Trends · data through September 2026

Retail trends in Gadsden, AL

Iceflower tracks 201 stores from 162 retail chains in Gadsden, AL. Dollar Tree grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Dollar General and Family Dollar.

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
162
Tracked stores
201
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. Dollar Tree and Dollar General sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 Dollar Tree - +9.7%
2 Dollar General - +1.0%
3 Family Dollar - +0.7%
  • Discount Store
  • Antique Shop
  • Specialty Store
  • Hardware Store
  • Thrift Stores
  • Home Improvement Center
  • Furniture Store
  • Other categories

Store footprint

Store map

201 tracked store locations in Gadsden, AL, colored by category. The top 5 chains by store count run 41 of the 201 stores (20%); 154 of the 162 tracked chains have a single store here. 6% of the tracked retail stores here are antique shops, against 2% across Alabama.

  • Discount Store (43)
  • Antique Shop (12)
  • Specialty Store (10)
  • Hardware Store (10)
  • Thrift Stores (9)
  • Home Improvement Center (8)
  • Furniture Store (8)
  • Other categories

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 Dollar General 29
  • 2 Dollar Tree 5
  • 3 Family Dollar 3
  • 4 Eagle Rock Thrift Store 2
  • 5 Hannah Closet Baby 2
  • 6 Rack Room Shoes 2
  • 7 Rainbow Shops 2
  • 8 Walmart 2
  • 9 The DSDW Gadsden 1
  • 10 J & J Candles 1
  • 11 Dusty Things 1
  • 12 East Gadsden Sporting Goods 1
  • 13 Alabama Firearms Academy 1
  • 14 Anderson Shoes and Boots 1
  • 15 Goin' Yard 1
  • 16 Elevated Furnishings 1
  • 17 Jewels & Gold 1
  • 18 Ace Hardware 1
  • 19 Quality Gun and Pawn 1
  • 20 K Lynn & Company 1
  • 21 The Cell Site 1
  • 22 Rainbow City Auction 1
  • 23 Mal's Jewelry and Loan 1
  • 24 The Station By The Tracks 1
  • 25 Willmore Supplements Rainbow City 1
  • 26 Southern House of Flowers 1
  • 27 Jireh's Boutique Gifts & Herbs 1
  • 28 Lowe's Home Improvement 1
  • 29 The New Wooden Indian Tobacco Store 1
  • 30 Gadson Men's Fashion 1
  • 31 Red Barn Farm & Garden Center 1
  • 32 Farm Town of Sardis City 1
  • 33 Scrubs Plus 1
  • 34 MMC Homecare 1
  • 35 Wolfe Den Collectibles 1
  • 36 Don's Paint & More 1
  • 37 SNIPES 1
  • 38 M & M Construction Supply 1
  • 39 Wills Creek Merchants 1
  • 40 31:13 Quilting and Embroidery 1
  • 41 The Willow Tree Distribution Center 1
  • 42 Affordable Computer and Variety 1
  • 43 Southside Hardware 1
  • 44 Sewall's Auction Dynasty 1
  • 45 Diamonds Collection 1
  • 46 LFG! Comic & Game 1
  • 47 Pams Crafts 1
  • 48 Cotton Belle 1
  • 49 Hidden Treasures 1
  • 50 Eagle Rock Thrift N More 1

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