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 General and Five Below sit in the high-growth half.
#
Chain
YoY growth
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
D
Dollar General
|
- | +17.2% |
| 2 |
F
Five Below
|
▲3 | +17.0% |
| 3 |
V
Value Village
|
▲2 | +16.1% |
| 4 |
B
Barnes & Noble
|
▲2 | +13.4% |
| 5 |
D
Dollar Tree
|
▲2 | +10.5% |
| 6 |
G
Goodwill
|
▲1 | +9.7% |
| 7 |
N
Newbury Comics
|
▲3 | +9.6% |
| 8 |
H
Hobby Lobby
|
▲4 | +8.0% |
| 9 |
M
Michaels
|
- | +7.8% |
| 10 | M Mahoney's Garden Center | ▲3 | +7.7% |
| 11 |
P
Primark
|
▲3 | +6.0% |
| 12 |
H
HomeGoods
|
▲1 | +5.6% |
| 13 |
F
Family Dollar
|
- | +4.9% |
| 14 |
J
JCPenney
|
- | +4.4% |
| 15 |
N
Nordstrom Rack
|
▲1 | +4.2% |
Store footprint
Store map
1,028 tracked store locations in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH, colored by category.
- Department Store (214)
- Discount Store (123)
- Clothing Store (120)
- Pet Store (67)
- Hardware Store (64)
- Home Improvement Center (61)
- Bookstore (46)
- Other categories
Top tracked chains by store count
-
1
D
-
2
T
T.J.Maxx 41
-
3
M
Marshalls 40
-
4
T
Target 39
-
5
W
Walmart 33
-
6
S
Staples 33
-
7
T
The Home Depot 32
-
8
P
Petco 27
- 9 O Ocean State Job Lot 27
-
10
P
PetSmart 21
-
11
L
Lowe's Home Improvement 20
-
12
F
-
13
M
-
14
O
Old Navy 17
-
15
K
Kohl's 15
-
16
H
-
17
A
Aubuchon Hardware 14
-
18
B
-
19
T
The Paper Store 13
-
20
B
Best Buy 12
-
21
T
Tractor Supply Co. 12
-
22
V
-
23
D
DICK'S Sporting Goods 10
-
24
G
-
25
H
Harbor Freight Tools 10
-
26
A
American Eagle 10
-
27
A
Ace Hardware 9
-
28
N
-
29
B
Burlington 9
-
30
M
Macy's 9
-
31
R
Rocky's Ace Hardware 8
-
32
L
lululemon 7
-
33
P
Pet Supplies Plus 7
-
34
D
-
35
V
Victoria's Secret 6
-
36
H
Homesense 6
-
37
N
Nordstrom 6
-
38
H
H&M 5
-
39
A
Apple 5
-
40
N
Nike 5
-
41
F
-
42
H
-
43
U
Uniqlo 5
-
44
N
New Balance 4
-
45
G
-
46
P
Pure Hockey 3
-
47
S
Sierra 3
-
48
T
The Container Store 3
-
49
J
-
50
J
J.Crew 3
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