Metro by metro
The leading discount store chains in every Connecticut metro area
Tracked discount store chains ranked by consumer spend in each metro area, Q4 2025–Q3 2026. Dollar General leads in 3 metro areas, Ocean State Job Lot in 1 metro area, and Five Below in 1 metro area. Against their share in Connecticut as a whole, Dollar General stands out in 2 metro areas, Dollar Tree in 1 metro area, and Five Below in 1 metro area.
By tracked consumer spend, Q4 2025–Q3 2026
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Dollar General
Relative #1 in 2 metro areas
Hartford, CT 1× · Norwich, CT 1.1×
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Dollar Tree
Relative #1 in Waterbury-Shelton, CT, 1.1× its share in Connecticut
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Five Below
Relative #1 in Bridgeport, CT, 3.9× its share in Connecticut
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Family Dollar
Relative #1 in New Haven, CT, 2× its share in Connecticut
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Dollar General
#1 in 3 metro areas
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Five Below
#1 in Bridgeport, CT
A metro area shows a ranking once it has at least 2 tracked discount store chains and 10 tracked stores. Relative to Connecticut compares a chain's share of the metro area's spend with its share in Connecticut as a whole. It ranks the 7 biggest chains in Connecticut and the chains that lead a metro area by spend, wherever a chain has at least 5% of the metro area's spend and 3 stores there. Metro areas are the Census Bureau's metropolitan statistical areas; the rest of Connecticut is light gray. Colors match the store map; other tracked chains are gray.
Growth ranking
Fastest-growing tracked discount store 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. Ollie's Bargain Outlet and Dollar General sit in the high-growth half.
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
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| 1 | Ollie's Bargain Outlet | - | +9.9% |
| 2 | Dollar General | - | +5.0% |
| 3 | Dollar Tree | - | +0.5% |
| 4 | Ocean State Job Lot | - | -2.7% |
| 5 | Dollar Forever | - | -5.1% |
| 6 | Family Dollar | - | -9.3% |
| 7 | Big Lots | - | -86.5% |
- Dollar General
- Ocean State Job Lot
- Dollar Tree
- Five Below
- Family Dollar
- Ollie's Bargain Outlet
- Deals on Wheels Waterbury
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
352 tracked store locations in Connecticut. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted. The top 5 chains by store count run 300 of the 352 stores (85%); 23 of the 33 tracked chains have a single store here. 9% of the tracked retail stores here are discount stores, against 14% across the United States.
- Dollar General (103)
- Ocean State Job Lot (30)
- Dollar Tree (78)
- Five Below (28)
- Family Dollar (61)
- Ollie's Bargain Outlet (6)
- Deals on Wheels Waterbury (1)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Dollar General 103
- 2 Dollar Tree 78
- 3 Family Dollar 61
- 4 Ocean State Job Lot 30
- 5 Five Below 28
- 6 Big Lots 16
- 7 Ollie's Bargain Outlet 6
- 8 Dollar Forever 3
- 9 One Dollar Zone 2
- 10 The Outlet 2
- 11 99 Cents Only Stores 1
- 12 Dollar Magic 1
- 13 New Turbo News Plus 1
- 14 Crazy Hot Deals 1
- 15 The Discount Food Box 1
- 16 Dollar 'N' Things 1
- 17 Smiley Discount Store and Party Supplies 1
- 18 Sam's Discount World 1
- 19 Papi's Variety Store 1
- 20 Dollar Home Discount Store 1
- 21 Corner Store Variety 1
- 22 99 Cents Plus Bargains 1
- 23 Dollar Dreams 1
- 24 Happy Dollar 1
- 25 Dollar King 1
- 26 Buy-Rite Discount store 1
- 27 Dollar and Dream 1
- 28 Lots and More SW 1
- 29 Dollar City 1
- 30 Bargain Bingers 1
- 31 New England Liquidators LLC 1
- 32 Ocean State Plaza 1
- 33 Deals on Wheels Waterbury 1
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