Retail Trends in Iowa: Fastest-Growing Chains 2026

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. Victoria's Secret and Hobby Lobby sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth

Rank	Chain	Rank movement	YoY growth
1	Victoria's Secret	▲6	+18.5%
2	Hobby Lobby	▲3	+18.0%
3	Red Wing	▲6	+17.9%
4	Spirit Halloween	▲4	+17.6%
5	P&K Midwest	▲7	+17.2%
6	Tobacco Hut	▲4	+14.8%
7	Aéropostale	▲6	+12.8%
8	The Salvation Army Family Store & Donation Center	▲2	+12.1%
9	Furniture Row	▲4	+11.2%
10	Boot Barn	▲2	+9.9%
11	Men's Wearhouse	▲2	+8.9%
12	Ross Dress for Less	-	+8.7%
13	Staples	▲3	+8.2%
14	Hot Topic	▲4	+7.6%
15	Once Upon A Child	▲2	+6.9%

Store footprint

Store map

3,372 tracked store locations in Iowa, colored by category. The top 5 chains by store count run 631 of the 3,372 stores (19%); 1,453 of the 1,681 tracked chains have a single store here. 6% of the tracked retail stores here are hardware stores, against 4% across the United States.