Growth
Western Union against its category
The biggest tracked US money transfer & remittances 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 Western Union's share of the category quarter by quarter, indexed to 2024 Q4 = 100.
| # | Chain | YoY share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Western Union | -5.7% |
| 2 | Ria Money Transfer | -14.6% |
| 3 | Barri Financial Group | -8.5% |
| 4 | Lucky Money Inc | - |
| 5 | PNB Remittance Centers | - |
| 6 | King Soopers Money Services | -14.7% |
| 7 | Currency Exchange International | -42.0% |
| 8 | Rapido Express | - |
| 9 | International Currency Exchange | -24.6% |
| 10 | Texas Currency Exchange | -20.0% |
Share of tracked category spend, indexed
Store footprint
Store map
309 tracked Western Union locations across 36 US states. New York, Washington, and Michigan hold 37% of them.
Tracked stores by state
- New York 59
- Washington 30
- Michigan 26
- California 19
- Wisconsin 17
- Illinois 16
- Virginia 15
- Colorado 11
- Maryland 10
- Florida 9
- Hawaii 9
- Indiana 9
- Arizona 8
- Iowa 8
- Nevada 6
- Texas 6
- Utah 6
- New Jersey 5
- Pennsylvania 4
- Georgia 3
- Kansas 3
- Kentucky 3
- Mississippi 3
- North Carolina 3
- Oregon 3
- Alabama 2
- Arkansas 2
- Connecticut 2
- Idaho 2
- Maine 2
- Missouri 2
- Ohio 2
- Delaware 1
- Louisiana 1
- Massachusetts 1
- Oklahoma 1
Customer overlap
Who shops at Western Union
Tracked chains Western Union 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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