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. J.Crew and Altar'd State sit in the high-growth half.
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | J.Crew | ▲4 | +17.8% |
| 2 | Altar'd State | ▲6 | +17.2% |
| 3 | Hobby Lobby | ▲1 | +15.8% |
| 4 | Windsor Fashions | ▲13 | +15.5% |
| 5 | Aubuchon Hardware | ▲3 | +15.4% |
| 6 | Sierra | ▲6 | +15.2% |
| 7 | Pure Hockey | ▲9 | +14.0% |
| 8 | Goodwill | ▲3 | +14.0% |
| 9 | Dollar General | ▲6 | +11.8% |
| 10 | Harbor Freight Tools | - | +11.7% |
| 11 | Homesense | ▲1 | +9.9% |
| 12 | Dollar Tree | ▲1 | +9.8% |
| 13 | TALBOTS | ▲4 | +9.7% |
| 14 | L.L.Bean | ▲7 | +8.7% |
| 15 | Barnes & Noble | ▲1 | +8.7% |
Store footprint
Store map
3,750 tracked store locations in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH, colored by category. The top 5 chains by store count run 275 of the 3,750 stores (7%); 1,635 of the 1,941 tracked chains have a single store here. 7% of the tracked retail stores here are discount stores, against 9% across Massachusetts.
- Discount Store (245)
- Flower Shop (177)
- Women's Contemporary (171)
- Specialty Store (165)
- Pet Store (160)
- Sporting Goods Store (156)
- Vape & Tobacco Shops (155)
- Other categories
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Dollar Tree 101
- 2 T.J.Maxx 46
- 3 Marshalls 45
- 4 Staples 43
- 5 Family Dollar 40
- 6 Target 39
- 7 The Home Depot 36
- 8 The Paper Store 34
- 9 Walmart 34
- 10 Petco 32
- 11 Ocean State Job Lot 30
- 12 Old Navy 25
- 13 Sherwin-Williams 24
- 14 Bath & Body Works 23
- 15 PetSmart 22
- 16 Lowe's Home Improvement 22
- 17 Ace Hardware 21
- 18 Aubuchon Hardware 21
- 19 Five Below 21
- 20 Michaels 21
- 21 J.Crew 20
- 22 Dollar General 19
- 23 Kohl's 19
- 24 LOFT 18
- 25 Famous Footwear 18
- 26 TALBOTS 17
- 27 Carter's 16
- 28 HomeGoods 16
- 29 Goodwill 16
- 30 Best Buy 15
- 31 Burlington 15
- 32 lululemon 15
- 33 DSW Designer Shoe Warehouse 14
- 34 Macy's 14
- 35 Tractor Supply Co. 14
- 36 Barnes & Noble 14
- 37 Harbor Freight Tools 14
- 38 DICK'S Sporting Goods 13
- 39 Marathon Sports 13
- 40 Victoria's Secret 13
- 41 Value Village 12
- 42 Newbury Comics 12
- 43 Rocky's Ace Hardware 11
- 44 Men's Wearhouse 11
- 45 Lids 11
- 46 American Eagle 11
- 47 Pet Supplies Plus 10
- 48 Journeys 10
- 49 SNIPES 10
- 50 Coach 10
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