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. Michaels and Paper Source sit in the high-growth half.
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michaels | - | +14.2% |
| 2 | Paper Source | ▲1 | -13.9% |
| 3 | Plaza Artist Materials & Picture Framing | ▲1 | -25.5% |
| 4 | JOANN Fabric and Craft Stores | ▼2 | -100.0% |
- Michaels
- Hobby Lobby
- Ebisu Japanese Life Store
- The Game Haven
- Material Girls Quilt Boutique
- Hobby Works
- Bel Air Sports Cards
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
187 tracked store locations in Maryland. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted. The top 5 chains by store count run 65 of the 187 stores (35%); 114 of the 123 tracked chains have a single store here. 3% of the tracked retail stores here are art craft hobby stores, the same share as across the United States.
- Michaels (30)
- Hobby Lobby (11)
- Ebisu Japanese Life Store (1)
- The Game Haven (1)
- Material Girls Quilt Boutique (1)
- Hobby Works (2)
- Bel Air Sports Cards (1)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Michaels 30
- 2 JOANN Fabric and Craft Stores 16
- 3 Hobby Lobby 11
- 4 Plaza Artist Materials & Picture Framing 5
- 5 Paper Source 3
- 6 Hobby Works 2
- 7 Artist & Craftsman Supply 2
- 8 Amazing Glaze 2
- 9 Vina Fabrics 2
- 10 Allogram 1
- 11 Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival 1
- 12 Cake Art 1
- 13 Hyperspace Rocket Designs and Tea Bar 1
- 14 Arkham Games 1
- 15 Feywood 1
- 16 Sleeping Beauties 1
- 17 Art Things 1
- 18 Village Quilting, LLC. 1
- 19 Greenbridge Pottery 1
- 20 Silver Canon 1
- 21 Covenant Quilting 1
- 22 Frostburg Fiber Depot 1
- 23 Wild Yam Pottery 1
- 24 Four Seasons Stitchery 1
- 25 Shady Grove Market and Fabrics 1
- 26 Advantage Awards and Engraving 1
- 27 Bead Soup 1
- 28 Valkyrie's Armory 1
- 29 Old Line Mercantile 1
- 30 Colorful Canvas 1
- 31 Butler Gallery 1
- 32 Mosaic Arts DC 1
- 33 G Street Fabrics 1
- 34 Bronze Age Studios 1
- 35 More Than Fine Framing 1
- 36 The Stitching Post 1
- 37 Deep Creek Pottery 1
- 38 Tomorrow's Treasures 1
- 39 Titan Games & Hobbies 1
- 40 Remote Control Hobbies 1
- 41 Mother Nature's 1
- 42 Linen World 1
- 43 Bear's Paw Fabrics 1
- 44 Artistic Costumes & Dance Fashions 1
- 45 Ready Set Stitch 1
- 46 Printemps Pottery 1
- 47 Muddy Creek Crafts 1
- 48 The Merry Haven 1
- 49 Aunt Hazel's Whichcraft Project 1
- 50 Ink and Riddle 1
More trends