Growth ranking
Fastest-growing tracked toy 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. Build-A-Bear Workshop and Learning Express Toys sit in the high-growth half.
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Build-A-Bear Workshop | - | -8.6% |
| 2 | Learning Express Toys | - | -64.0% |
- LEGO
- Build-A-Bear Workshop
- Toys & Co.
- Toy Mania
- Harper and Skyler's Toys and Sweets
- Learning Express Toys
- Animazed
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
78 tracked store locations in North Carolina. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted. The top 5 chains by store count run 21 of the 78 stores (27%); 53 of the 60 tracked chains have a single store here. 0.5% of the tracked retail stores here are toy stores, against 0.7% across the United States.
- LEGO (5)
- Build-A-Bear Workshop (7)
- Toys & Co. (1)
- Toy Mania (1)
- Harper and Skyler's Toys and Sweets (1)
- Learning Express Toys (4)
- Animazed (1)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Build-A-Bear Workshop 7
- 2 LEGO 5
- 3 Learning Express Toys 4
- 4 Toys "R" Us 3
- 5 American Girl 2
- 6 Teacher's Pet 2
- 7 Snap Dragon 2
- 8 Hatteras Island Toy Store 1
- 9 Fletcher's Fun Toys 1
- 10 Anderson R/C Hobby Shop 1
- 11 The Toy Factory 1
- 12 Flying Smiles Kites 1
- 13 Lionel 1
- 14 Doll Clothes Factory 1
- 15 Brainiacs Toy Shop 1
- 16 Needless Toys & Collectibles 1
- 17 The Gamer's Armory 1
- 18 Back in Time Collectibles 1
- 19 Alex Toys 1
- 20 Pittsboro Toys 1
- 21 Ali Cat 1
- 22 Oh Seoul Happy 1
- 23 Bricks & Minifigs Kernersville 1
- 24 Kingdom Corner 1
- 25 Retro Toys and Collectibles 1
- 26 Red Genesis 1
- 27 Rogue Toys 1
- 28 Tokyo Toybox 1
- 29 Go! Calendars, Toys & Games 1
- 30 Random Fandom 1
- 31 The Play House 1
- 32 Brothers Vintage Toys And Games 1
- 33 Toy Busters 1
- 34 Toys & Co. 1
- 35 Toy Mania 1
- 36 Harper and Skyler's Toys and Sweets 1
- 37 Animazed 1
- 38 Planet Fun 1
- 39 House of Cards Winston 1
- 40 Lionel Retail Store 1
- 41 Hidden Temple Toys 1
- 42 Blue Ox Games 1
- 43 Gameshack 1
- 44 Kiser Country Farm Toys 1
- 45 Lakeshore Learning Store 1
- 46 Buzz City Games 1
- 47 Needless Toys and Collectibles 1
- 48 Nerdbombers 1
- 49 East Coast Gaming 1
- 50 Nick's Trains 1
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