Lobby | - | +14.5% |
| 2 | Guiry's | ▲1 | +3.1% |
| 3 | Michaels | - | +2.0% |
| 4 | Tandy Leather | ▲1 | -36.9% |
| 5 | JOANN Fabric and Craft Stores | ▼2 | -100.0% |
- Hobby Lobby
- Michaels
- Guiry's
- UnboundGames
- Game Heroes
- The Wizard's Chest
- Color Me Mine
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
246 tracked store locations in Colorado. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted. The top 5 chains by store count run 85 of the 246 stores (35%); 141 of the 155 tracked chains have a single store here. 4% of the tracked retail stores here are art craft hobby stores, against 3% across the United States.
- Hobby Lobby (23)
- Michaels (24)
- Guiry's (17)
- UnboundGames (1)
- Game Heroes (2)
- The Wizard's Chest (2)
- Color Me Mine (7)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Michaels 24
- 2 Hobby Lobby 23
- 3 Guiry's 17
- 4 JOANN Fabric and Craft Stores 14
- 5 Color Me Mine 7
- 6 Tandy Leather 4
- 7 The Sewing Circle 2
- 8 Paper Source 2
- 9 Ready Paint Fire 2
- 10 Colorful Yarns 2
- 11 Rocky Mountain Sewing & Vacuum 2
- 12 Rocky Mountain Sewing and Vacuum 2
- 13 The Wizard's Chest 2
- 14 Game Heroes 2
- 15 Maker General 1
- 16 Apogee Components, Inc 1
- 17 The Halloween Smoke Shop 1
- 18 Piney Creek Yarn 1
- 19 Potter’s Touch 1
- 20 Knitters Therapy 1
- 21 Rainbow's End 1
- 22 Flip Flop Bead Shop 1
- 23 Ouray Glassworks 1
- 24 Paint & Fire Pottery 1
- 25 Country Crafts & Supplies 1
- 26 Rockywoods Fabrics 1
- 27 Nerdzkingdom Showcase & Events 1
- 28 Basalt Printing & Art Supply 1
- 29 Tinkuy Handicrafts 1
- 30 Pot-Luck The Pottery Painting Place 1
- 31 Action Hobbies Colorado 1
- 32 MHOR RC Raceway 1
- 33 Craft Addict Junction 1
- 34 Gott A Costume 1
- 35 Glaze & Phase 1
- 36 Creative Treasures LoCo 1
- 37 Tom's Brew Shop 1
- 38 Fat Cat Pottery 1
- 39 Longmont Yarn Shoppe 1
- 40 Diversions Needlepoint 1
- 41 Beads & Needs 1
- 42 Orrs Trading Post 1
- 43 Digital Dungeon 1
- 44 Colorado Craft Vinyl 1
- 45 Golden Quilt Company 1
- 46 Lula Faye Fiber 1
- 47 Yarn Shoppe Denver 1
- 48 Cabin Quilts & Stitches 1
- 49 K & W Printing 1
- 50 Blazing Star Ranch 1
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