Trends · data through August 2026

Specialty Stores in New York

Iceflower tracks 178 stores from 130 specialty stores chains in New York. Guitar Center grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Agway and Hewitt's Garden Centers.

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
130
Tracked stores
178
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked specialty 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. Guitar Center and Agway sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 G Guitar Center logo Guitar Center ▲1 +17.1%
2 A Agway logo Agway ▲1 +11.9%
3 H Hewitt's Garden Centers ▲1 +11.8%
4 W West Marine logo West Marine - -5.3%
5 V Vera Bradley logo Vera Bradley - -12.5%
6 P Party City logo Party City ▼3 -78.6%
  • Guitar Center
  • Hewitt's Garden Centers
  • Verilife Dispensary
  • Alpin Haus
  • Faddegon's Nursery
  • Gade Farm
  • Agway
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

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

  • Guitar Center (8)
  • Hewitt's Garden Centers (5)
  • Verilife Dispensary (2)
  • Alpin Haus (2)
  • Faddegon's Nursery (1)
  • Gade Farm (1)
  • Agway (3)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 P Party City logo Party City 18
  • 2 G Guitar Center logo Guitar Center 8
  • 3 H Hewitt's Garden Centers 5
  • 4 W Williams-Sonoma logo Williams-Sonoma 5
  • 5 W West Marine logo West Marine 5
  • 6 V Vera Bradley logo Vera Bradley 3
  • 7 A Agway logo Agway 3
  • 8 T The Trading Post 2
  • 9 L Leslie's Pool Supplies logo Leslie's Pool Supplies 2
  • 10 N Nunn's Home Medical Equipment 2
  • 11 A Ashley Furniture HomeStore logo Ashley Furniture HomeStore 2
  • 12 H Haun Welding Supply 2
  • 13 C Crisp 2
  • 14 V Verilife Dispensary 2
  • 15 A Alpin Haus logo Alpin Haus 2
  • 16 H H.A. Treichler & Sons 1
  • 17 S Sunnyside Gardens 1
  • 18 B Boomer McLoud 1
  • 19 S Story's Nursery 1
  • 20 B Ballantyne Gardens 1
  • 21 G Great Pumpkin Farm 1
  • 22 B Brookside Nursery-Ballston Spa 1
  • 23 G Grandpa's Nursery and Gardens 1
  • 24 D DeLuke's Garden Center 1
  • 25 C Crazy Daisies Flowers & Garden Cafe 1
  • 26 G Goodman's Farm Market 1
  • 27 S Soho Garden 1
  • 28 S Samsonite logo Samsonite 1
  • 29 H HTG Supply 1
  • 30 T Tioga Gardens 1
  • 31 N Native Sun Flowers 1
  • 32 L Love of Fuzz 1
  • 33 R Rhodes Greenhouses 1
  • 34 H Health System Services 1
  • 35 N Northtown Garden Center 1
  • 36 A ACA Lawnscape Supply 1
  • 37 S Sara's Garden Center 1
  • 38 M Mountain Music 1
  • 39 P Pro2 C-PAP Center 1
  • 40 O Owego Agway 1
  • 41 C Cross Creek Nursery 1
  • 42 G Green Acre Farms U Pick 1
  • 43 M Mac's Farm & Garden World 1
  • 44 S Shaker Hardware 1
  • 45 E Exotic Vapes 1
  • 46 M Mind Games Destiny USA 1
  • 47 G Global Newsstand 1
  • 48 E Everyday Bags 1
  • 49 S Sky Smoke Shop 1
  • 50 T The Source logo The Source 1

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