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. Dunham's Sports and Buckle sit in the high-growth half.
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dunham's Sports | ▲3 | +18.9% |
| 2 | Buckle | ▲2 | +17.9% |
| 3 | Hallmark | ▲4 | +16.2% |
| 4 | Kay Jewelers | ▲3 | +14.5% |
| 5 | Gazelle Sports | ▲4 | +13.4% |
| 6 | Galactic Toys & Games | ▲1 | +13.0% |
| 7 | Men's Wearhouse | ▲3 | +11.2% |
| 8 | Barnes & Noble | ▲4 | +9.2% |
| 9 | Sierra | ▲4 | +9.1% |
| 10 | VI Pets | - | +7.8% |
| 11 | Michaels | ▲5 | +5.9% |
| 12 | Dollar Tree | - | +4.0% |
| 13 | Burlington | ▲1 | +3.9% |
| 14 | Dollar General | - | +3.6% |
| 15 | Lids | - | +2.0% |
Store footprint
Store map
1,531 tracked store locations in Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI, colored by category. The top 5 chains by store count run 176 of the 1,531 stores (11%); 885 of the 1,029 tracked chains have a single store here. 4% of the tracked retail stores here are hardware stores, against 5% across Michigan.
- Discount Store (169)
- Thrift Stores (88)
- Sporting Goods Store (87)
- Specialty Store (81)
- Flower Shop (76)
- Home Improvement Center (68)
- Women's Contemporary (63)
- Other categories
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Dollar General 73
- 2 Family Dollar 37
- 3 Dollar Tree 28
- 4 Goodwill 22
- 5 Wild Bill's Tobacco 16
- 6 Ace Hardware 15
- 7 Sherwin-Williams 12
- 8 Walmart 10
- 9 Tractor Supply Co. 10
- 10 Bath & Body Works 8
- 11 Five Below 8
- 12 Maurices 7
- 13 Family Farm and Home 7
- 14 Chow Hound Pet Supplies 7
- 15 Carter's 6
- 16 Pet Supplies Plus 6
- 17 Target 6
- 18 Sweet Fire Tobacco 5
- 19 Shoe Carnival 5
- 20 The Home Depot 5
- 21 Kay Jewelers 5
- 22 Hallmark 5
- 23 Best Buy 5
- 24 Old Navy 5
- 25 Barnes & Noble 5
- 26 Hobby Lobby 5
- 27 Field's Fabrics 5
- 28 Staples 4
- 29 Menards 4
- 30 ABC Warehouse 4
- 31 Lowe's Home Improvement 4
- 32 Office Depot 4
- 33 Marshalls 4
- 34 Dunham's Sports 4
- 35 Ross Dress for Less 4
- 36 Glik's 4
- 37 Talsma Furniture 4
- 38 Kohl's 4
- 39 Burlington 4
- 40 Gazelle Sports 4
- 41 Michaels 4
- 42 Plato's Closet 4
- 43 The Salvation Army Family Store & Donation Center 4
- 44 Harbor Freight Tools 4
- 45 T.J.Maxx 4
- 46 DICK'S Sporting Goods 3
- 47 VI Pets 3
- 48 The Tobacco Shoppe 3
- 49 Petco 3
- 50 Uptown Cheapskate 3
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