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. GameStop and Michaels sit in the high-growth half.
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Chain
YoY growth
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GameStop | ▲9 | +19.3% |
| 2 | Michaels | ▲2 | +17.4% |
| 3 | NAPA Auto Parts | ▲6 | +16.9% |
| 4 | Credit Union 1 | ▲9 | +15.5% |
| 5 | GCI Store | ▲4 | +14.5% |
| 6 | Vitus | ▲6 | +12.3% |
| 7 | Sudzy Salmon Car Wash | ▲9 | +12.0% |
| 8 | Alyeska Tire | ▲5 | +10.3% |
| 9 | Tesoro | ▲1 | +9.7% |
| 10 | Burger King | ▲6 | +9.1% |
| 11 | Alaska Industrial Hardware | ▲5 | +8.8% |
| 12 | Chevron | ▲1 | +8.3% |
| 13 | The Home Depot | ▲2 | +8.0% |
| 14 | Ace Hardware | ▲6 | +7.4% |
| 15 | Play It Again Sports | ▲2 | +6.1% |
Store footprint
Store map
3,892 tracked store locations in Alaska, colored by category group. The top 5 chains by store count run 173 of the 3,892 stores (4%); 2,777 of the 3,006 tracked chains have a single store here. 9% of the tracked stores here are in health & beauty, against 17% across the United States.
- Food & Drink (1,499)
- Retail (627)
- Gas & Auto (419)
- Other (360)
- Health & Beauty (358)
- Leisure & Travel (351)
- Grocery & Convenience (278)
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 United States Postal Service 50
- 2 Tesoro 40
- 3 McDonald's 28
- 4 Starbucks 28
- 5 Speedway 27
- 6 Subway 27
- 7 Shell 26
- 8 Circle K 25
- 9 Brown Jug 20
- 10 O'Reilly Auto Parts 18
- 11 Safeway 16
- 12 Fred Meyer 15
- 13 NAPA Auto Parts 15
- 14 Taco Bell 14
- 15 Chevron 12
- 16 Three Bears Alaska 11
- 17 Carrs 11
- 18 GNC 11
- 19 Walgreens 11
- 20 Papa John's Pizza 10
- 21 Domino's Pizza 9
- 22 Wendy's 9
- 23 Arby's 9
- 24 Walmart 9
- 25 AT&T Store 8
- 26 AutoZone 8
- 27 Great Clips 8
- 28 Alaska Airlines 8
- 29 Vitus 7
- 30 Global Credit Union 7
- 31 Burger King 7
- 32 Value Village 7
- 33 Ace Hardware 7
- 34 Midas 7
- 35 The Home Depot 7
- 36 Petco 6
- 37 Famous Footwear 6
- 38 Panda Express 6
- 39 Petro Marine Services 5
- 40 GameStop 5
- 41 Alaska Industrial Hardware 5
- 42 Office Depot 5
- 43 Jiffy Lube 5
- 44 GCI Store 5
- 45 Alyeska Tire 5
- 46 Verizon 5
- 47 Sportsman's Warehouse 5
- 48 Costco 5
- 49 Lowe's Home Improvement 5
- 50 49th State Brewing 4
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