Growth ranking
Fastest-growing tracked retail and consumer 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. Foodland and Shell sit in the high-growth half.
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Chain
YoY growth
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Foodland | ▲12 | +19.0% |
| 2 | Shell | ▲1 | +18.7% |
| 3 | American Family Care | ▲22 | +18.6% |
| 4 | Freddy's Frozen Custard & Steakburgers | ▲17 | +18.1% |
| 5 | Piggly Wiggly | ▲2 | +17.9% |
| 6 | Ace Hardware | ▲22 | +17.5% |
| 7 | Express Oil Change & Tire Engineers | ▲17 | +17.3% |
| 8 | BP | ▲20 | +16.3% |
| 9 | Raceway | ▲5 | +15.8% |
| 10 | Guthrie's | ▲25 | +15.5% |
| 11 | Murphy USA | - | +14.7% |
| 12 | Chevron | - | +14.4% |
| 13 | Trader Joe's | ▲9 | +13.0% |
| 14 | Hobby Lobby | ▲4 | +12.4% |
| 15 | Jack's | ▲2 | +12.1% |
Store footprint
Store map
25,000 of 39,830 tracked store locations in Alabama, colored by category group. The top 5 chains by store count run 2,310 of the 39,830 stores (6%); 21,560 of the 23,592 tracked chains have a single store here.
- Food & Drink (10,454)
- Health & Beauty (7,606)
- Retail (7,412)
- Other (5,261)
- Gas & Auto (4,908)
- Grocery & Convenience (2,212)
- Leisure & Travel (1,942)
- Insurance (35)
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Dollar General 1,066
- 2 United States Postal Service 391
- 3 Shell 302
- 4 Marathon 281
- 5 Subway 270
- 6 Chevron 257
- 7 McDonald's 253
- 8 Family Dollar 229
- 9 Circle K 201
- 10 CVS Pharmacy 191
- 11 Jack's 188
- 12 Dollar Tree 187
- 13 Exxon 180
- 14 O'Reilly Auto Parts 170
- 15 Waffle House 167
- 16 Burger King 162
- 17 Walmart 152
- 18 Walgreens 146
- 19 Domino's Pizza 142
- 20 AutoZone 140
- 21 Starbucks 139
- 22 Taco Bell 135
- 23 Advance Auto Parts 127
- 24 Sonic Drive-In 112
- 25 Wendy's 111
- 26 Piggly Wiggly 110
- 27 Arby's 104
- 28 Little Caesars 103
- 29 Chick-fil-A 102
- 30 Publix 101
- 31 Papa John's Pizza 96
- 32 Zaxby's 95
- 33 Pizza Hut 95
- 34 Citgo 88
- 35 Sunoco 83
- 36 Hibbett Sports 82
- 37 AT&T Store 81
- 38 Murphy USA 80
- 39 Captain D's 80
- 40 Hardee's 79
- 41 Great Clips 73
- 42 Express Oil Change & Tire Engineers 73
- 43 Tractor Supply Co. 72
- 44 Dairy Queen 71
- 45 Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen 69
- 46 The UPS Store 67
- 47 KFC 67
- 48 Dunkin' 61
- 49 Choice Hotels 60
- 50 MAPCO 59
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