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 Hobby Lobby sit in the high-growth half.
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michaels | - | +9.4% |
| 2 | Hobby Lobby | - | +8.5% |
- Hobby Lobby
- Michaels
- VMFA Shop
- One Eyed Jacques
- Clayworks Supplies
- Plaza Artist Materials & Picture Framing
- Richmond Comix
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
36 tracked store locations in Richmond, VA. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted. The top 5 chains by store count run 19 of the 36 stores (53%); 17 of the 22 tracked chains have a single store here. 2% of the tracked retail stores here are art craft hobby stores, against 3% across Virginia.
- Hobby Lobby (5)
- Michaels (8)
- VMFA Shop (1)
- One Eyed Jacques (1)
- Clayworks Supplies (1)
- Plaza Artist Materials & Picture Framing (1)
- Richmond Comix (2)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Michaels 8
- 2 Hobby Lobby 5
- 3 JOANN Fabric and Craft Stores 2
- 4 Quilting Adventures 2
- 5 Richmond Comix 2
- 6 VMFA Shop 1
- 7 Traveler's Den 1
- 8 AR Workshop 1
- 9 Supply 1
- 10 Bobbin & Bolt 1
- 11 River City Airsoft 1
- 12 Material Things 1
- 13 Frame of Mind 1
- 14 Tandy Leather 1
- 15 Bangles & Beads 1
- 16 One Eyed Jacques 1
- 17 CREATE Pottery Shop 1
- 18 BangerZ Cards & Collectibles 1
- 19 Paper Source 1
- 20 Tiny Tim's Trains & Toys 1
- 21 Clayworks Supplies 1
- 22 Plaza Artist Materials & Picture Framing 1
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