Trends · data through August 2026

Retail trends in Illinois

Iceflower tracks 5,176 stores from 1,510 retail chains in Illinois. The Salvation Army Family Store & Donation Center grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Sierra and Gap.

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
1,510
Tracked stores
5,176
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. The Salvation Army Family Store & Donation Center and Sierra sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 T The Salvation Army Family Store & Donation Center logo The Salvation Army Family Store & Donation Center ▲12 +18.2%
2 S Sierra logo Sierra ▲9 +16.9%
3 G Gap logo Gap ▲13 +16.9%
4 W Williams-Sonoma logo Williams-Sonoma ▲4 +15.3%
5 H Hobby Lobby logo Hobby Lobby ▲4 +15.1%
6 T The Home Depot logo The Home Depot - +14.6%
7 J JD Sports logo JD Sports ▲2 +14.3%
8 P pOpshelf logo pOpshelf ▲12 +14.2%
9 B Boot Barn logo Boot Barn ▲13 +14.2%
10 G Goodwill logo Goodwill ▲2 +13.3%
11 M Miniso logo Miniso ▲4 +13.2%
12 O Office Depot logo Office Depot ▲2 +13.1%
13 A Abercrombie & Fitch logo Abercrombie & Fitch ▲6 +13.0%
14 G Golf Galaxy logo Golf Galaxy ▲12 +11.3%
15 R Rainbow Shops logo Rainbow Shops ▲5 +11.3%

Store footprint

Store map

5,176 tracked store locations in Illinois, colored by category.

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