Growth
Best Buy against its category
The biggest tracked US electronics store chains by card spend, with year-over-year growth of category share. Share means a chain's slice of tracked category spend. It can decline while the chain's own sales grow. The chart tracks Best Buy's share of the category quarter by quarter, indexed to 2024 Q4 = 100.
| # | Chain | YoY share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Best Buy | -1.9% |
| 2 | Apple | -1.9% |
| 3 | Micro Center | +11.0% |
| 4 | Batteries Plus Bulbs | -0.0% |
| 5 | Abt Electronics | -5.3% |
| 6 | uBreakiFix | -21.7% |
| 7 | Electronic Express | -6.0% |
| 8 | B&H Photo Video | - |
| 9 | Gamers Guild AZ | - |
| 10 | Mike's Camera | - |
Share of tracked category spend, indexed
Store footprint
Store map
1,105 tracked Best Buy locations across 50 US states and DC. California, Texas, and Florida hold 31% of them.
Tracked stores by state
- California 133
- Texas 122
- Florida 86
- New York 50
- Illinois 41
- Ohio 39
- North Carolina 38
- Georgia 35
- Virginia 35
- Pennsylvania 33
- Michigan 29
- Indiana 28
- New Jersey 28
- Wisconsin 27
- Arizona 25
- Colorado 24
- Washington 23
- Minnesota 22
- Massachusetts 21
- Maryland 21
- Missouri 20
- Tennessee 19
- Louisiana 17
- South Carolina 15
- Nevada 14
- Oregon 13
- Alabama 12
- Kentucky 12
- Oklahoma 12
- Utah 12
- Iowa 11
- Connecticut 9
- Arkansas 8
- Kansas 8
- Mississippi 7
- Nebraska 6
- New Hampshire 6
- New Mexico 6
- Delaware 5
- Idaho 5
- West Virginia 5
- Montana 4
- North Dakota 4
- Hawaii 3
- Maine 3
- Alaska 2
- District of Columbia 2
- South Dakota 2
- Rhode Island 1
- Vermont 1
- Wyoming 1
Customer overlap
Who shops at Best Buy
Tracked chains Best Buy customers also buy from more than a similarly active shopper would, indexed to the strongest overlap (100). From real card transactions.
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