Growth ranking
Fastest-growing tracked retail 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. GDC Home and Marshalls sit in the high-growth half.
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GDC Home | ▲4 | +18.7% |
| 2 | Marshalls | ▲2 | +18.4% |
| 3 | Five Below | ▲4 | +18.2% |
| 4 | Money Man Pawn | ▲2 | +15.4% |
| 5 | Ross Dress for Less | - | +13.6% |
| 6 | Michaels | ▲5 | +13.0% |
| 7 | Men's Wearhouse | ▲2 | +8.8% |
| 8 | Dollar Tree | - | +8.3% |
| 9 | Staples | ▲1 | +8.2% |
| 10 | Dollar General | ▲1 | +7.3% |
| 11 | Rack Room Shoes | ▲3 | +6.6% |
| 12 | Victoria's Secret | ▲2 | +5.3% |
| 13 | American Eagle | - | +4.7% |
| 14 | Batteries Plus Bulbs | ▲2 | +4.6% |
| 15 | Barnes & Noble | ▲1 | +4.4% |
Store footprint
Store map
1,244 tracked store locations in Charleston-North Charleston, SC, colored by category. The top 5 chains by store count run 129 of the 1,244 stores (10%); 719 of the 858 tracked chains have a single store here. 10% of the tracked retail stores here are discount stores, against 19% across South Carolina.
- Discount Store (122)
- Women's Contemporary (80)
- Vape & Tobacco Shops (73)
- Jewelry Store (52)
- Thrift Stores (52)
- Flower Shop (50)
- Home Improvement Center (50)
- Other categories
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Dollar General 45
- 2 Family Dollar 36
- 3 Dollar Tree 20
- 4 Walmart 18
- 5 Goodwill 10
- 6 Sherwin-Williams 9
- 7 Lowe's Home Improvement 9
- 8 Ace Hardware 7
- 9 Money Man Pawn 7
- 10 Mattress Firm 6
- 11 PetSmart 6
- 12 Tractor Supply Co. 6
- 13 Big Lots 6
- 14 540 Smoke & Vape 5
- 15 Claire's 5
- 16 Target 5
- 17 Palmetto Moon 5
- 18 Batteries Plus Bulbs 5
- 19 Bath & Body Works 5
- 20 Rack Room Shoes 5
- 21 Cato Fashions 5
- 22 Sunglass Hut 5
- 23 Ross Dress for Less 4
- 24 Victoria's Secret 4
- 25 Citi Trends 4
- 26 West Marine 4
- 27 I Heart CBD 4
- 28 Shoe Carnival 4
- 29 American Eagle 4
- 30 The Home Depot 4
- 31 Petco 4
- 32 Half-Moon Outfitters 4
- 33 Five Below 4
- 34 Belk 4
- 35 Harbor Freight Tools 4
- 36 The Children's Place 3
- 37 J.Crew 3
- 38 Staples 3
- 39 Kay Jewelers 3
- 40 Men's Wearhouse 3
- 41 Hibbett Sports 3
- 42 New Yorkers Menswear 3
- 43 GDC Home 3
- 44 Barnes & Noble 3
- 45 T.J.Maxx 3
- 46 Burlington 3
- 47 Marshalls 3
- 48 Leslie's Pool Supplies 3
- 49 Pet Supplies Plus 3
- 50 lululemon 3
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