Trends · data through September 2026

Art Craft Hobby Stores in the United Kingdom

Iceflower tracks 951 stores from 295 art craft hobby store chains in the United Kingdom. Abakhan grew fastest over the last year, ahead of The Works and Harlequin.

Rankings come from real card and bank transactions across a panel of 130M+ US and EU consumers. We publish relative growth and rankings, never revenue figures. About the data

Tracked chains
295
Tracked stores
951
Consumer panel
130M+

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. Abakhan and The Works sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 A Abakhan logo Abakhan - +6.8%
2 T The Works logo The Works ▲1 +0.8%
3 H Harlequin - -9.5%
4 J Jak's - -9.8%
5 H Hobbycraft logo Hobbycraft ▼1 -10.8%
6 P Patriot Games - -13.1%
  • The Works
  • Hobbycraft
  • Nasseri Fabrics Ltd
  • Harlequin
  • Fanaticswear
  • CASS ART
  • Abakhan
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

951 tracked store locations in the United Kingdom. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • The Works (483)
  • Hobbycraft (127)
  • Nasseri Fabrics Ltd (1)
  • Harlequin (3)
  • Fanaticswear (1)
  • CASS ART (11)
  • Abakhan (5)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 T The Works logo The Works 483
  • 2 H Hobbycraft logo Hobbycraft 127
  • 3 C CASS ART logo CASS ART 11
  • 4 C Cowling & Wilcox logo Cowling & Wilcox 5
  • 5 A Abakhan logo Abakhan 5
  • 6 H Harlequin 3
  • 7 P Patriot Games 3
  • 8 J Jak's 3
  • 9 F Franklins Group 3
  • 10 V Verandah 3
  • 11 T Tip Top 3
  • 12 T Thornton And Collins 2
  • 13 P Punjab Textiles 2
  • 14 H House of Minalima 2
  • 15 M Mainline logo Mainline 2
  • 16 T The Wool Shop 2
  • 17 U Ultimate Craft 2
  • 18 A Antics Models & Hobbies 2
  • 19 T Tabletop Republic 2
  • 20 B Ben's 2
  • 21 C Card-Io 2
  • 22 F Frame of Mind 2
  • 23 C Coconut Toys & Fancy Dress 2
  • 24 F Fabric Land 2
  • 25 A Abakhan Fabrics, Hobby and Home logo Abakhan Fabrics, Hobby and Home 2
  • 26 D Dark Sphere 2
  • 27 D Discount DIY 2
  • 28 N Nasseri Fabrics Ltd 1
  • 29 C Ceramics Cafe 1
  • 30 S Spinning Jenny 1
  • 31 A AFK Gaming Ltd 1
  • 32 I Image Scotland logo Image Scotland 1
  • 33 T The Gallery Bead Shop 1
  • 34 F Fancy Dress Town 1
  • 35 T Textile Plaza 1
  • 36 A Archeron Games 1
  • 37 S Shoprc 1
  • 38 B Beddgelert Woodcraft 1
  • 39 T The Ceramic Cafe 1
  • 40 V Village Fabrics 1
  • 41 R Raihan 1
  • 42 C Cheshire Craft Workshop 1
  • 43 A Armadillo Toys 1
  • 44 W Whispering Smith 1
  • 45 N Newmans Stationery 1
  • 46 L Langham Glass 1
  • 47 P Pullingers Art Shop 1
  • 48 S Southgate Handicrafts 1
  • 49 W WarGameStore logo WarGameStore 1
  • 50 O Oxford Yarn Store 1

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