Growth
Empire Cat against its category
The biggest tracked US business & industrial supplies 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 Empire Cat's share of the category quarter by quarter, indexed to 2024 Q4 = 100.
| # | Chain | YoY share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
F
Ferguson Plumbing Supply
|
+4.8% |
| 2 |
J
Johnstone Supply
|
+13.4% |
| 3 |
R
R.E. Michel Company
|
+5.3% |
| 4 |
B
Builders FirstSource
|
-13.1% |
| 5 |
Q
QXO
|
- |
| 6 |
S
Sunbelt Rentals
|
-23.6% |
| 7 |
B
Baker Distributing Company
|
-14.0% |
| 8 | W White Cap | -14.8% |
| 9 |
F
F.W. Webb Company
|
+10.6% |
| 10 | I IFA Country Store | -22.2% |
| 84 | E Empire Cat | -6.5% |
Share of tracked category spend, indexed
Store footprint
Store map
14 tracked Empire Cat locations across 4 US states.
Tracked stores by state
- Arizona 10
- Nevada 2
- California 1
- Colorado 1
Customer overlap
Who shops at Empire Cat
Tracked chains Empire Cat customers also buy from more than a similarly active shopper would, indexed to the strongest overlap (100). From real card transactions.
R
Rancheros Market
100
C
Catalina Hardware and Supply
100
G
Golden Goose Thrift Shop
77
L
Lito's Taco Shop
76
H
Heritage Wine & Liquor
60
P
Precision Toyota
46
R
Rancheros Carniceria
42
B
Bottega Michelangelo
40
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