Metro by metro
The leading art craft hobby store chains in every Ohio metro area
Tracked art craft hobby store chains ranked by consumer spend in each metro area, Q4 2025–Q3 2026. Hobby Lobby leads in all 8 metro areas with enough data. Against their share in Ohio as a whole, Michaels stands out in 4 metro areas, Hobby Lobby in 2 metro areas.
By tracked consumer spend, Q4 2025–Q3 2026
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Michaels
Relative #1 in 4 metro areas
Cleveland, OH 1.4× · Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN (OH part) 1.2× · Columbus, OH 1.1× · Toledo, OH 1.2×
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Hobby Lobby
Relative #1 in 2 metro areas
Dayton, OH 1× · Akron, OH 1.2×
Not enough tracked stores: Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH (OH part) · Lima, OH · Mansfield, OH · Sandusky, OH · Springfield, OH · Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH (OH part) · Wheeling, WV-OH (OH part)
No ranked chain with 5% of the metro area's spend and 3 stores there: Canton-Massillon, OH · Youngstown-Warren, OH
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Hobby Lobby
#1 in all 8 metro areas
Not enough tracked stores: Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH (OH part) · Lima, OH · Mansfield, OH · Sandusky, OH · Springfield, OH · Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH (OH part) · Wheeling, WV-OH (OH part)
A metro area shows a ranking once it has at least 2 tracked art craft hobby store chains and 10 tracked stores. Relative to Ohio compares a chain's share of the metro area's spend with its share in Ohio as a whole. It ranks the 7 biggest chains in Ohio and the chains that lead a metro area by spend, wherever a chain has at least 5% of the metro area's spend and 3 stores there. Metro areas are the Census Bureau's metropolitan statistical areas; the rest of Ohio is light gray. A metro area crossing the state line counts only its stores in Ohio. Colors match the store map; other tracked chains are gray.
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 Tandy Leather sit in the high-growth half.
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michaels | - | +6.1% |
| 2 | Tandy Leather | - | -26.0% |
| 3 | AR Workshop | - | -73.6% |
- Hobby Lobby
- Michaels
- Yottaquest
- Freedom Hobby and Gaming
- The Hobby Shop
- Underground Card Zone
- Cappel's
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
481 tracked store locations in Ohio. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted. The top 5 chains by store count run 106 of the 481 stores (22%); 306 of the 323 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 (45)
- Michaels (50)
- Yottaquest (1)
- Freedom Hobby and Gaming (1)
- The Hobby Shop (1)
- Underground Card Zone (1)
- Cappel's (2)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Michaels 50
- 2 Hobby Lobby 45
- 3 AR Workshop 4
- 4 Color Me Mine 4
- 5 Framing Center 3
- 6 Tandy Leather 3
- 7 Costume Holiday House 2
- 8 Frames Unlimited 2
- 9 The Art Supply Depo 2
- 10 The Shoppe on Main 2
- 11 Busy Bees Pottery & Arts Studio 2
- 12 All Fired Up 2
- 13 The Mad Potter 2
- 14 Cappel's 2
- 15 Ben Franklin Crafts 2
- 16 Aladdin Shriners Holiday Market 1
- 17 Stamplistic 1
- 18 Cleveland Craft Nook 1
- 19 Atlas Tactical 1
- 20 Ohio Taxidermy Supply 1
- 21 DeVaul's Fine Framing 1
- 22 Costume Castle 1
- 23 Fandemonia LTD 1
- 24 RC Hobby Center 1
- 25 Hot Pots Pottery 1
- 26 Craft Adhesive Products Parma 1
- 27 Spirit of Clay 1
- 28 Flag Lady's Flag Store 1
- 29 Yottaquest 1
- 30 The Pottery Niche 1
- 31 House Of 10000 Picture Frames 1
- 32 RC Pro Shop 1
- 33 Keepsakes Framing & Floral 1
- 34 Carlisle Fabric & Quilts 1
- 35 Crystal Guy 1
- 36 Plaid Sheep Company 1
- 37 Robbies Hobbies 1
- 38 R/C Hobby Store 1
- 39 Marco's Paper & Crafts 1
- 40 Sports Archives 1
- 41 Cornell Studio Supply 1
- 42 Wooly Bully Yarn Company 1
- 43 Quilt Foundry 1
- 44 Vera Nova Dance and Theatre Boutique 1
- 45 Peace Love and Pottery Studio 1
- 46 CFP Designs 1
- 47 Weaver Leather Supply 1
- 48 Vine Street Vinyl 1
- 49 Sew Deja Vu 1
- 50 Brown's Hobby Shop 1
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