Gainesville, FL Retail & Consumer Trends 2026

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. The UPS Store and Wawa sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth

Rank	Chain	Rank movement	YoY growth
1	T The UPS Store	▲2	+19.8%
2	W Wawa	▲1	+19.6%
3	J Jiffy Lube	▲3	+19.3%
4	F Five Star Pizza	▲2	+16.2%
5	A ALDI	▲1	+13.3%
6	D Dollar Tree	▲4	+13.2%
7	M Mi Apa Latin Cafe	▲4	+10.9%
8	D Dollar General	▲2	+7.9%
9	U University of Florida	▲3	+6.2%
10	S Save A Lot	▲3	+6.0%
11	U United States Postal Service	▲2	+5.6%
12	C Chevron	-	+5.6%
13	H Hardee's	▲3	+3.3%
14	P Publix	-	+3.3%
15	S Sonic Drive-In	▲4	+2.9%