Growth
Big Lots against its category
The biggest tracked US discount 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 Big Lots's share of the category quarter by quarter, indexed to 2024 Q4 = 100.
| # | Chain | YoY share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dollar General | +2.9% |
| 2 | Dollar Tree | +3.2% |
| 3 | Family Dollar | -7.5% |
| 4 | Five Below | +19.2% |
| 5 | Ollie's Bargain Outlet | +3.9% |
| 6 | Roses Discount Store | -11.6% |
| 7 | Ocean State Job Lot | +5.2% |
| 8 | Big Lots | -72.6% |
| 9 | Bi-Mart | -14.7% |
| 10 | pOpshelf | -10.6% |
Share of tracked category spend, indexed
Store footprint
Store map
1,510 tracked Big Lots locations across 48 US states. California, Texas, and Florida hold 25% of them.
Tracked stores by state
- California 128
- Texas 126
- Florida 118
- Ohio 113
- North Carolina 81
- Pennsylvania 76
- New York 70
- Georgia 62
- Tennessee 48
- Michigan 47
- Indiana 46
- Virginia 46
- Kentucky 44
- Arizona 41
- South Carolina 40
- Alabama 33
- Illinois 29
- New Jersey 29
- Maryland 28
- Washington 26
- Missouri 25
- Massachusetts 23
- Oklahoma 21
- Louisiana 19
- Colorado 18
- West Virginia 18
- Nevada 17
- Connecticut 16
- New Mexico 15
- Oregon 14
- Wisconsin 13
- Arkansas 12
- Mississippi 11
- Kansas 7
- Utah 7
- Delaware 6
- Idaho 6
- Maine 5
- Nebraska 5
- New Hampshire 5
- Iowa 3
- Montana 3
- Vermont 3
- Minnesota 2
- Wyoming 2
- North Dakota 1
- Rhode Island 1
- South Dakota 1
Customer overlap
Who shops at Big Lots
Tracked chains Big Lots 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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