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. Hobby Lobby and Ross Dress for Less sit in the high-growth half.
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Chain
YoY growth
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hobby Lobby | ▲4 | +19.9% |
| 2 | Ross Dress for Less | ▲4 | +19.2% |
| 3 | Milo's Hamburgers | ▲8 | +18.3% |
| 4 | Dollar General | ▲2 | +16.8% |
| 5 | Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen | ▲9 | +16.6% |
| 6 | T.J.Maxx | ▲2 | +15.9% |
| 7 | Outback Steakhouse | ▲10 | +15.4% |
| 8 | Shoe Dept. | ▲13 | +14.9% |
| 9 | Church's Chicken | ▲1 | +14.6% |
| 10 | Express Oil Change & Tire Engineers | ▲5 | +14.1% |
| 11 | Guthrie's | ▲10 | +12.2% |
| 12 | Lowe's Home Improvement | ▲1 | +12.1% |
| 13 | Advance Auto Parts | ▲5 | +12.1% |
| 14 | America's Best Contacts & Eyeglasses | ▲3 | +11.8% |
| 15 | Shell | - | +11.4% |
Store footprint
Store map
9,670 tracked store locations in Birmingham, AL, colored by category group. The top 5 chains by store count run 521 of the 9,670 stores (5%); 5,713 of the 6,344 tracked chains have a single store here.
- Food & Drink (2,605)
- Health & Beauty (2,052)
- Retail (1,639)
- Other (1,276)
- Gas & Auto (1,209)
- Grocery & Convenience (458)
- Leisure & Travel (425)
- Insurance (6)
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Dollar General 166
- 2 Shell 127
- 3 United States Postal Service 102
- 4 Marathon 64
- 5 Chevron 62
- 6 Subway 60
- 7 CVS Pharmacy 57
- 8 McDonald's 55
- 9 Jack's 53
- 10 Exxon 52
- 11 Circle K 47
- 12 Family Dollar 44
- 13 Starbucks 43
- 14 Domino's Pizza 38
- 15 Taco Bell 38
- 16 Dollar Tree 38
- 17 Walgreens 37
- 18 O'Reilly Auto Parts 36
- 19 Waffle House 34
- 20 Burger King 33
- 21 AutoZone 32
- 22 Walmart 32
- 23 Publix 32
- 24 Chick-fil-A 32
- 25 Advance Auto Parts 31
- 26 Little Caesars 29
- 27 Express Oil Change & Tire Engineers 29
- 28 Zaxby's 27
- 29 Wendy's 27
- 30 Papa John's Pizza 26
- 31 Arby's 26
- 32 Sunoco 26
- 33 Great Clips 25
- 34 Piggly Wiggly 24
- 35 BP 23
- 36 Captain D's 23
- 37 Citgo 22
- 38 Hibbett Sports 21
- 39 Sonic Drive-In 21
- 40 AT&T Store 20
- 41 Dunkin' 17
- 42 Murphy USA 16
- 43 KFC 15
- 44 ALDI 15
- 45 Sherwin-Williams 14
- 46 American Family Care 13
- 47 Dairy Queen 13
- 48 Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen 12
- 49 GameStop 12
- 50 Tractor Supply Co. 12
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