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. Ace Hardware and Burlington sit in the high-growth half.
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ace Hardware | ▲2 | +16.0% |
| 2 | Burlington | ▲3 | +15.7% |
| 3 | Goodwill | ▲2 | +15.2% |
| 4 | Hobby Lobby | ▲1 | +13.7% |
| 5 | Five Below | ▲2 | +13.5% |
| 6 | Dollar General | ▲1 | +10.5% |
| 7 | Tractor Supply Co. | - | +9.8% |
| 8 | Spirit Halloween | ▲2 | +9.7% |
| 9 | True Value | ▲2 | +9.2% |
| 10 | Harbor Freight Tools | - | +8.1% |
| 11 | Dollar Tree | - | +7.8% |
| 12 | Ross Dress for Less | ▲1 | +7.2% |
| 13 | The Home Depot | - | +3.7% |
| 14 | Barnes & Noble | ▼1 | +2.5% |
| 15 | Condoms Galore | ▲2 | +1.3% |
Store footprint
Store map
922 tracked store locations in Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ, colored by category. The top 5 chains by store count run 95 of the 922 stores (10%); 562 of the 651 tracked chains have a single store here. 7% of the tracked retail stores here are specialty stores, against 5% across Pennsylvania.
- Discount Store (103)
- Vape & Tobacco Shops (67)
- Specialty Store (61)
- Sporting Goods Store (46)
- Flower Shop (45)
- Hardware Store (44)
- Home Improvement Center (43)
- Other categories
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Dollar General 36
- 2 Dollar Tree 26
- 3 Family Dollar 15
- 4 Walmart 11
- 5 Sherwin-Williams 7
- 6 Big Lots 7
- 7 Tractor Supply Co. 7
- 8 Target 6
- 9 Kay Jewelers 6
- 10 Spirit Halloween 6
- 11 Staples 6
- 12 The Home Depot 6
- 13 Five Below 6
- 14 Harbor Freight Tools 6
- 15 Petco 6
- 16 Marshalls 6
- 17 Ross Dress for Less 6
- 18 Lowe's Home Improvement 6
- 19 Ace Hardware 5
- 20 Barnes & Noble 5
- 21 Bath & Body Works 5
- 22 Kohl's 5
- 23 Goodwill 4
- 24 Famous Footwear 4
- 25 Hallmark 4
- 26 PetSmart 4
- 27 Old Navy 4
- 28 Burlington 4
- 29 True Value 4
- 30 Condoms Galore 4
- 31 Cigarette Outlet 3
- 32 DTLR 3
- 33 Carter's 3
- 34 Rainbow Shops 3
- 35 Rally House 3
- 36 Leslie's Pool Supplies 3
- 37 Good Guy Vapes 3
- 38 Pet Supplies Plus 3
- 39 Michaels 3
- 40 DICK'S Sporting Goods 3
- 41 Hobby Lobby 3
- 42 Pandora 2
- 43 Ollie's Bargain Outlet 2
- 44 Spencer's 2
- 45 Piercing Pagoda 2
- 46 Smokin' Joe's Tobacco Shop 2
- 47 American Family Services 2
- 48 American Eagle 2
- 49 Shoe Dept. 2
- 50 Trek Bicycle 2
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