Metro by metro
The leading art craft hobby store chains in every Florida metro area
Tracked art craft hobby store chains ranked by consumer spend in each metro area, Q4 2025–Q3 2026. Hobby Lobby leads in 14 metro areas, Michaels in 1 metro area. Against their share in Florida as a whole, Michaels stands out in 6 metro areas, Hobby Lobby in 4 metro areas.
By tracked consumer spend, Q4 2025–Q3 2026
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Michaels
Relative #1 in 6 metro areas
Miami, FL 1.3× · Tampa, FL 1.5× · Jacksonville, FL 1× · Palm Bay, FL 0.8× · Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL 1.2× · Port St. Lucie, FL 1.4×
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Hobby Lobby
Relative #1 in 4 metro areas
Orlando, FL 1× · Deltona, FL 1.1× · North Port, FL 1.3× · Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL 1.4×
Not enough tracked stores: Homosassa Springs, FL · Panama City, FL · Punta Gorda, FL · Sebastian, FL · Sebring, FL · Tallahassee, FL · Wildwood-The Villages, FL
No ranked chain with 5% of the metro area's spend and 3 stores there: Crestview, FL · Gainesville, FL · Naples-Marco Island, FL · Ocala, FL · Pensacola, FL
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Hobby Lobby
#1 in 14 metro areas
Miami, FL · Orlando, FL · Jacksonville, FL · Deltona, FL · North Port, FL · Pensacola, FL · Palm Bay, FL · Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL · Gainesville, FL · Crestview, FL · Naples-Marco Island, FL · Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL · 2 more
Not enough tracked stores: Homosassa Springs, FL · Panama City, FL · Punta Gorda, FL · Sebastian, FL · Sebring, FL · Tallahassee, FL · Wildwood-The Villages, FL
A metro area shows a ranking once it has at least 2 tracked art craft hobby store chains and 10 tracked stores. Relative to Florida compares a chain's share of the metro area's spend with its share in Florida as a whole. It ranks the 7 biggest chains in Florida 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 Florida 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 Stitch by Stitch sit in the high-growth half.
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
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| 1 | Hobby Lobby | - | +19.9% |
| 2 | Stitch by Stitch | ▲1 | +8.7% |
| 3 | Michaels | - | +4.5% |
| 4 | Jerry's Artarama | - | -5.9% |
| 5 | Boca Bargoons | ▲1 | -8.1% |
| 6 | Tandy Leather | ▼2 | -41.7% |
- Hobby Lobby
- Michaels
- Via Napoli Ristorante e Pizzeria
- Ben's Card World
- Color Me Mine
- Vortex Cards & Games
- Luckiest Man Sports Cards
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
578 tracked store locations in Florida. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted. The top 5 chains by store count run 180 of the 578 stores (31%); 321 of the 338 tracked chains have a single store here. 2% of the tracked retail stores here are art craft hobby stores, against 3% across the United States.
- Hobby Lobby (60)
- Michaels (99)
- Via Napoli Ristorante e Pizzeria (2)
- Ben's Card World (1)
- Color Me Mine (9)
- Vortex Cards & Games (1)
- Luckiest Man Sports Cards (1)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Michaels 99
- 2 Hobby Lobby 60
- 3 Color Me Mine 9
- 4 Stitch by Stitch 6
- 5 Boca Bargoons 6
- 6 Jerry's Artarama 4
- 7 Halloween Megastore 4
- 8 Tandy Leather 3
- 9 Via Napoli Ristorante e Pizzeria 2
- 10 Utrecht Art Supplies 2
- 11 Reliatex Inc 2
- 12 Paper Source 2
- 13 Nunez Fabrics Inc 2
- 14 The Slime Factory 2
- 15 Darby's Dungeon 1
- 16 Scrappy Girl Quilts & Fabric 1
- 17 Palm Beach AirSoft 1
- 18 FLUS 1
- 19 Quilt A Bit 1
- 20 Scraporium 1
- 21 Rex Fabrics 1
- 22 Afghan Goods 1
- 23 Fabric Smart 1
- 24 The Conclave 1
- 25 Shushu Card Shop 1
- 26 Complete Choice Framing 1
- 27 Four Corners Custom Framing 1
- 28 MDR Racing 1
- 29 Frame St. Pete 1
- 30 Fred's Leather Shop And Shoe Repair 1
- 31 Dancewear Corner 1
- 32 Master Art and Frame 1
- 33 The Vinyl Shop 1
- 34 Florida Linen 1
- 35 High Fly Hobbies 1
- 36 Highwater Clays of Florida 1
- 37 A to Z Fabrics 1
- 38 The Bead District 1
- 39 A Bead and Crystal House 1
- 40 Humble Hero Games 1
- 41 Aiken Picture Frames South 1
- 42 Sweet Time Quilting 1
- 43 Bake Your Cake Supplies 1
- 44 Toys & More 1
- 45 Frankspokestore 1
- 46 Stitcher's Quest 1
- 47 Embroider Too 1
- 48 East Coast Anime 1
- 49 Quilted Twins 1
- 50 Charlotte Sewing Studio 1
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