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. Harbor Freight Tools and Batteries Plus Bulbs sit in the high-growth half.
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harbor Freight Tools | ▲2 | +18.5% |
| 2 | Batteries Plus Bulbs | ▲3 | +18.4% |
| 3 | Michaels | ▲2 | +15.5% |
| 4 | Ace Hardware | ▲1 | +13.2% |
| 5 | Dollar General | ▲1 | +8.8% |
| 6 | Family Dollar | ▼1 | +5.6% |
| 7 | Burlington | ▼1 | +4.7% |
| 8 | Tractor Supply Co. | - | +2.4% |
| 9 | Fleet Feet | ▲1 | +2.1% |
| 10 | Lowe's Home Improvement | - | +0.3% |
| 11 | Target | - | +0.3% |
| 12 | Best Buy | ▼1 | -0.3% |
| 13 | Dollar Tree | - | -1.3% |
| 14 | Walmart | - | -1.6% |
| 15 | Cato Fashions | ▼1 | -1.7% |
- Discount Store
- Women's Contemporary
- Thrift Stores
- Specialty Store
- Flower Shop
- Vape & Tobacco Shops
- Home Improvement Center
- Other categories
Store footprint
Store map
610 tracked store locations in Durham-Chapel Hill, NC, colored by category. The top 5 chains by store count run 69 of the 610 stores (11%); 405 of the 464 tracked chains have a single store here. 6% of the tracked retail stores here are women's contemporary, against 3% across North Carolina.
- Discount Store (69)
- Women's Contemporary (34)
- Thrift Stores (34)
- Specialty Store (32)
- Flower Shop (30)
- Vape & Tobacco Shops (26)
- Home Improvement Center (26)
- Other categories
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Dollar General 24
- 2 Family Dollar 15
- 3 Dollar Tree 14
- 4 Walmart 11
- 5 Picasso Pawn 5
- 6 Sherwin-Williams 5
- 7 Lowe's Home Improvement 5
- 8 Shoe Show 4
- 9 Target 3
- 10 Michaels 3
- 11 Petco 3
- 12 Burlington 3
- 13 The Home Depot 3
- 14 Harbor Freight Tools 3
- 15 Bath & Body Works 3
- 16 Quality Equipment 3
- 17 Batteries Plus Bulbs 3
- 18 Cato Fashions 3
- 19 Wild Birds Unlimited 3
- 20 Ace Hardware 3
- 21 Tractor Supply Co. 3
- 22 Fleet Feet 3
- 23 Chatham PTA Thrift Shop 3
- 24 Best Buy 3
- 25 The Gathering Place 3
- 26 Foot Locker 2
- 27 Victoria's Secret 2
- 28 Cost Plus World Market 2
- 29 DTLR 2
- 30 Piercing Pagoda 2
- 31 Five Below 2
- 32 Golden Fig Books 2
- 33 Sunglass Hut 2
- 34 Claire's 2
- 35 Maxway 2
- 36 Pet Supplies Plus 2
- 37 Plato's Closet 2
- 38 TALBOTS 2
- 39 Finish Line 2
- 40 J.Crew 2
- 41 Office Depot 2
- 42 Kimbrell's Furniture 2
- 43 Country Store 2
- 44 Hibbett Sports 2
- 45 PetSmart 2
- 46 Roses 2
- 47 Vans 2
- 48 Staples 2
- 49 Lids 2
- 50 Old Navy 2
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