Growth ranking
Fastest-growing tracked leisure & travel 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. Kids Empire and American Legion sit in the high-growth half.
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kids Empire | ▲5 | +15.7% |
| 2 | American Legion | ▲4 | +12.2% |
| 3 | Home2 Suites by Hilton | ▲6 | +9.4% |
| 4 | Navy Lodge | ▲3 | +5.2% |
| 5 | Regal | ▲2 | +5.2% |
| 6 | Ramada | - | +4.6% |
| 7 | The Ritz-Carlton | ▲4 | +4.3% |
| 8 | Galaxy Theatres | ▲5 | +3.9% |
| 9 | Embassy Suites by Hilton | ▲2 | +3.7% |
| 10 | Travelodge | ▲3 | +3.3% |
| 11 | Extended Stay America | ▲1 | +3.3% |
| 12 | Element | - | +2.2% |
| 13 | Days Inn | ▲5 | +1.8% |
| 14 | Alaska Airlines | ▲2 | +1.5% |
| 15 | Century Theatres | - | +1.5% |
- Hotels & Rentals
- Park
- Golf Course
- Movie Theater
- Entertainment Location
- Motel
- Historic Site
- Other categories
Store footprint
Store map
11,618 tracked store locations in California, colored by category. The top 5 chains by store count run 657 of the 11,618 stores (6%); 8,621 of the 9,082 tracked chains have a single store here. 4% of the tracked leisure & travel stores here are golf courses, against 7% across the United States.
- Hotels & Rentals (3,285)
- Park (878)
- Golf Course (492)
- Movie Theater (483)
- Entertainment Location (431)
- Motel (397)
- Historic Site (392)
- Other categories
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 GameStop 250
- 2 Motel 6 144
- 3 Choice Hotels 118
- 4 Extended Stay America 74
- 5 Hampton Inn & Suites 71
- 6 Courtyard by Marriott 63
- 7 American Legion 61
- 8 Elks Lodge 54
- 9 Residence Inn 53
- 10 Super 8 43
- 11 Holiday Inn Express 41
- 12 Holiday Inn Express & Suites 40
- 13 Cinemark 39
- 14 Fairfield Inn & Suites 39
- 15 La Quinta Inn & Suites 38
- 16 Bowlero 36
- 17 Regal 35
- 18 Best Western 34
- 19 Sky Zone Trampoline Park 33
- 20 DoubleTree by Hilton 32
- 21 SpringHill Suites 31
- 22 Days Inn 31
- 23 Hilton Garden Inn 30
- 24 Marriott 30
- 25 Holiday Inn 26
- 26 Travelodge 26
- 27 AMC Theatres 22
- 28 Homewood Suites by Hilton 20
- 29 Delta Air Lines 20
- 30 American Airlines 18
- 31 TownePlace Suites 17
- 32 Best Western Plus 16
- 33 Hilton 15
- 34 Ramada 14
- 35 Embassy Suites by Hilton 14
- 36 Alaska Airlines 12
- 37 Home2 Suites by Hilton 12
- 38 The Bay Club 11
- 39 Lucky Strike 11
- 40 Hyatt Regency 11
- 41 Round1 10
- 42 Ayres Hotel 9
- 43 The Ritz-Carlton 8
- 44 Howard Johnson 8
- 45 Element 8
- 46 Kids Empire 8
- 47 Sheraton 7
- 48 AC Hotel 7
- 49 Century Theatres 6
- 50 AMC DINE-IN 6
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