Growth ranking
Fastest-growing tracked art craft hobby stores 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.
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Chain
YoY growth
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
H
Hobby Lobby
|
- | +10.4% |
| 2 |
M
Michaels
|
- | +4.8% |
| 3 |
B
Blick Art Materials
|
▲1 | -3.0% |
| 4 | H HobbyTown | - | -16.1% |
| 5 |
J
JOANN Fabric and Craft Stores
|
- | -16.9% |
| 6 |
S
Spirit Halloween
|
▼1 | -55.2% |
- Hobby Lobby
- Michaels
- JOANN Fabric and Craft Stores
- Blick Art Materials
- Spirit Halloween
- HobbyTown
- Prairie Gardens
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
179 tracked store locations in Illinois. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.
- Hobby Lobby (42)
- Michaels (47)
- JOANN Fabric and Craft Stores (25)
- Blick Art Materials (6)
- Spirit Halloween (17)
- HobbyTown (5)
- Prairie Gardens (1)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
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1
M
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2
H
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3
J
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4
S
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5
B
- 6 H HobbyTown 5
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7
W
Warhammer 2
- 8 C Chicago Costume 2
- 9 A American Science & Surplus 2
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10
W
Wild Birds Unlimited 2
- 11 T The Collector's Kid 1
- 12 B Beadniks 1
- 13 A American HTV Supply 1
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14
W
Wool and Company 1
- 15 A Artful Designs 1
- 16 R Robin's Nest 1
- 17 A Art Coop, Inc. 1
- 18 C Collectible Corner 1
- 19 P Primetime Sportscards & Collectibles 1
- 20 F Fast Food Anime 1
- 21 N Ninjacat Card Shop 1
- 22 P Perfect Circle Games 1
- 23 T The WasteShed 1
- 24 T The Gaming Goat 1
- 25 G Granville Gallery 1
- 26 L Leisure Hours Hobbies 1
- 27 V Vogue Fabrics 1
- 28 C Chicagoland Games: Dice Dojo 1
- 29 B Beatnix 1
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30
G
Gamer's World 1
- 31 C Chupacabra Games 1
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32
H
Halloween City 1
- 33 N New Rainbow Fabrics 1
- 34 2 217 Comics Cards & Games 1
- 35 S Sullys Abode 1
- 36 T Textile Discount Outlet 1
- 37 C Cataclysm Games 1
- 38 P Pastimes 1
- 39 P Prairie Gardens 1
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