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. Roses and Circle K sit in the high-growth half.
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Chain
YoY growth
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Roses | ▲2 | +18.5% |
| 2 | Circle K | - | +18.2% |
| 3 | University of South Carolina | ▲6 | +17.6% |
| 4 | Goodwill | ▲13 | +16.2% |
| 5 | Panda Express | ▲11 | +16.0% |
| 6 | Murphy USA | ▲2 | +15.7% |
| 7 | Subway | ▲8 | +14.5% |
| 8 | 7-Eleven | ▲5 | +14.3% |
| 9 | Sunoco | ▲8 | +13.7% |
| 10 | Sharpe Shoppe | ▲4 | +13.0% |
| 11 | Exxon | ▲3 | +12.6% |
| 12 | Burger King | ▲4 | +12.1% |
| 13 | Midas | ▲11 | +10.8% |
| 14 | Shell | ▲1 | +10.8% |
| 15 | Hobby Lobby | ▲4 | +9.5% |
Store footprint
Store map
6,267 tracked store locations in Columbia, SC, colored by category group. The top 5 chains by store count run 300 of the 6,267 stores (5%); 3,688 of the 4,151 tracked chains have a single store here.
- Food & Drink (1,758)
- Retail (1,132)
- Health & Beauty (1,116)
- Other (785)
- Gas & Auto (779)
- Grocery & Convenience (396)
- Leisure & Travel (290)
- Insurance (11)
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Dollar General 99
- 2 Circle K 55
- 3 Subway 53
- 4 United States Postal Service 48
- 5 Starbucks 45
- 6 Shell 44
- 7 McDonald's 41
- 8 Exxon 35
- 9 CVS Pharmacy 35
- 10 Family Dollar 35
- 11 Food Lion 35
- 12 Waffle House 33
- 13 Dollar Tree 31
- 14 BP 30
- 15 Bojangles' 28
- 16 Burger King 28
- 17 Walgreens 26
- 18 Sonic Drive-In 24
- 19 Advance Auto Parts 23
- 20 Murphy USA 23
- 21 Wendy's 23
- 22 Hardee's 22
- 23 Chick-fil-A 20
- 24 Extra Space Storage 19
- 25 Domino's Pizza 19
- 26 O'Reilly Auto Parts 19
- 27 Little Caesars 17
- 28 AutoZone 17
- 29 Zaxby's 17
- 30 Walmart 17
- 31 Sunoco 15
- 32 Taco Bell 15
- 33 Great Clips 14
- 34 Dunkin' 14
- 35 The UPS Store 14
- 36 T-Mobile 13
- 37 Firehouse Subs 13
- 38 Publix 13
- 39 GameStop 12
- 40 7-Eleven 12
- 41 Firestone Complete Auto Care 12
- 42 Arby's 12
- 43 San Jose Mexican Restaurant 11
- 44 Hibbett Sports 11
- 45 Midas 11
- 46 Chipotle Mexican Grill 10
- 47 Jersey Mike's Subs 10
- 48 Lowe's Home Improvement 10
- 49 QuikTrip 10
- 50 Spinx 9
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