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. Paper Source and Michaels sit in the high-growth half.
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paper Source | ▲1 | +4.3% |
| 2 | Michaels | - | +3.5% |
| 3 | JOANN Fabric and Craft Stores | ▼1 | -100.0% |
- Michaels
- Hobby Lobby
- Blick Art Materials
- Nashcards - Philly
- Paper Source
- Color Me Mine
- Maido
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
164 tracked store locations in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted. The top 5 chains by store count run 60 of the 164 stores (37%); 98 of the 106 tracked chains have a single store here. 3% of the tracked retail stores here are art craft hobby stores, the same share as across Pennsylvania.
- Michaels (27)
- Hobby Lobby (10)
- Blick Art Materials (1)
- Nashcards - Philly (1)
- Paper Source (3)
- Color Me Mine (5)
- Maido (2)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Michaels 27
- 2 JOANN Fabric and Craft Stores 15
- 3 Hobby Lobby 10
- 4 Color Me Mine 5
- 5 Paper Source 3
- 6 Framers Market Gallery 2
- 7 Alternate Universes 2
- 8 Maido 2
- 9 Wild Hand 1
- 10 AR Workshop Newtown 1
- 11 The Ceramic Barn 1
- 12 Phenomenal Games 1
- 13 The Fire 1
- 14 Brown's Linens 1
- 15 Finley's Art Shoppe 1
- 16 Premier Arts 1
- 17 Corliss Cards LLC 1
- 18 Original Images 1
- 19 Pinspiration East Greenwich 1
- 20 Purls of Wisdom 1
- 21 Kelbourne Woolens 1
- 22 Doug's Trains Toys & Hobbies 1
- 23 Custom Picture Framer of Glenside 1
- 24 Earthy Tools 1
- 25 The Frame Game 1
- 26 Engage Arts Studio 1
- 27 Fabrics Queen 1
- 28 The Ceramic Shop 1
- 29 Woolbearers 1
- 30 Sal's Sports Cards and Memorabilia 1
- 31 Pinspiration Bucks Mont 1
- 32 A Wish Come True Dance Costumes 1
- 33 The Quilted Nest 1
- 34 Tandy Leather 1
- 35 Steves sewing & vacuum center 1
- 36 Paul's Custom Awards & Trophies 1
- 37 MinisKeep 1
- 38 Merion Art & Repro Center 1
- 39 Fred Eisen Leather 1
- 40 Agway Wild Birding Center 1
- 41 AR Workshop 1
- 42 Pottstown Sewing 1
- 43 First State Hobbies 1
- 44 AR Workshop Turnersville 1
- 45 The Craft 1
- 46 Artist & Craftsman Supply 1
- 47 South Philly Yarn and Craft 1
- 48 Steve's Sewing, Quilting, and Vacuum 1
- 49 Mushrooms Studios 1
- 50 Little Crazy Store 1
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