Trends · data through September 2026

Specialty Stores in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV

Iceflower tracks 250 stores from 237 specialty store chains in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV.

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
237
Tracked stores
250
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked specialty 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.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 District Hemp Botanicals - -19.4%
  • Abernethy and Spencer Greenhouse and Garden Center
  • Balloons Direct
  • Southern States Frederick Coop
  • Stadler Nurseries
  • Vapor Worldwide
  • EquipKo
  • Pro Audio
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

250 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 11 of the 250 stores (4%); 225 of the 237 tracked chains have a single store here. 4% of the tracked retail stores here are specialty stores, the same share as across District of Columbia.

  • Abernethy and Spencer Greenhouse and Garden Center (1)
  • Balloons Direct (1)
  • Southern States Frederick Coop (1)
  • Stadler Nurseries (2)
  • Vapor Worldwide (1)
  • EquipKo (2)
  • Pro Audio (1)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 District Hemp Botanicals 3
  • 2 American Plant 2
  • 3 Stadler Nurseries 2
  • 4 Hawkins Landscape Supply 2
  • 5 EquipKo 2
  • 6 Variedades En Estilo 2
  • 7 Green Goods 2
  • 8 AAA Party Rentals 2
  • 9 The Party Place 2
  • 10 Chesapeake Apothecary 2
  • 11 Roberts Home Medical LLC 2
  • 12 Auto Spectrum Body Shop Supply 2
  • 13 Kugler's Home Fashions 1
  • 14 L & L Music-Wind Shop 1
  • 15 Jessa Medical 1
  • 16 Betty's Azalea Ranch 1
  • 17 Terrapin Trader 1
  • 18 Tumbleweed Gardens 1
  • 19 Dayanas Botanica 1
  • 20 Susanna Farm Nursery 1
  • 21 Centreville Music Shop 1
  • 22 Seymour Auction 1
  • 23 Volume 11 Music 1
  • 24 Alexandria Shoe Repair llc 1
  • 25 Country Nursery 1
  • 26 Graninger Mobile Home and RV Supplies 1
  • 27 Cigar Palace 1
  • 28 Hydro Pool & Spa 1
  • 29 Phoenix Fireworks 1
  • 30 North Star Christmas Trees 1
  • 31 The Genius Genus 1
  • 32 Ellsworth Music Supply & Repair 1
  • 33 Anderson's Nursery and Garden Center 1
  • 34 Nobel Tobacco Cigar & Vape 1
  • 35 Laytonsville Cruise In 1
  • 36 Heather Hill Gardens 1
  • 37 Branch Avenue Auto Auction 1
  • 38 North Star PX 1
  • 39 Merrifield Garden Center 1
  • 40 Luscious Leaves 1
  • 41 Norbrook Medical Equipment & Supplies 1
  • 42 Regal Paint Centers of Gaithersburg 1
  • 43 Garden World Hydroponics 1
  • 44 Dollar Magic Plus 1
  • 45 Capital City Organics 1
  • 46 Zask Medical Supply 1
  • 47 C Party Store 1
  • 48 Custom Pro Car Audio 1
  • 49 Family Meds Inc. 1
  • 50 Watermark Woods 1

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