Dover, DE Retail & Consumer Trends 2026: Growth Rankings

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. Chipotle Mexican Grill and Arby's sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth

Rank	Chain	Rank movement	YoY growth
1	C Chipotle Mexican Grill	▲2	+19.8%
2	A Arby's	▲6	+13.5%
3	S Sherwin-Williams	▲1	+10.4%
4	T Tractor Supply Co.	-	+9.2%
5	D Dollar Tree	▲2	+6.8%
6	D Dairy Queen	▲3	+4.5%
7	F Food Lion	-	+4.3%
8	A Ace Hardware	▲2	+3.6%
9	A AutoZone	▲1	+2.1%
10	G Great Clips	▲1	+1.5%
11	A Advance Auto Parts	▲2	+1.0%
12	B Burger King	▲3	+0.8%
13	A Applebee's Grill + Bar	-	+0.4%
14	G Grotto Pizza	▲1	-0.3%
15	G GameStop	▲1	-0.7%