Trends · data through September 2026

Retail trends in Bay City, MI

Iceflower tracks 108 stores from 91 retail chains in Bay City, MI. Dollar Tree grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Dollar General and Family Dollar.

Rankings come from real card and bank transactions across a panel of 130M+ US and EU consumers. We publish relative growth and rankings, never revenue figures. About the data

Tracked chains
91
Tracked stores
108
Consumer panel
130M+

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. Dollar Tree and Dollar General sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 Dollar Tree - +17.8%
2 Dollar General - +16.9%
3 Family Dollar - -8.2%
  • Discount Store
  • Sporting Goods Store
  • Flower Shop
  • Specialty Store
  • Hardware Store
  • Women's Contemporary
  • Pet Store
  • Other categories

Store footprint

Store map

108 tracked store locations in Bay City, MI, colored by category. The top 5 chains by store count run 22 of the 108 stores (20%); 87 of the 91 tracked chains have a single store here. 9% of the tracked retail stores here are sporting goods stores, against 5% across Michigan.

  • Discount Store (22)
  • Sporting Goods Store (10)
  • Flower Shop (8)
  • Specialty Store (6)
  • Hardware Store (6)
  • Women's Contemporary (4)
  • Pet Store (4)
  • Other categories

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 Dollar General 11
  • 2 Family Dollar 5
  • 3 Dollar Tree 3
  • 4 Walmart 2
  • 5 Batteries Plus Bulbs 1
  • 6 Soldan's Pet Supplies 1
  • 7 Xtreme Pyro Fireworks 1
  • 8 Downtown Antique Market 1
  • 9 Lumberman's Mercantile 1
  • 10 Midland Street Books 1
  • 11 My Secret Garden 1
  • 12 West Marine 1
  • 13 Riverview Party Store 1
  • 14 Tri City Swimming Pools 1
  • 15 Runners Athletic Company 1
  • 16 Shirts Mugs and More 1
  • 17 Jeff's Pro Shop 1
  • 18 Sherwin-Williams 1
  • 19 The Vintage Greenhouse 1
  • 20 Spencer's 1
  • 21 Ferne Boutique 1
  • 22 Spirit Halloween 1
  • 23 Americana Company Antique Mall 1
  • 24 Williams Gun Shop 1
  • 25 Woodside Power Equipment 1
  • 26 Warmbier Farms 1
  • 27 JOANN Fabric and Craft Stores 1
  • 28 Claire's 1
  • 29 COVEN 1
  • 30 Big Lots 1
  • 31 3 Doors Down Head Shop 1
  • 32 Half Mile Handmade 1
  • 33 Michigan Sugar 1
  • 34 Larson Salvage Co. 1
  • 35 Buy the Book 1
  • 36 Regent Floral & Mercantile 1
  • 37 Chuckies Bait And Tackle 1
  • 38 Franks True Value Hardware 1
  • 39 Betty's Party Store 1
  • 40 Cashman's Comics 1
  • 41 Bay City Games & More 1
  • 42 Hampton's Boutique, Tanning, and Salon 1
  • 43 Linwood Party And Sporting Goods 1
  • 44 Unique Floral Design and Gifts 1
  • 45 Electric Kitsch 1
  • 46 Blue Line Liquidations 1
  • 47 C & R True Value Hardware 1
  • 48 ellie & isabelle 1
  • 49 Herter Music Center 1
  • 50 The Salvation Army Family Store & Donation Center 1

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