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. Goodwill and PetSmart sit in the high-growth half.
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Chain
YoY growth
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Goodwill | ▲1 | +18.6% |
| 2 | PetSmart | - | +16.5% |
| 3 | Dollar General | - | +6.5% |
| 4 | Dollar Tree | ▲2 | +4.9% |
| 5 | Old Navy | ▲1 | +3.7% |
| 6 | Ross Dress for Less | - | +3.3% |
| 7 | Batteries Plus Bulbs | - | +3.2% |
| 8 | Walmart | - | +3.1% |
| 9 | Wild Birds Unlimited | ▲2 | +2.9% |
| 10 | Bath & Body Works | - | -2.2% |
| 11 | Lowe's Home Improvement | - | -3.5% |
| 12 | Apotheca | ▲1 | -3.5% |
| 13 | Tractor Supply Co. | - | -4.4% |
| 14 | Petco | ▼2 | -7.0% |
| 15 | Ace Hardware | - | -11.0% |
- Discount Store
- Vape & Tobacco Shops
- Thrift Stores
- Home Improvement Center
- Flower Shop
- Specialty Store
- Sporting Goods Store
- Other categories
Store footprint
Store map
653 tracked store locations in Asheville, NC, colored by category. The top 5 chains by store count run 66 of the 653 stores (10%); 458 of the 515 tracked chains have a single store here. 9% of the tracked retail stores here are discount stores, against 16% across North Carolina.
- Discount Store (58)
- Vape & Tobacco Shops (35)
- Thrift Stores (34)
- Home Improvement Center (32)
- Flower Shop (30)
- Specialty Store (30)
- Sporting Goods Store (27)
- Other categories
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Dollar General 33
- 2 Dollar Tree 10
- 3 Family Dollar 8
- 4 Goodwill 8
- 5 Ace Hardware 7
- 6 Walmart 5
- 7 Lowe's Home Improvement 5
- 8 Tractor Supply Co. 4
- 9 Sherwin-Williams 4
- 10 Harbor Freight Tools 3
- 11 Old Navy 3
- 12 Apotheca 3
- 13 Asheville Vapor 3
- 14 Big Lots 3
- 15 Bath & Body Works 3
- 16 Batteries Plus Bulbs 3
- 17 Rack Room Shoes 3
- 18 Wild Birds Unlimited 3
- 19 Octopus Garden Smoke Shops WNC 3
- 20 TALBOTS 3
- 21 PetSmart 3
- 22 Ross Dress for Less 3
- 23 The Home Depot 3
- 24 Petco 3
- 25 Zales 2
- 26 Office Depot 2
- 27 Sunglass Hut 2
- 28 Journeys 2
- 29 Casablanca Cigar Bar 2
- 30 REEDS Jewelers 2
- 31 Neo Tobacco and Vape 2
- 32 Shoe Dept. Encore 2
- 33 GB Shoes 2
- 34 Five Below 2
- 35 Marshalls 2
- 36 ProSource Plumbing Supply 2
- 37 DICK'S Sporting Goods 2
- 38 The Children's Place 2
- 39 Belk 2
- 40 Target 2
- 41 American Eagle 2
- 42 Michaels 2
- 43 Barnes & Noble 2
- 44 Hobby Lobby 2
- 45 Mast General Store 2
- 46 Dillard's 2
- 47 Brooks Brothers 2
- 48 Staples 2
- 49 T.J.Maxx 2
- 50 Best Buy 2
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