Trends · data through September 2026

Teen & Young Adult Apparel in Columbus, OH

Iceflower tracks 41 stores from 13 teen & young adult apparel chains in Columbus, OH. Hot Topic grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Buckle and Abercrombie & Fitch.

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
13
Tracked stores
41
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked teen & young adult apparel 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. Hot Topic and Buckle sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 H Hot Topic logo Hot Topic - +16.1%
2 B Buckle logo Buckle - +2.6%
3 A Abercrombie & Fitch logo Abercrombie & Fitch - +0.9%
4 A American Eagle logo American Eagle - -0.1%
5 S Spencer's logo Spencer's - -9.4%
6 A Aéropostale logo Aéropostale - -17.4%
7 H Hollister Co. logo Hollister Co. - -33.0%
8 U Urban Outfitters logo Urban Outfitters - -48.5%
  • American Eagle
  • Garage
  • Buckle
  • Hot Topic
  • Brandy Melville
  • PacSun
  • Abercrombie & Fitch
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

41 tracked store locations in Columbus, OH. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • American Eagle (6)
  • Garage (2)
  • Buckle (4)
  • Hot Topic (5)
  • Brandy Melville (1)
  • PacSun (2)
  • Abercrombie & Fitch (5)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

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