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. Hot Spot and Ulta Beauty sit in the high-growth half.
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Chain
YoY growth
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hot Spot | ▲4 | +19.3% |
| 2 | Ulta Beauty | ▲6 | +18.3% |
| 3 | Chipotle Mexican Grill | ▲4 | +16.3% |
| 4 | Burger King | ▲9 | +14.9% |
| 5 | Exxon | ▲4 | +14.5% |
| 6 | Goodwill | ▲5 | +14.0% |
| 7 | Starbucks | ▲5 | +13.1% |
| 8 | PetSmart | ▲3 | +12.0% |
| 9 | Ingles Gas Express | - | +10.0% |
| 10 | ALDI | ▲1 | +9.9% |
| 11 | Shell | - | +4.8% |
| 12 | Jersey Mike's Subs | ▲2 | +4.1% |
| 13 | Circle K | ▲3 | +3.1% |
| 14 | Bojangles' | ▲1 | +2.8% |
| 15 | Dollar General | - | +2.4% |
Store footprint
Store map
3,625 tracked store locations in Asheville, NC, colored by category group. The top 5 chains by store count run 162 of the 3,625 stores (4%); 2,591 of the 2,847 tracked chains have a single store here. 6% of the tracked stores here are in leisure & travel, against 5% across North Carolina.
- Food & Drink (1,152)
- Retail (653)
- Health & Beauty (587)
- Other (392)
- Gas & Auto (367)
- Grocery & Convenience (245)
- Leisure & Travel (226)
- Insurance (3)
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Shell 34
- 2 Dollar General 33
- 3 Starbucks 32
- 4 United States Postal Service 32
- 5 Ingles 31
- 6 CVS Pharmacy 19
- 7 Subway 19
- 8 McDonald's 17
- 9 Bojangles' 16
- 10 O'Reilly Auto Parts 14
- 11 Advance Auto Parts 14
- 12 Exxon 11
- 13 Walgreens 11
- 14 Waffle House 10
- 15 Sonic Drive-In 10
- 16 Dollar Tree 10
- 17 Wendy's 9
- 18 Burger King 9
- 19 Marathon 9
- 20 Papa John's Pizza 9
- 21 Chick-fil-A 9
- 22 Ingles Gas Express 9
- 23 Goodwill 8
- 24 AutoZone 8
- 25 Great Clips 8
- 26 Domino's Pizza 7
- 27 Valvoline Instant Oil Change 7
- 28 Dunkin' 7
- 29 Arby's 7
- 30 Ace Hardware 7
- 31 Taco Bell 6
- 32 Zaxby's 6
- 33 Choice Hotels 6
- 34 Quality Plus 6
- 35 Walmart 5
- 36 Lowe's Home Improvement 5
- 37 ALDI 5
- 38 Moe's Southwest Grill 5
- 39 Jersey Mike's Subs 5
- 40 Citgo 4
- 41 Hot Spot 4
- 42 Enmarket 4
- 43 Sherwin-Williams 4
- 44 Tractor Supply Co. 4
- 45 Cracker Barrel Old Country Store 4
- 46 Chipotle Mexican Grill 4
- 47 Sunoco 4
- 48 Energy Mart Stores 4
- 49 Petco 3
- 50 Speedway 3
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