Growth ranking
Fastest-growing tracked retail 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. Michaels and Sherwin-Williams sit in the high-growth half.
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Chain
YoY growth
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michaels | - | +19.4% |
| 2 | Sherwin-Williams | ▲2 | +13.9% |
| 3 | Alaska Industrial Hardware | - | +10.7% |
| 4 | The Home Depot | ▲1 | +9.8% |
| 5 | Ace Hardware | ▲2 | +9.2% |
| 6 | Play It Again Sports | - | +7.8% |
| 7 | Burlington | - | +6.7% |
| 8 | Value Village | - | +4.5% |
| 9 | Target | - | +4.2% |
| 10 | Lowe's Home Improvement | ▼1 | +3.3% |
| 11 | Foot Locker | ▼1 | +0.3% |
| 12 | Walmart | - | -1.4% |
| 13 | Goodwill | - | -2.1% |
| 14 | Famous Footwear | ▼1 | -2.5% |
| 15 | Bath & Body Works | - | -2.9% |
Store footprint
Store map
627 tracked store locations in Alaska, colored by category. The top 5 chains by store count run 36 of the 627 stores (6%); 447 of the 503 tracked chains have a single store here. 10% of the tracked retail stores here are flower shops, against 4% across the United States.
- Flower Shop (60)
- Sporting Goods Store (56)
- Thrift Stores (49)
- Specialty Store (36)
- Hardware Store (36)
- Art Craft Hobby Store (35)
- Gift Shop (30)
- Other categories
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Walmart 9
- 2 The Home Depot 7
- 3 Ace Hardware 7
- 4 Value Village 7
- 5 Famous Footwear 6
- 6 Petco 6
- 7 Alaska Industrial Hardware 5
- 8 Sportsman's Warehouse 5
- 9 Office Depot 5
- 10 Lowe's Home Improvement 5
- 11 Spenard Builders Supply 4
- 12 Burlington 4
- 13 Michaels 4
- 14 Claire's 4
- 15 Big Ray's 4
- 16 Foot Locker 4
- 17 True Value 3
- 18 Sherwin-Williams 3
- 19 Bath & Body Works 3
- 20 Goodwill 3
- 21 Hot Topic 3
- 22 Batteries Plus Bulbs 3
- 23 Target 3
- 24 Play It Again Sports 3
- 25 Old Navy 3
- 26 Cash America Pawn 3
- 27 Bailey's Furniture 2
- 28 American Eagle 2
- 29 907 Surplus 2
- 30 All Seasons Clothing Company 2
- 31 PacSun 2
- 32 Journeys 2
- 33 Zales 2
- 34 The Knotty Shop 2
- 35 Legion Vapor 2
- 36 Torrid 2
- 37 Sentry Hardware 2
- 38 Alaska Chicks 2
- 39 Cold Spot Feeds 2
- 40 Lids 2
- 41 SKECHERS 2
- 42 Barnes & Noble 2
- 43 Sadler's Home Furnishings 2
- 44 Spirit Halloween 2
- 45 PetSmart 2
- 46 Alaska Ammo 2
- 47 Alaskan PIPEline 2
- 48 Ashley HomeStore 2
- 49 Bass Pro Shops 2
- 50 Best Buy 2
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