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. Panera Bread and Ring's End sit in the high-growth half.
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Panera Bread | ▲9 | +19.4% |
| 2 | Ring's End | ▲8 | +19.3% |
| 3 | Xpress Fuel | ▲15 | +19.2% |
| 4 | Barnes & Noble | ▲8 | +16.1% |
| 5 | Ace Hardware | ▲5 | +14.8% |
| 6 | Northwell Health-GoHealth Urgent Care | ▲10 | +13.7% |
| 7 | Exxon | ▲1 | +12.3% |
| 8 | Hess | ▲10 | +12.2% |
| 9 | Shell | - | +12.1% |
| 10 | Gulf | ▲1 | +11.9% |
| 11 | Enterprise Rent-A-Car | ▲6 | +11.4% |
| 12 | Fuel Plus | ▲10 | +10.9% |
| 13 | Ollie's Bargain Outlet | ▲10 | +10.3% |
| 14 | Supercuts | ▲6 | +9.6% |
| 15 | The Paper Store | ▲10 | +9.3% |
Store footprint
Store map
25,000 of 26,898 tracked store locations in Connecticut, colored by category group. The top 5 chains by store count run 1,409 of the 26,898 stores (5%); 16,526 of the 18,065 tracked chains have a single store here. 9% of the tracked stores here are in grocery & convenience, against 6% across the United States.
- Food & Drink (8,867)
- Health & Beauty (4,354)
- Retail (3,725)
- Other (3,493)
- Gas & Auto (2,679)
- Grocery & Convenience (2,438)
- Leisure & Travel (1,302)
- Insurance (40)
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Dunkin' 486
- 2 United States Postal Service 250
- 3 Subway 245
- 4 Exxon 215
- 5 Shell 213
- 6 CVS Pharmacy 183
- 7 Starbucks 160
- 8 McDonald's 150
- 9 Citgo 118
- 10 Gulf 114
- 11 Sunoco 112
- 12 Walgreens 112
- 13 Dollar General 103
- 14 Stop & Shop 100
- 15 Webster Bank 91
- 16 Cumberland Farms 80
- 17 Dollar Tree 78
- 18 Burger King 66
- 19 Family Dollar 61
- 20 Mobil 60
- 21 AutoZone 59
- 22 Domino's Pizza 59
- 23 Advance Auto Parts 57
- 24 Wendy's 55
- 25 Enterprise Rent-A-Car 51
- 26 Taco Bell 51
- 27 7-Eleven 46
- 28 Dairy Queen 44
- 29 Chipotle Mexican Grill 43
- 30 Big Y World Class Market 43
- 31 Jersey Mike's Subs 43
- 32 NAPA Auto Parts 42
- 33 Panera Bread 41
- 34 Extra Space Storage 41
- 35 O'Reilly Auto Parts 39
- 36 M&T Bank 38
- 37 Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen 38
- 38 U-Haul Neighborhood Dealer 38
- 39 Supercuts 38
- 40 Verizon 37
- 41 Walmart 36
- 42 Valvoline Instant Oil Change 36
- 43 CubeSmart Self Storage 36
- 44 Sherwin-Williams 36
- 45 Goodwill 35
- 46 ALDI 34
- 47 The Home Depot 32
- 48 T.J.Maxx 31
- 49 KFC 31
- 50 Ocean State Job Lot 30
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