Metro by metro
The leading discount store chains in every Alabama metro area
Tracked discount store chains ranked by consumer spend in each metro area, Q4 2025–Q3 2026. Dollar General leads in all 13 metro areas. Against their share in Alabama as a whole, Dollar General stands out in 5 metro areas, Family Dollar in 3 metro areas, and Dollar Tree in 2 metro areas.
By tracked consumer spend, Q4 2025–Q3 2026
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Dollar General
Relative #1 in 5 metro areas
Dothan, AL 0.9× · Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL 1.1× · Decatur, AL 1.1× · Gadsden, AL 1.1× · Anniston-Oxford, AL 0.9×
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Family Dollar
Relative #1 in 3 metro areas
Tuscaloosa, AL 1.4× · Auburn-Opelika, AL 0.9× · Columbus, GA-AL (AL part) 4.3×
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Dollar Tree
Relative #1 in 2 metro areas
Birmingham, AL 1.2× · Montgomery, AL 1.3×
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Five Below
Relative #1 in 2 metro areas
Huntsville, AL 1.6× · Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL 1.3×
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Ollie's Bargain Outlet
Relative #1 in Mobile, AL, 1.6× its share in Alabama
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Dollar General
#1 in all 13 metro areas
A metro area shows a ranking once it has at least 2 tracked discount store chains and 10 tracked stores. Relative to Alabama compares a chain's share of the metro area's spend with its share in Alabama as a whole. It ranks the 7 biggest chains in Alabama and the chains that lead a metro area by spend, wherever a chain has at least 5% of the metro area's spend and 3 stores there. Metro areas are the Census Bureau's metropolitan statistical areas; the rest of Alabama is light gray. A metro area crossing the state line counts only its stores in Alabama. Colors match the store map; other tracked chains are gray.
Growth ranking
Fastest-growing tracked discount 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. Ollie's Bargain Outlet and Dollar General sit in the high-growth half.
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
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| 1 | Ollie's Bargain Outlet | - | +8.3% |
| 2 | Dollar General | - | +2.8% |
| 3 | Dollar Tree | - | +1.0% |
| 4 | Roses Discount Store | - | -5.9% |
| 5 | Family Dollar | - | -14.3% |
| 6 | pOpshelf | ▲1 | -59.9% |
| 7 | Big Lots | - | -75.7% |
| 8 | Maxway | ▼1 | -82.8% |
| 9 | Bargain Hunt | - | -99.1% |
- Dollar General
- Dollar Tree
- Family Dollar
- Five Below
- Ollie's Bargain Outlet
- Roses Discount Store
- Big Lots
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
1,672 tracked store locations in Alabama. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted. The top 5 chains by store count run 1,555 of the 1,672 stores (93%); 50 of the 63 tracked chains have a single store here. 23% of the tracked retail stores here are discount stores, against 14% across the United States.
- Dollar General (1,066)
- Dollar Tree (187)
- Family Dollar (229)
- Five Below (40)
- Ollie's Bargain Outlet (22)
- Roses Discount Store (13)
- Big Lots (33)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Dollar General 1,066
- 2 Family Dollar 229
- 3 Dollar Tree 187
- 4 Five Below 40
- 5 Big Lots 33
- 6 Ollie's Bargain Outlet 22
- 7 Roses Discount Store 13
- 8 pOpshelf 9
- 9 Bargain Hunt 8
- 10 Maxway 7
- 11 Mike's Merchandise 4
- 12 Roses Express 2
- 13 Never Pay Retail 2
- 14 Robinson's Overstock Warehouse 1
- 15 Jacks Dollar Deals 1
- 16 Flippin' It 1
- 17 Buster's Bargain Store 1
- 18 Pallet Pros Liquidation 1
- 19 Discount Depot 1
- 20 Family Variety Store 1
- 21 The Price Is Right Bin Store & More 1
- 22 99 Cent and Up Store 1
- 23 Bin City 1
- 24 Birmingham Bargains 1
- 25 Bargain Barn 1
- 26 amazing deals and bin treasures 1
- 27 BBS Salvage Grocery 1
- 28 Liquidation Depot 1
- 29 Bud and Jeans Country Store 1
- 30 A Little Bit of Something 1
- 31 DEALS on 72 1
- 32 Jenny's Corner 1
- 33 J&S Bargain bins 1
- 34 B&Z Liquidation 1
- 35 Bin Frenzy 1
- 36 Buddy Bins 1
- 37 Dollar Town 1
- 38 ShopBobs 1
- 39 Roses 1
- 40 Bidding Kings Opelika 1
- 41 Wiregrass Bargains 1
- 42 Darlene's Discount 1
- 43 Little Lots 1
- 44 Family Pawn 1
- 45 Mike's Bins 1
- 46 Bob's Discount 1
- 47 Bargain Bins 1
- 48 Treasures By Hea 1
- 49 Roden Surplus Imports, Inc. 1
- 50 Bin Diggin 1
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