State by state
The leading music store chains in every state
Tracked music store chains ranked by consumer spend in each state, Q4 2025–Q3 2026. Guitar Center leads in 36 states, Sweetwater in 1 state, and Music & Arts in 1 state. 9 chains lead at least one state. Against their share in the US as a whole, Guitar Center stands out in 25 states, Music Go Round in 3 states, and Music & Arts in 3 states.
By tracked consumer spend, Q4 2025–Q3 2026
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Guitar Center
Relative #1 in 25 states
Alabama 1.8×, Connecticut 1.5×, Texas 1.5×, Florida 1.4×, Georgia 1.4×, Louisiana 1.3×, Oklahoma 1.3×, Tennessee 1.3×, California 1.2×, Massachusetts 1.2×, New Jersey 1.2×, North Carolina 1.2×, Utah 1×, Illinois 0.9×, South Carolina 0.9×, Kentucky 0.8×, Michigan 0.8×, Missouri 0.8×, Oregon 0.8×, Pennsylvania 0.8×, Washington 0.8×, Iowa 0.7×, New York 0.7×, Wisconsin 0.7×, Indiana 0.4×
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Music Go Round
Relative #1 in 3 states
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Music & Arts
Relative #1 in 3 states
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Zia Records
Relative #1 in 2 states
Nevada over 10×, Arizona over 10×
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Bull Moose
Relative #1 in 2 states
Maine over 10×, New Hampshire over 10×
Not enough tracked stores: Alaska, District of Columbia, North Dakota, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Vermont, Wyoming
No ranked chain with 5% of the state's spend and 3 stores there: Arkansas, Hawaii, Idaho, Kansas, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, West Virginia
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Guitar Center
#1 in 36 states
Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin
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Sweetwater
#1 in Indiana
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Music & Arts
#1 in Mississippi
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The Record Exchange
#1 in Idaho
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Bull Moose
#1 in Maine
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Admiral Analog's Audio Assortment
#1 in West Virginia
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Jay's CD & Hobby
#1 in Iowa
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Rockin Rudy's
#1 in Montana
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Schmitt Music
#1 in Minnesota
Not enough tracked stores: Alaska, District of Columbia, North Dakota, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Vermont, Wyoming
A state shows a ranking once it has at least 2 tracked music store chains and 10 tracked stores. Relative to the US compares a chain's share of the state's spend with its share in the US as a whole. It ranks the 7 biggest chains in the US and the chains that lead a state by spend, wherever a chain has at least 5% of the state's spend and 3 stores there. Colors match the store map; other tracked chains are gray.
Growth ranking
Fastest-growing tracked music 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. Rasputin Music and Reckless Records sit in the high-growth half.
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
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| 1 | Rasputin Music | ▲1 | +18.6% |
| 2 | Reckless Records | ▲2 | +16.8% |
| 3 | Music World | ▲4 | +15.9% |
| 4 | Hunky Dory | - | +15.3% |
| 5 | Everyday Music | ▲4 | +13.4% |
| 6 | Vinyl Cup Records | ▲2 | +12.2% |
| 7 | Sound Exchange | ▲2 | +11.6% |
| 8 | CD Warehouse | ▲1 | +10.4% |
| 9 | Amoeba Music | - | +10.1% |
| 10 | Bull Moose | - | +9.1% |
| 11 | Vintage Vinyl | ▲1 | +8.4% |
| 12 | Ted Brown Music | - | +5.2% |
| 13 | Music Go Round | ▲2 | +4.7% |
| 14 | Marshall Music Company | ▲1 | +1.4% |
| 15 | Meyer Music | - | +1.2% |
- Guitar Center
- Music Go Round
- Sweetwater
- Music & Arts
- Zia Records
- The Record Exchange
- Bull Moose
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
2,626 tracked store locations in the United States. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted. The top 5 chains by store count run 532 of the 2,626 stores (20%); 1,643 of the 1,800 tracked chains have a single store here.
- Guitar Center (311)
- Music Go Round (32)
- Sweetwater (6)
- Music & Arts (165)
- Zia Records (10)
- The Record Exchange (4)
- Bull Moose (14)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Guitar Center 311
- 2 Music & Arts 165
- 3 Music Go Round 32
- 4 Bull Moose 14
- 5 Zia Records 10
- 6 Schmitt Music 7
- 7 Menchey Music Service, Inc. 7
- 8 KPOP NARA 7
- 9 Main Street Music 7
- 10 CD Warehouse 6
- 11 CD Exchange 6
- 12 Quinlan and Fabish Music Company 6
- 13 Palen Music Center 6
- 14 George's Music 6
- 15 Sweetwater 6
- 16 Heid Music 5
- 17 Rasputin Music 5
- 18 Ted Brown Music 5
- 19 Cheapo Records 5
- 20 Meyer Music 5
- 21 Rettig Music 5
- 22 The Record Exchange 4
- 23 Sound Exchange 4
- 24 The Music Store 4
- 25 Marshall Music Company 4
- 26 Hunky Dory 3
- 27 Woodsy's Music 3
- 28 Down In The Valley 3
- 29 Dunkley Music 3
- 30 Silver Platters 3
- 31 Everyday Music 3
- 32 Music World 3
- 33 Gallery of Sound 3
- 34 Bertrand's Music 3
- 35 Vintage Vinyl 3
- 36 Vinyl Cup Records 3
- 37 Doo Wop Shop 3
- 38 Amoeba Music 3
- 39 Reckless Records 3
- 40 Dorsey Music 3
- 41 Karma Records 3
- 42 Guestroom Records 3
- 43 Dearborn Music 2
- 44 Streetlight Records 2
- 45 Music City 2
- 46 Tiger Records 2
- 47 Johnson String Instrument 2
- 48 Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum 2
- 49 Redscroll Records 2
- 50 Siren Records 2
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