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. Hobby Lobby and EZPAWN sit in the high-growth half.
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Chain
YoY growth
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hobby Lobby | ▲1 | +18.9% |
| 2 | EZPAWN | ▲2 | +18.5% |
| 3 | Ross Dress for Less | - | +18.2% |
| 4 | Dollar General | ▲2 | +15.8% |
| 5 | T.J.Maxx | - | +14.9% |
| 6 | Bealls | ▲4 | +14.4% |
| 7 | Shoe Dept. | ▲2 | +13.9% |
| 8 | Lowe's Home Improvement | - | +11.1% |
| 9 | Foot Locker | ▲4 | +10.6% |
| 10 | Kay Jewelers | ▲3 | +9.5% |
| 11 | Standard Furniture & Mattress | ▲1 | +9.0% |
| 12 | Victoria's Secret | ▲2 | +8.7% |
| 13 | Tractor Supply Co. | - | +7.9% |
| 14 | Dollar Tree | - | +7.8% |
| 15 | Michaels | ▲2 | +6.2% |
Store footprint
Store map
1,639 tracked store locations in Birmingham, AL, colored by category. The top 5 chains by store count run 301 of the 1,639 stores (18%); 837 of the 970 tracked chains have a single store here. 18% of the tracked retail stores here are discount stores, against 23% across Alabama.
- Discount Store (291)
- Specialty Store (91)
- Vape & Tobacco Shops (73)
- Women's Contemporary (70)
- Home Improvement Center (63)
- Hardware Store (58)
- Thrift Stores (56)
- Other categories
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Dollar General 166
- 2 Family Dollar 44
- 3 Dollar Tree 38
- 4 Walmart 32
- 5 Hibbett Sports 21
- 6 Sherwin-Williams 14
- 7 Tractor Supply Co. 12
- 8 Bath & Body Works 11
- 9 Shoe Dept. 10
- 10 Five Below 10
- 11 Cato Fashions 10
- 12 Ross Dress for Less 9
- 13 Lowe's Home Improvement 9
- 14 Farmers Home Furniture 8
- 15 Citi Trends 8
- 16 The Home Depot 8
- 17 Rainbow Shops 8
- 18 T.J.Maxx 8
- 19 PetSmart 7
- 20 Kay Jewelers 7
- 21 Rack Room Shoes 7
- 22 Books-A-Million 7
- 23 Hobby Lobby 7
- 24 Ace Hardware 7
- 25 Target 7
- 26 Batteries Plus Bulbs 6
- 27 TNT Fireworks 6
- 28 Foot Locker 6
- 29 Michaels 6
- 30 Marshalls 6
- 31 Belk 5
- 32 American Eagle 5
- 33 Petco 5
- 34 Shoe Show 5
- 35 Burlington 5
- 36 Office Depot 5
- 37 Harbor Freight Tools 5
- 38 Ollie's Bargain Outlet 5
- 39 Cahaba Cycles 4
- 40 Academy Sports + Outdoors 4
- 41 HomeGoods 4
- 42 Vape Loft 4
- 43 Bealls 4
- 44 Staples 4
- 45 The Children's Place 4
- 46 JCPenney 4
- 47 Old Navy 4
- 48 Alabama Outdoors 3
- 49 Standard Furniture & Mattress 3
- 50 Ashley HomeStore 3
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