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. Phillips 66 Gas and McDonald's sit in the high-growth half.
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Chain
YoY growth
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Phillips 66 Gas | ▲1 | +19.8% |
| 2 | McDonald's | ▲1 | +8.1% |
| 3 | Subway | ▲1 | +5.8% |
| 4 | Pizza Ranch | ▲1 | +5.6% |
| 5 | Walmart | - | +4.5% |
| 6 | Dollar General | ▲1 | +2.7% |
| 7 | Scooter's Coffee | ▲1 | +2.1% |
| 8 | Jimmy John's | ▲1 | -0.0% |
| 9 | Hy-Vee | - | -0.9% |
| 10 | Fareway | - | -1.3% |
| 11 | Dairy Queen | - | -2.8% |
| 12 | Domino's Pizza | - | -9.3% |
| 13 | Starbucks | ▼1 | -14.4% |
| 14 | Choice Hotels | - | -20.5% |
| 15 | United States Postal Service | ▼3 | -27.1% |
Store footprint
Store map
835 tracked store locations in Ames, IA, colored by category group. The top 5 chains by store count run 57 of the 835 stores (7%); 642 of the 692 tracked chains have a single store here.
- Food & Drink (257)
- Retail (149)
- Health & Beauty (121)
- Gas & Auto (107)
- Other (98)
- Leisure & Travel (57)
- Grocery & Convenience (46)
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Casey's 17
- 2 United States Postal Service 11
- 3 Subway 10
- 4 Dollar General 10
- 5 Fareway 9
- 6 Kum & Go 8
- 7 Hy-Vee 7
- 8 Starbucks 6
- 9 Jimmy John's 6
- 10 McDonald's 6
- 11 Dairy Queen 5
- 12 Key Cooperative 5
- 13 Walmart 5
- 14 NuCara 4
- 15 Scooter's Coffee 4
- 16 Domino's Pizza 3
- 17 Ace Hardware 3
- 18 Pizza Ranch 3
- 19 Medicap Pharmacy 3
- 20 Choice Hotels 3
- 21 Dollar Tree 3
- 22 Phillips 66 Gas 3
- 23 Walgreens 2
- 24 O'Reilly Auto Parts 2
- 25 Panda Express 2
- 26 H&R Block 2
- 27 Taco Bell 2
- 28 Taco John's 2
- 29 Burgie's Coffee 2
- 30 Arby's 2
- 31 Rally House 2
- 32 Papa John's Pizza 2
- 33 Great Clips 2
- 34 T.J.Maxx 2
- 35 Hickory Park 2
- 36 Kwik Trip 2
- 37 Dentistry At Somerset 1
- 38 Menards 1
- 39 Welch Ave Station 1
- 40 Casa Azteca 1
- 41 Jersey Mike's Subs 1
- 42 Mark Hansen Auto Repair Service 1
- 43 La Carreta 1
- 44 Overman Family Dentistry 1
- 45 Sherwin-Williams 1
- 46 LOF Xpress Oil Change 1
- 47 Gem Nails Ames 1
- 48 Madrid Automotive 1
- 49 Gateway Hotel & Conference Center 1
- 50 Flat Tire Lounge 1
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