Trends · data through August 2026

Retail trends in Columbus, OH

Iceflower tracks 1,407 stores from 661 retail chains in Columbus, OH. Michaels grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Hobby Lobby and SKECHERS.

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
661
Tracked stores
1,407
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. Michaels and Hobby Lobby sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 M Michaels logo Michaels ▲4 +19.5%
2 H Hobby Lobby logo Hobby Lobby ▲2 +17.9%
3 S SKECHERS logo SKECHERS ▲6 +17.9%
4 H Hippie Hut Smoke Shop logo Hippie Hut Smoke Shop ▲4 +16.6%
5 R Ross Dress for Less logo Ross Dress for Less ▲3 +16.4%
6 O Ollie's Bargain Outlet logo Ollie's Bargain Outlet ▲7 +15.5%
7 S Strader's Garden Center ▲6 +13.0%
8 S Shoe Dept. Encore ▲6 +11.7%
9 R Roses Discount Store logo Roses Discount Store ▲4 +10.3%
10 T The Home Depot logo The Home Depot - +10.0%
11 V Verizon logo Verizon ▲5 +9.7%
12 W Wild Birds Unlimited logo Wild Birds Unlimited ▲4 +9.7%
13 T T.J.Maxx logo T.J.Maxx ▲1 +9.4%
14 V Victoria's Secret logo Victoria's Secret ▲5 +8.9%
15 B Best Buy logo Best Buy ▲1 +8.8%

Store footprint

Store map

1,407 tracked store locations in Columbus, OH, colored by category.

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