Trends · data through September 2026

Retail trends in Columbus, GA-AL

Iceflower tracks 437 stores from 292 retail chains in Columbus, GA-AL. Dollar Tree grew fastest over the last year, ahead of 101 Smoke Shop and Cato Fashions.

Rankings come from real card and bank transactions across a panel of 130M+ US and EU consumers. We publish relative growth and rankings, never revenue figures. About the data

Tracked chains
292
Tracked stores
437
Consumer panel
130M+

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. Dollar Tree and 101 Smoke Shop sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 Dollar Tree - +11.1%
2 101 Smoke Shop - +8.1%
3 Cato Fashions - +5.2%
4 American Eagle - +4.3%
5 Walmart - +2.9%
6 Goodwill - +2.9%
7 Family Dollar ▲1 +1.6%
8 Dollar General - -1.1%
9 Rainbow Shops - -7.0%
10 Tractor Supply Co. - -8.0%
11 T.J.Maxx ▼1 -9.8%
12 Hibbett Sports - -24.5%
13 Citi Trends - -38.4%
  • Discount Store
  • Thrift Stores
  • Sporting Goods Store
  • Family & Value Apparel
  • Vape & Tobacco Shops
  • Sneakers & Athletic Brands
  • Home Improvement Center
  • Other categories

Store footprint

Store map

437 tracked store locations in Columbus, GA-AL, colored by category. The top 5 chains by store count run 106 of the 437 stores (24%); 257 of the 292 tracked chains have a single store here. 23% of the tracked retail stores here are discount stores, against 18% across Georgia.

  • Discount Store (99)
  • Thrift Stores (24)
  • Sporting Goods Store (19)
  • Family & Value Apparel (17)
  • Vape & Tobacco Shops (16)
  • Sneakers & Athletic Brands (13)
  • Home Improvement Center (13)
  • Other categories

Top tracked chains by store count

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