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 Paper Source sit in the high-growth half.
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michaels | - | +9.6% |
| 2 | Paper Source | ▲1 | +0.4% |
| 3 | Plaza Artist Materials & Picture Framing | ▲1 | -34.4% |
| 4 | JOANN Fabric and Craft Stores | ▼2 | -100.0% |
- Michaels
- Hobby Lobby
- Curio Cavern
- Paper Source
- Plaza Artist Materials & Picture Framing
- Material Girls Quilt Boutique
- Hobby Works
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
175 tracked store locations in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted. The top 5 chains by store count run 62 of the 175 stores (35%); 99 of the 111 tracked chains have a single store here. 3% of the tracked retail stores here are art craft hobby stores, the same share as across District of Columbia.
- Michaels (31)
- Hobby Lobby (8)
- Curio Cavern (2)
- Paper Source (6)
- Plaza Artist Materials & Picture Framing (5)
- Material Girls Quilt Boutique (1)
- Hobby Works (2)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Michaels 31
- 2 JOANN Fabric and Craft Stores 12
- 3 Hobby Lobby 8
- 4 Paper Source 6
- 5 Plaza Artist Materials & Picture Framing 5
- 6 Curio Cavern 2
- 7 Hobby Works 2
- 8 Artist & Craftsman Supply 2
- 9 Your Hobby Place 2
- 10 Vina Fabrics 2
- 11 Total Framing 2
- 12 AR Workshop 2
- 13 ArtTepuy 1
- 14 FrameMasters 1
- 15 Knit Wit Yarn Shop 1
- 16 G Street Fabrics 1
- 17 Mosaic Arts DC 1
- 18 The Frame Market 1
- 19 Colorful Canvas 1
- 20 Entangled - LYS 1
- 21 Sinners Refuge 1
- 22 Paint By You Studio 1
- 23 Klein's Embroidery 1
- 24 Artistic Custom Framing & Gallery 1
- 25 Second Story Knits 1
- 26 Yarnability 1
- 27 Frameworks 1
- 28 Red Fox Yarns 1
- 29 Carter Framing 1
- 30 Framers' Workroom 1
- 31 Upcycle Creative Reuse Center 1
- 32 The Little Pottery Shop 1
- 33 Treehippy Gaming 1
- 34 Frame of Mine 1
- 35 WoolWinders Yarn Shop 1
- 36 The Dragons Concord 1
- 37 Linen World 1
- 38 Cap City Cards 1
- 39 Animania 3D 1
- 40 Premium of DC Craft 1
- 41 All About Frames 1
- 42 IAM-RC Hobby Shop 1
- 43 Oma's Creative Corner 1
- 44 Big Dog Pots Pottery 1
- 45 Ink and Riddle 1
- 46 House of Fabrics 1
- 47 Myroslavas Creations 1
- 48 Brazen Sheep 1
- 49 Olive & Loom 1
- 50 Sew Creative Lounge 1
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