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 Q3 = 100.
| # | Chain | YoY share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
W
Western Union
|
-38.0% |
| 2 |
R
Ria Money Transfer
|
- |
| 3 |
B
Barri Financial Group
|
+15.8% |
| 4 | L Lucky Money Inc | - |
| 5 | C Currency Exchange International | -5.9% |
| 6 | P PNB Remittance Centers | - |
| 7 |
K
King Soopers Money Services
|
-1.4% |
| 8 | T Texas Currency Exchange | +18.3% |
| 9 | I International Currency Exchange | +3.0% |
| 10 | R Rapido Express | - |
Share of tracked category spend, indexed
Store footprint
Store map
227 tracked Western Union locations across 37 US states and DC.
Tracked stores by state
- New York 44
- Washington 21
- California 18
- Virginia 15
- Arizona 11
- Colorado 11
- Hawaii 9
- Pennsylvania 9
- Maryland 8
- Florida 7
- Iowa 7
- Texas 6
- New Jersey 5
- Ohio 5
- Oregon 5
- Illinois 4
- Nevada 4
- Utah 4
- Connecticut 3
- Idaho 3
- Indiana 3
- Michigan 3
- Wisconsin 3
- Alabama 2
- Georgia 2
- Mississippi 2
- North Carolina 2
- Arkansas 1
- District of Columbia 1
- Delaware 1
- Kentucky 1
- Louisiana 1
- Massachusetts 1
- Maine 1
- Missouri 1
- Montana 1
- Nebraska 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.
C
Chavez Supermarket
100
Chavez Supermarket
100
K
Kaiser Foundation Hospital
14
Kaiser Foundation Hospital
14
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