Trends · data through September 2026

Art Craft Hobby Stores in Minnesota

Iceflower tracks 146 stores from 75 art craft hobby store chains in Minnesota. Michaels grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Paper Source and JOANN Fabric and Craft Stores.

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
75
Tracked stores
146
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 Paper Source sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 M Michaels logo Michaels - +18.4%
2 P Paper Source logo Paper Source ▲1 -11.9%
3 J JOANN Fabric and Craft Stores logo JOANN Fabric and Craft Stores ▼1 -100.0%
  • Hobby Lobby
  • Michaels
  • Blick Art Materials
  • SR Harris Fabric
  • Color Me Mine
  • Paper Source
  • Ultimate Collectibles
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

146 tracked store locations in Minnesota. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Hobby Lobby (21)
  • Michaels (24)
  • Blick Art Materials (2)
  • SR Harris Fabric (1)
  • Color Me Mine (4)
  • Paper Source (4)
  • Ultimate Collectibles (1)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 M Michaels logo Michaels 24
  • 2 H Hobby Lobby logo Hobby Lobby 21
  • 3 J JOANN Fabric and Craft Stores logo JOANN Fabric and Craft Stores 21
  • 4 C Color Me Mine logo Color Me Mine 4
  • 5 P Paper Source logo Paper Source 4
  • 6 B Blick Art Materials logo Blick Art Materials 2
  • 7 T Tandy Leather logo Tandy Leather 2
  • 8 B Bay Window Quilt Shop 1
  • 9 W Wet Paint 1
  • 10 T The Noble Quilter 1
  • 11 T The Eclectic Goat 1
  • 12 W Woodland Indian Crafts 1
  • 13 T The Future 1
  • 14 C Creations Quilt Shop 1
  • 15 T Twin Cities Quilting 1
  • 16 K King Kong Hobbies 1
  • 17 A Affinity For Quilts 1
  • 18 Q Quilter's Haven 1
  • 19 D Dandelion Fiber Company 1
  • 20 A Amazing Threads 1
  • 21 L Lakes Makerie 1
  • 22 T The Sketchy Artist 1
  • 23 S Sewing Lounge 1
  • 24 M McTavish Quilting Studio & Fabrics 1
  • 25 T Treadle Yard Goods 1
  • 26 Q Quilt Cove 1
  • 27 H Hub Hobby Center logo Hub Hobby Center 1
  • 28 C Crafts Direct 1
  • 29 B Ben Franklin Crafts 1
  • 30 K Kingmaker Games 1
  • 31 A Arrow Embroidery 1
  • 32 S Sew What 1
  • 33 C Cutting Edge Quilt Shop MN 1
  • 34 H Heartfelt 1
  • 35 A Art Materials 1
  • 36 A Anchor Paper Express 1
  • 37 T The Frame Shop 1
  • 38 M Muse 2320 Fiber Co. logo Muse 2320 Fiber Co. 1
  • 39 S SsvBar Studio 1
  • 40 B Beadhive 1
  • 41 N Needle & Skein logo Needle & Skein 1
  • 42 M MN Sportscards 1
  • 43 K Krakenhits 1
  • 44 Q Quilted Treasures 1
  • 45 R Rent N Save 1
  • 46 H Hot Comics and Collectables 1
  • 47 K Kremer's Toy and Hobby 1
  • 48 S Scale Model Supplies 1
  • 49 S Solz Gaming & Collectibles 1
  • 50 M Minnesota Clay USA 1

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