Athens-Clarke County, GA Retail & Consumer Trends 2026

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. O'Reilly Auto Parts and Papa John's Pizza sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth

Rank	Chain	Rank movement	YoY growth
1	O O'Reilly Auto Parts	▲3	+19.0%
2	P Papa John's Pizza	▲3	+7.9%
3	B Bath & Body Works	-	+7.2%
4	W Walmart	-	+7.0%
5	C Chick-fil-A	-	+5.0%
6	D Dollar General	▲1	+4.7%
7	C Chipotle Mexican Grill	▲1	+3.7%
8	S Shell	-	+2.6%
9	D Dairy Queen	-	+1.1%
10	B Burger King	▲1	-0.5%
11	T The UPS Store	▲1	-1.6%
12	S Starbucks	-	-1.8%
13	C Chevron	-	-4.3%
14	M McDonald's	-	-5.1%
15	D Domino's Pizza	-	-5.2%