Trends · data through September 2026

Shoe Stores & Footwear Brands in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV

Iceflower tracks 159 stores from 61 shoe stores & footwear brands in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV. Steve Madden grew fastest over the last year, ahead of ALDO and Journeys.

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
61
Tracked stores
159
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked shoe stores & footwear brands

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. Steve Madden and ALDO sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 S Steve Madden logo Steve Madden ▲2 +14.3%
2 A ALDO logo ALDO ▲2 +12.8%
3 J Journeys logo Journeys - +10.5%
4 V Vans logo Vans ▲2 +9.1%
5 D DSW Designer Shoe Warehouse logo DSW Designer Shoe Warehouse - +4.6%
6 P Potomac River Running ▲1 +1.1%
7 A Allen Edmonds logo Allen Edmonds ▲2 +1.1%
8 R Rack Room Shoes logo Rack Room Shoes ▼1 -2.0%
9 F Famous Footwear logo Famous Footwear - -2.8%
10 C Crocs logo Crocs - -3.3%
11 D Dr. Martens AirWair Japan logo Dr. Martens AirWair Japan ▲1 -4.6%
12 O Off Broadway Shoe Warehouse logo Off Broadway Shoe Warehouse ▲1 -5.6%
13 S Shoe Dept. Encore - -7.4%
14 S Shoe Fly - -9.9%
15 U UGG logo UGG ▼10 -100.0%
  • DSW Designer Shoe Warehouse
  • Journeys
  • Crocs
  • Famous Footwear
  • Vans
  • ALDO
  • Rack Room Shoes
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

159 tracked store locations in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • DSW Designer Shoe Warehouse (23)
  • Journeys (15)
  • Crocs (5)
  • Famous Footwear (11)
  • Vans (10)
  • ALDO (7)
  • Rack Room Shoes (7)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

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