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. Spirit Halloween and Spencer's sit in the high-growth half.
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Chain
YoY growth
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spirit Halloween | ▲10 | +20.0% |
| 2 | Spencer's | ▲10 | +17.6% |
| 3 | Hobby Lobby | ▲2 | +16.9% |
| 4 | Buckle | ▲5 | +15.2% |
| 5 | River Valley Tractor | ▲8 | +14.5% |
| 6 | Hot Topic | ▲12 | +14.2% |
| 7 | Versona | ▲10 | +11.8% |
| 8 | Victoria's Secret | ▲4 | +10.6% |
| 9 | Ross Dress for Less | ▲2 | +10.1% |
| 10 | Habitat for Humanity ReStore | ▲7 | +8.7% |
| 11 | Men's Wearhouse | ▲9 | +7.3% |
| 12 | T.J.Maxx | ▲1 | +6.7% |
| 13 | Barnes & Noble | ▲2 | +6.7% |
| 14 | Maurices | ▲5 | +6.6% |
| 15 | Dunham's Sports | ▲9 | +6.6% |
- Discount Store
- Vape & Tobacco Shops
- Thrift Stores
- Big-Box & General Merchandise
- Hardware Store
- Sporting Goods Store
- Specialty Store
- Other categories
Store footprint
Store map
3,581 tracked store locations in Arkansas, colored by category. The top 5 chains by store count run 1,042 of the 3,581 stores (29%); 1,382 of the 1,603 tracked chains have a single store here. 26% of the tracked retail stores here are discount stores, against 14% across the United States.
- Discount Store (923)
- Vape & Tobacco Shops (240)
- Thrift Stores (236)
- Big-Box & General Merchandise (166)
- Hardware Store (152)
- Sporting Goods Store (131)
- Specialty Store (123)
- Other categories
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Dollar General 626
- 2 Walmart 156
- 3 Family Dollar 116
- 4 Dollar Tree 105
- 5 Tractor Supply Co. 39
- 6 Goodwill 36
- 7 Hibbett Sports 33
- 8 Sherwin-Williams 28
- 9 Ace Hardware 25
- 10 Lowe's Home Improvement 22
- 11 Cato Fashions 21
- 12 Bath & Body Works 19
- 13 Atwoods Ranch & Home Goods 19
- 14 Harbor Freight Tools 18
- 15 Hobby Lobby 17
- 16 Five Below 16
- 17 Maurices 16
- 18 Tobacco Outlet 15
- 19 T.J.Maxx 14
- 20 The Home Depot 14
- 21 Office Depot 13
- 22 Citi Trends 12
- 23 Smokes Tobacco Warehouse 12
- 24 PetSmart 11
- 25 Vapor Maven 11
- 26 Old Navy 11
- 27 Claire's 11
- 28 Dillard's 10
- 29 Shoe Carnival 10
- 30 Academy Sports + Outdoors 10
- 31 JCPenney 10
- 32 Discount Tobacco 10
- 33 Petco 10
- 34 Spencer's 10
- 35 Target 10
- 36 Ross Dress for Less 10
- 37 Bealls 9
- 38 Kay Jewelers 9
- 39 Best Buy 8
- 40 Ollie's Bargain Outlet 8
- 41 Burlington 8
- 42 Kohl's 8
- 43 Tobacco Station USA 7
- 44 Michaels 7
- 45 Belk 7
- 46 Tobacco Town 7
- 47 Hallmark 7
- 48 Journeys 7
- 49 Petsense by Tractor Supply 7
- 50 Buckle 7
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