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. Blick Art Materials and Hobby Lobby sit in the high-growth half.
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blick Art Materials | ▲1 | +17.2% |
| 2 | Hobby Lobby | - | +9.3% |
| 3 | Michaels | - | +3.3% |
| 4 | Paper Source | ▲1 | -7.3% |
| 5 | JOANN Fabric and Craft Stores | ▼2 | -99.9% |
- Michaels
- Hobby Lobby
- Martine
- Frameworks
- Blick Art Materials
- Paper Source
- Blick Art Supplies
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
154 tracked store locations in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted. The top 5 chains by store count run 40 of the 154 stores (26%); 108 of the 115 tracked chains have a single store here. 4% of the tracked retail stores here are art craft hobby stores, against 3% across California.
- Michaels (15)
- Hobby Lobby (4)
- Martine (1)
- Frameworks (1)
- Blick Art Materials (5)
- Paper Source (7)
- Blick Art Supplies (1)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Michaels 15
- 2 JOANN Fabric and Craft Stores 9
- 3 Paper Source 7
- 4 Blick Art Materials 5
- 5 Color Me Mine 4
- 6 Hobby Lobby 4
- 7 Way Up Art and Frame 2
- 8 SF Mercantile 1
- 9 Beadazzled 1
- 10 Misdirections Magic Shop 1
- 11 Paper Tree 1
- 12 ARCH Art and Drafting Supply 1
- 13 The ReCrafting Co. 1
- 14 Tandy Leather 1
- 15 The House of Humor 1
- 16 California Art Supply Company 1
- 17 Golden State Art 1
- 18 The Wishing Well Workshop 1
- 19 Fellowship of Craft 1
- 20 A Verb for Keeping Warm 1
- 21 Terra Mia Ceramic Studio 1
- 22 New Pieces Quilt Shop 1
- 23 Simply Fabric 1
- 24 Nor Cal TCG 1
- 25 The Caning Shop 1
- 26 Piedmont Fabric 1
- 27 Reuse Arts & Crafts 1
- 28 Chandler Fine Art & Framing 1
- 29 University Art 1
- 30 Aran's Art Studio 1
- 31 The Black Squirrel 1
- 32 Eco Framing 1
- 33 Atelier Marin 1
- 34 Douglas & Sturgess 1
- 35 Pigment Art Supply 1
- 36 Marin Dancewear & Theatrical Supply 1
- 37 Halloween City 1
- 38 Haight Street Costumes 1
- 39 Fabric Outlet 1
- 40 Bead Inspirations 1
- 41 I Got Five On It Biz 1
- 42 Glorious Beads 1
- 43 14th Street Supply 1
- 44 The Royal Bee Yarn Company 1
- 45 S & A Collectibles 1
- 46 Always Quilting 1
- 47 Talavera Ceramics and Tile 1
- 48 Cradle of the Sun 1
- 49 Julie's Embroidery and Other Cute Things 1
- 50 Juniper Tree 1
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