Metro by metro
The leading discount store chains in every Arkansas metro area
Tracked discount store chains ranked by consumer spend in each metro area, Q4 2025–Q3 2026. Dollar General leads in all 7 metro areas. Against their share in Arkansas as a whole, Dollar Tree stands out in 4 metro areas, Dollar General in 1 metro area, and Family Dollar in 1 metro area.
By tracked consumer spend, Q4 2025–Q3 2026
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Dollar Tree
Relative #1 in 4 metro areas
Fayetteville, AR 1.7× · Fort Smith, AR-OK (AR part) 1.2× · Jonesboro, AR 1.2× · Hot Springs, AR 1.1×
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Dollar General
Relative #1 in Texarkana, TX-AR (AR part), 1× its share in Arkansas
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Family Dollar
Relative #1 in Memphis, TN-MS-AR (AR part), 4.7× its share in Arkansas
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Five Below
Relative #1 in Little Rock, AR, 1.2× its share in Arkansas
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Dollar General
#1 in all 7 metro areas
A metro area shows a ranking once it has at least 2 tracked discount store chains and 10 tracked stores. Relative to Arkansas compares a chain's share of the metro area's spend with its share in Arkansas as a whole. It ranks the 7 biggest chains in Arkansas and the chains that lead a metro area by spend, wherever a chain has at least 5% of the metro area's spend and 3 stores there. Metro areas are the Census Bureau's metropolitan statistical areas; the rest of Arkansas is light gray. A metro area crossing the state line counts only its stores in Arkansas. Colors match the store map; other tracked chains are gray.
Growth ranking
Fastest-growing tracked discount store 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. Dollar General and Family Dollar sit in the high-growth half.
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
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| 1 | Dollar General | - | +1.7% |
| 2 | Family Dollar | - | +1.0% |
| 3 | Ollie's Bargain Outlet | - | +1.0% |
| 4 | Dollar Tree | - | +0.4% |
| 5 | pOpshelf | ▲1 | -0.5% |
| 6 | Bargain Brothers | ▲1 | -17.2% |
| 7 | PRICE BREAK | ▲2 | -42.4% |
| 8 | Discount Bins | ▲2 | -70.0% |
| 9 | Big Lots | ▼4 | -96.0% |
| 10 | Bargain Hunt | ▼2 | -99.6% |
- Dollar General
- Dollar Tree
- Family Dollar
- Five Below
- Ollie's Bargain Outlet
- Drug Emporium
- Bargain Brothers
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
923 tracked store locations in Arkansas. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted. The top 5 chains by store count run 875 of the 923 stores (95%); 23 of the 34 tracked chains have a single store here. 26% of the tracked retail stores here are discount stores, against 14% across the United States.
- Dollar General (626)
- Dollar Tree (105)
- Family Dollar (116)
- Five Below (16)
- Ollie's Bargain Outlet (8)
- Drug Emporium (1)
- Bargain Brothers (3)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Dollar General 626
- 2 Family Dollar 116
- 3 Dollar Tree 105
- 4 Five Below 16
- 5 Big Lots 12
- 6 Ollie's Bargain Outlet 8
- 7 Discount Bins 5
- 8 pOpshelf 3
- 9 PRICE BREAK 3
- 10 Bargain Hunt 3
- 11 Bargain Brothers 3
- 12 Smokey Discount Store 1
- 13 Daily Deals Bargain Bins Rogers 1
- 14 Stuttgart Deals 1
- 15 Warehouse 64 1
- 16 Bin There, Bought That 1
- 17 The Flying Hog 1
- 18 Prize Break 1
- 19 JC's Outlet 1
- 20 Family Dollar / Dollar Tree 1
- 21 71 Trading Post 1
- 22 Thrift It Out 1
- 23 Daily Deals 1
- 24 The Outlet 1
- 25 Deals Down Under 1
- 26 Triple M Discount 1
- 27 Chicken Depot Siloam Springs 1
- 28 Joseph's Discount Store 1
- 29 Ozark Liquidation LLC 1
- 30 The Family Flips Bargain Hub 1
- 31 A to Z Variety 1
- 32 Daiso 1
- 33 Main Street Merchandise Outlet 1
- 34 Drug Emporium 1
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