Trends · data through September 2026

Art Craft Hobby Stores in Michigan

Iceflower tracks 383 stores from 250 art craft hobby store chains in Michigan. Michaels grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Ben Franklin Crafts and Paper Source.

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
250
Tracked stores
383
Consumer panel
130M+

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 Ben Franklin Crafts sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 Michaels - +6.3%
2 Ben Franklin Crafts - +0.1%
3 Paper Source - -25.5%
4 Nankin Hobby - -30.0%
  • Hobby Lobby
  • Michaels
  • Field's Fabrics
  • Wensco Sign Supply
  • Utrecht Art Supplies
  • Ben Franklin Crafts
  • Eternal Games
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

383 tracked store locations in Michigan. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted. The top 5 chains by store count run 91 of the 383 stores (24%); 237 of the 250 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.

  • Hobby Lobby (37)
  • Michaels (41)
  • Field's Fabrics (6)
  • Wensco Sign Supply (1)
  • Utrecht Art Supplies (2)
  • Ben Franklin Crafts (4)
  • Eternal Games (1)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 Michaels 41
  • 2 Hobby Lobby 37
  • 3 Field's Fabrics 6
  • 4 Ben Franklin Crafts 4
  • 5 Nankin Hobby 3
  • 6 Paper Source 3
  • 7 Frames Unlimited 2
  • 8 Tandy Leather 2
  • 9 Complete Paint and Supplies 2
  • 10 The Friendship Factory 2
  • 11 Utrecht Art Supplies 2
  • 12 Rider's Hobby Shop 2
  • 13 Henny's Yarn Shop 1
  • 14 Fabric Patch 1
  • 15 Scrapbook Tree 1
  • 16 Leelanau Fiber 1
  • 17 Art of Framing 1
  • 18 Chicks with Sticks 1
  • 19 RC One Racing 1
  • 20 D&M Art Studio 1
  • 21 Claybanks Pottery 1
  • 22 Park Bench Quilt Shop 1
  • 23 Linda's Country Quilts 1
  • 24 Ceramics Clayland 1
  • 25 Elizabeth's Studio 1
  • 26 Ypsi Art Supply & Atelier 1
  • 27 Theatricks 1
  • 28 Skeins On Main Yarn Co 1
  • 29 The Painted Owl 1
  • 30 Pasteiner's Auto Zone Hobbies 1
  • 31 Remember When Scrapbooking 1
  • 32 Jennifer's Quilt Shop 1
  • 33 Art Bayou 1
  • 34 The Hen House Quilt Shop 1
  • 35 Knit-Picky & Hooked 1
  • 36 Clawson Clay Guild 1
  • 37 Family RC inc. 1
  • 38 Designs By JudyS 1
  • 39 Stranded Yarn And Coffee 1
  • 40 Leaping Panda Hobbies 1
  • 41 Service Reproduction Co. 1
  • 42 Ross Coated Fabric 1
  • 43 Sidetrax Hobbies 1
  • 44 Gamer’s Gambit LLC 1
  • 45 Lemon Quilts 1
  • 46 ArtVentures 1
  • 47 Stony Creek Bead 1
  • 48 Tenney Industries 1
  • 49 Davison Card Cave 1
  • 50 Canton Embroidery 1

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