Trends · data through August 2026

Retail trends in Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI

Iceflower tracks 721 stores from 392 retail chains in Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI. Uptown Cheapskate grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Barnes & Noble and Galactic Toys & Games.

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
392
Tracked stores
721
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. Uptown Cheapskate and Barnes & Noble sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 U Uptown Cheapskate logo Uptown Cheapskate ▲2 +18.5%
2 B Barnes & Noble logo Barnes & Noble ▲4 +18.4%
3 G Galactic Toys & Games logo Galactic Toys & Games ▲4 +15.5%
4 A Ace Hardware logo Ace Hardware ▲4 +14.8%
5 F Francesca's logo Francesca's - +13.4%
6 S Sweet Fire Tobacco logo Sweet Fire Tobacco - +13.4%
7 T Tractor Supply Co. logo Tractor Supply Co. ▲2 +12.4%
8 T The Home Depot logo The Home Depot - +12.0%
9 H Hobby Lobby logo Hobby Lobby ▲2 +11.7%
10 W Wild Bill's Tobacco logo Wild Bill's Tobacco ▲2 +11.1%
11 T T.J.Maxx logo T.J.Maxx ▲2 +10.4%
12 G Gazelle Sports ▲1 +10.2%
13 K Kohl's logo Kohl's - +9.9%
14 M Menards logo Menards - +9.8%
15 S Staples logo Staples ▲1 +9.1%

Store footprint

Store map

721 tracked store locations in Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI, colored by category.

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