Trends · data through August 2026

Retail trends in Columbus, GA-AL

Iceflower tracks 275 stores from 149 retail chains in Columbus, GA-AL. Dollar General grew fastest over the last year, ahead of T.J.Maxx and Rainbow Shops.

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
149
Tracked stores
275
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 General and T.J.Maxx sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 D Dollar General logo Dollar General - +16.7%
2 T T.J.Maxx logo T.J.Maxx ▲1 +16.7%
3 R Rainbow Shops logo Rainbow Shops - +11.0%
4 T Tractor Supply Co. logo Tractor Supply Co. - +8.9%
5 D Dollar Tree logo Dollar Tree - +2.7%
6 W Walmart logo Walmart - -1.6%
7 C Cato Fashions logo Cato Fashions - -1.8%
8 F Family Dollar logo Family Dollar ▼1 -3.2%
9 G Goodwill logo Goodwill - -4.9%
10 A American Eagle logo American Eagle - -13.8%

Store footprint

Store map

275 tracked store locations in Columbus, GA-AL, colored by category.

  • Discount Store (97)
  • Clothing Store (42)
  • Department Store (19)
  • Shoe Store (17)
  • Second Hand Shop (14)
  • Hardware Store (12)
  • Electronics Store (11)
  • Other categories

Top tracked chains by store count

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