Growth ranking
Fastest-growing tracked other 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. T-Mobile and United States Postal Service sit in the high-growth half.
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | T-Mobile | - | +14.3% |
| 2 | United States Postal Service | - | -25.4% |
| 3 | Verizon | - | -55.3% |
- Post Office
- Social & Community Service
- Wireless Carriers
- Schools & School Fees
- Storage Facility
- Specialty School
- Colleges & Universities
- Other categories
Store footprint
Store map
98 tracked store locations in Ames, IA, colored by category. The top 5 chains by store count run 24 of the 98 stores (24%); 72 of the 78 tracked chains have a single store here.
- Post Office (11)
- Social & Community Service (9)
- Wireless Carriers (9)
- Schools & School Fees (5)
- Storage Facility (5)
- Specialty School (5)
- Colleges & Universities (5)
- Other categories
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 United States Postal Service 11
- 2 Key Cooperative 5
- 3 Verizon 3
- 4 T-Mobile 3
- 5 H&R Block 2
- 6 UScellular 2
- 7 1850 Homestead 1
- 8 Maxwell Old Settlers 1
- 9 Signature Self Storage 1
- 10 The Salt Company 1
- 11 Zearing Public Library 1
- 12 Cornerstone Church 1
- 13 Boone High School 1
- 14 Roland-Story High School 1
- 15 Prints Copy Center 1
- 16 Boone County 4-H 1
- 17 A Stitch On Time 1
- 18 Rail Explorers 1
- 19 Bobcat of Ames 1
- 20 IA Beef Checkoff 1
- 21 PhotoSynthesis 1
- 22 Clouds 1
- 23 Spice Rax 1
- 24 Vetter Equipment 1
- 25 Iowa Turkey Federation 1
- 26 CubeSmart Self Storage 1
- 27 City of Slater 1
- 28 Northcrest Community 1
- 29 ISU AERE 1
- 30 Ames High School 1
- 31 Iowa Sports Foundation 1
- 32 Traditions Home Painting 1
- 33 Ames Middle School 1
- 34 ISU Extension Store 1
- 35 The Arc of Story County 1
- 36 Collins Maxwell Food Pantry 1
- 37 Iowa Youth Ballet 1
- 38 Noir 1
- 39 Boone National Little League 1
- 40 ISU GPSS 1
- 41 American Legion Post 37 1
- 42 Ames Public Library 1
- 43 Walters Sanitary Service 1
- 44 Pepper's Pawfection 1
- 45 Central Iowa Air Service 1
- 46 Aspen Ames 1
- 47 DMACC Boone Campus 1
- 48 Johnstone Supply 1
- 49 Mayfair Cleaners 1
- 50 London Underground 1
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