Champaign-Urbana, IL Retail & Consumer Trends 2026

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked retail and consumer chains

Ranked by year-over-year growth of share of tracked local spend. Arrows show movement in the rankings since last year. Each dot in the chart is one tracked chain: bigger market position to the right, faster growth higher up, more tracked stores in a bigger dot. Colors match the store map below. Jimmy John's and Circle K sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth

Rank	Chain	Rank movement	YoY growth
1	J Jimmy John's	▲5	+14.6%
2	C Circle K	▲1	+12.3%
3	C Culver's	▲2	+11.3%
4	D Dollar Tree	▲3	+9.1%
5	M Meijer	-	+5.1%
6	D Dollar General	▲2	+4.8%
7	C Casey's	-	+2.8%
8	C CVS Pharmacy	-	+2.2%
9	A Ace Hardware	▲1	+1.8%
10	S Starbucks	▲2	+1.3%
11	M Murphy USA	▼2	+1.0%
12	M Monical's Pizza	▲2	+0.7%
13	A Arby's	-	+0.6%
14	S Steak 'n Shake	-	+0.2%
15	A ALDI	▲1	-0.0%