Flint, MI 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. Dollar Tree and Pita Way sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth

Rank	Chain	Rank movement	YoY growth
1	D Dollar Tree	▲6	+18.9%
2	P Pita Way	▲6	+18.7%
3	M Michaels	▲1	+10.1%
4	T The Home Depot	▲1	+9.9%
5	S Smoothie King	-	+9.7%
6	A ALDI	▲2	+5.2%
7	F Family Dollar	▲2	+4.7%
8	F Five Below	▲5	+3.5%
9	G Gill-Roy's Hardware	▲2	+2.8%
10	U United States Postal Service	▲1	+1.5%
11	J Jimmy John's	▲3	+1.2%
12	W Walgreens	-	+1.1%
13	B Big John Steak & Onion	▼1	-1.1%
14	C Culver's	▲1	-1.5%
15	P Planet Fitness	▲2	-1.6%