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. Ace Hardware and Menards sit in the high-growth half.
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Chain
YoY growth
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ace Hardware | - | +19.5% |
| 2 | Menards | - | +4.2% |
| 3 | Dollar Tree | - | +2.3% |
| 4 | Walmart | - | -8.5% |
| 5 | Maurices | ▲1 | -33.5% |
| 6 | Family Dollar | ▼1 | -54.2% |
- Sporting Goods Store
- Discount Store
- Thrift Stores
- Specialty Store
- Hardware Store
- Flower Shop
- Shoe Stores & Footwear Brands
- Other categories
Store footprint
Store map
293 tracked store locations in Duluth, MN-WI, colored by category. The top 5 chains by store count run 39 of the 293 stores (13%); 220 of the 240 tracked chains have a single store here. 10% of the tracked retail stores here are sporting goods stores, against 6% across Minnesota.
- Sporting Goods Store (28)
- Discount Store (27)
- Thrift Stores (18)
- Specialty Store (17)
- Hardware Store (16)
- Flower Shop (14)
- Shoe Stores & Footwear Brands (11)
- Other categories
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Dollar General 15
- 2 Walmart 7
- 3 Dollar Tree 7
- 4 Goodwill 6
- 5 Menards 4
- 6 Ace Hardware 4
- 7 Maurices 3
- 8 Family Dollar 3
- 9 L&M Fleet Supply 2
- 10 Harbor Freight Tools 2
- 11 Legacy Toys 2
- 12 Bath & Body Works 2
- 13 Collector's Connection 2
- 14 Vision Pro Optical 2
- 15 Play It Again Sports 2
- 16 Sherwin-Williams 2
- 17 Famous Footwear 2
- 18 Target 2
- 19 Hobby Lobby 2
- 20 Francesca's 1
- 21 Rogue Robot Games & Comics 1
- 22 KG Fireworks Warehouse 1
- 23 The Blue Heron Trading Company 1
- 24 Duluth Antique Marketplace 1
- 25 Outdoor Advantage 1
- 26 Box Tronics, LLC 1
- 27 Arrowhead Outdoors 1
- 28 Superior Clogs 1
- 29 Brush & Co. 1
- 30 Claire's 1
- 31 Piercing Pagoda 1
- 32 Sellers Auction Superior - Duluth 1
- 33 Games Then and Now 1
- 34 The Hot Tub Store 1
- 35 Matilda's Dog Bakery and Boutique 1
- 36 Duluth Trading Company 1
- 37 Chico's 1
- 38 Ely Surplus & Outdoor 1
- 39 Piragis Outfitters 1
- 40 USA Foxx & Furs 1
- 41 Scrubs Direct 1
- 42 Austin-Jarrow 1
- 43 Proctor Builders Supply 1
- 44 Green Goods 1
- 45 Marshall Hardware 1
- 46 Torrid 1
- 47 Miller Hill Mall 1
- 48 I Love Duluth 1
- 49 Finish Line 1
- 50 Batteries Plus Bulbs 1
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