Trends · data through September 2026

Retail trends in Fargo, ND-MN

Iceflower tracks 164 stores from 139 retail chains in Fargo, ND-MN. Ace Hardware grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Dollar General and Dakota Boys and Girls Ranch Thrift Store.

Rankings come from real card and bank transactions across a panel of 130M+ US and EU consumers. We publish relative growth and rankings, never revenue figures. About the data

Tracked chains
139
Tracked stores
164
Consumer panel
130M+

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 Dollar General sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 Ace Hardware - +13.4%
2 Dollar General - +8.3%
3 Dakota Boys and Girls Ranch Thrift Store - +7.0%
4 Walmart - -9.7%
5 Dollar Tree - -14.9%
  • Discount Store
  • Sporting Goods Store
  • Thrift Stores
  • Home Improvement Center
  • Hardware Store
  • Pet Store
  • Specialty Store
  • Other categories

Store footprint

Store map

164 tracked store locations in Fargo, ND-MN, colored by category. The top 5 chains by store count run 21 of the 164 stores (13%); 125 of the 139 tracked chains have a single store here. 9% of the tracked retail stores here are discount stores, against 18% across North Dakota.

  • Discount Store (15)
  • Sporting Goods Store (9)
  • Thrift Stores (8)
  • Home Improvement Center (7)
  • Hardware Store (7)
  • Pet Store (6)
  • Specialty Store (6)
  • Other categories

Top tracked chains by store count

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