Metro by metro
The leading art craft hobby store chains in every Idaho metro area
Tracked art craft hobby store chains ranked by consumer spend in each metro area, Q4 2025–Q3 2026. Hobby Lobby leads in 3 metro areas, Michaels in 1 metro area.
By tracked consumer spend, Q4 2025–Q3 2026
Not enough tracked stores: Lewiston, ID-WA (ID part) · Logan, UT-ID (ID part) · Twin Falls, ID
No ranked chain with 5% of the metro area's spend and 3 stores there: Boise City, ID · Coeur d'Alene, ID · Idaho Falls, ID · Pocatello, ID
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Hobby Lobby
#1 in 3 metro areas
Boise City, ID · Idaho Falls, ID · Pocatello, ID
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Michaels
#1 in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Not enough tracked stores: Lewiston, ID-WA (ID part) · Logan, UT-ID (ID part) · Twin Falls, ID
A metro area shows a ranking once it has at least 2 tracked art craft hobby store chains and 10 tracked stores. Relative to Idaho compares a chain's share of the metro area's spend with its share in Idaho as a whole. It ranks the 7 biggest chains in Idaho 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 Idaho is light gray. A metro area crossing the state line counts only its stores in Idaho. 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 Michaels sit in the high-growth half.
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hobby Lobby | - | +13.4% |
| 2 | Michaels | - | +3.2% |
| 3 | JOANN Fabric and Craft Stores | - | -100.0% |
- Hobby Lobby
- Michaels
- Craft Warehouse
- Idaho Sewing & Vacuum
- The Quilt Crossing
- Quality Art Inc.
- Cardatello
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
108 tracked store locations in Idaho. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted. The top 5 chains by store count run 27 of the 108 stores (25%); 79 of the 85 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 (8)
- Michaels (7)
- Craft Warehouse (1)
- Idaho Sewing & Vacuum (2)
- The Quilt Crossing (1)
- Quality Art Inc. (1)
- Cardatello (1)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Hobby Lobby 8
- 2 JOANN Fabric and Craft Stores 8
- 3 Michaels 7
- 4 Poky Dot Boutique 2
- 5 Becky's Sewing Center 2
- 6 Idaho Sewing & Vacuum 2
- 7 Judyann's Quilting 1
- 8 Bonnie Crain Pottery 1
- 9 All Things Art 1
- 10 Ammon Art Garage 1
- 11 Cuppa Tea Quilting 1
- 12 Sun Valley Fabric Granary 1
- 13 The Frame Shop 1
- 14 Knit and Needle 1
- 15 Creative Wood & Crafts 1
- 16 Quick Quilts 1
- 17 N8's Northwest Billiards & Backyards 1
- 18 Twice Sheared Sheep 1
- 19 Knotty Twist LLC 1
- 20 Johnson's Sewing Center 1
- 21 Salli's Back Porch Fabrics 1
- 22 Alpha Beta Unlimited Services 1
- 23 Poindexter's Costumes And Novelty Shop 1
- 24 Goodbye. Hello Craft Show 1
- 25 Wood Creations Boutique 1
- 26 The Mana Pool 1
- 27 Quilting Bliss 1
- 28 Mondaes Makerspace & Supply 1
- 29 The Yarn Connection 1
- 30 Fixin' 2 Quilt 1
- 31 Canyon Rim Crafts & Boutique 1
- 32 Advantage Airsoft LLC 1
- 33 wood creations boise 1
- 34 Corporate Image Screen Printing 1
- 35 The Happy Hour Homemaker 1
- 36 The Crafty Hideaway 1
- 37 Hunt Hands Pottery 1
- 38 Twilight Fiber & Yarn 1
- 39 Bluebird Quilt Studio 1
- 40 Craftology Company 1
- 41 Creative Quilting 1
- 42 The Wood Korner- The Wood Station 1
- 43 Kiwi Lane Designs 1
- 44 Quilt Expressions 1
- 45 Main Street Bazaar 1
- 46 Beckmon's Gaming Paradise 1
- 47 The Potter's Center 1
- 48 Classy Threads 1
- 49 I Yarn For Ewe 1
- 50 North Idaho Blueprint 1
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