Trends · data through August 2026

Art Craft Hobby Stores in New York

Iceflower tracks 171 stores from 40 art craft hobby stores chains in New York. Hobby Lobby grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Blick Art Materials and Michaels.

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
40
Tracked stores
171
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked art craft hobby stores 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. Hobby Lobby and Blick Art Materials sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 H Hobby Lobby logo Hobby Lobby - +9.1%
2 B Blick Art Materials logo Blick Art Materials - -2.9%
3 M Michaels logo Michaels - -3.8%
4 W Wild Birds Unlimited logo Wild Birds Unlimited - -15.8%
5 J JOANN Fabric and Craft Stores logo JOANN Fabric and Craft Stores ▲1 -29.9%
6 S Spirit Halloween logo Spirit Halloween ▼1 -35.0%
  • Hobby Lobby
  • Michaels
  • JOANN Fabric and Craft Stores
  • Spirit Halloween
  • Flipside Gaming
  • Joanns
  • Finnigans Sportscards
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

171 tracked store locations in New York. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Hobby Lobby (29)
  • Michaels (59)
  • JOANN Fabric and Craft Stores (15)
  • Spirit Halloween (23)
  • Flipside Gaming (2)
  • Joanns (1)
  • Finnigans Sportscards (1)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 M Michaels logo Michaels 59
  • 2 H Hobby Lobby logo Hobby Lobby 29
  • 3 S Spirit Halloween logo Spirit Halloween 23
  • 4 J JOANN Fabric and Craft Stores logo JOANN Fabric and Craft Stores 15
  • 5 W Wild Birds Unlimited logo Wild Birds Unlimited 5
  • 6 B Blick Art Materials logo Blick Art Materials 5
  • 7 F Flipside Gaming 2
  • 8 J Joanns logo Joanns 1
  • 9 A Arlene's Artist Materials 1
  • 10 N Northern Wardens 1
  • 11 G GENESEE STAMP 1
  • 12 P Plunder Gaming 1
  • 13 P Phoenix & Griffin Games 1
  • 14 Y Yastrzemski Sports 1
  • 15 T Trading Card Hub 1
  • 16 R Reczko's Crafts 1
  • 17 A Artist & Craftsman Supply 1
  • 18 S Soave Faire 1
  • 19 F Fortress of Gaming 1
  • 20 B BeadKraft 1
  • 21 R Redneck Rc 1
  • 22 G Gothic Renaissance 1
  • 23 H Harlem Market 1
  • 24 A All Craft 1
  • 25 F Finnigans Sportscards 1
  • 26 M Mood Fabrics logo Mood Fabrics 1
  • 27 U Utrecht Art Supplies logo Utrecht Art Supplies 1
  • 28 W WNY Gaming logo WNY Gaming 1
  • 29 B Ballston Lake Pottery 1
  • 30 W Wildbird Junction logo Wildbird Junction 1
  • 31 M Mesa 22 1
  • 32 W West Village 1
  • 33 B Betterbee 1
  • 34 T The Costumer 1
  • 35 D Dan's Crafts & Things 1
  • 36 H Halloween Adventure 1
  • 37 W Warhammer logo Warhammer 1
  • 38 C Clayscapes Pottery 1
  • 39 P Pacific Trimming 1
  • 40 D Dame Games 1

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