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. Cato Fashions and Dollar General sit in the high-growth half.
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cato Fashions | - | +11.2% |
| 2 | Dollar General | - | +8.0% |
| 3 | Lowe's Home Improvement | - | +7.7% |
| 4 | Bealls | ▲3 | +5.6% |
| 5 | Tractor Supply Co. | - | +4.9% |
| 6 | Walmart | - | +1.7% |
| 7 | Rural King | - | +1.3% |
| 8 | T.J.Maxx | - | +0.8% |
| 9 | Belk | - | +0.2% |
| 10 | Dollar Tree | ▲1 | -8.5% |
| 11 | Bath & Body Works | - | -11.7% |
| 12 | Big Lots | - | -15.0% |
| 13 | Harbor Freight Tools | ▼1 | -20.0% |
| 14 | Sherwin-Williams | ▼2 | -27.6% |
| 15 | Family Dollar | ▼1 | -28.2% |
- Discount Store
- Thrift Stores
- Vape & Tobacco Shops
- Hardware Store
- Specialty Store
- Pet Store
- Furniture Store
- Other categories
Store footprint
Store map
514 tracked store locations in Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC, colored by category. The top 5 chains by store count run 108 of the 514 stores (21%); 331 of the 366 tracked chains have a single store here. 7% of the tracked retail stores here are thrift stores, against 5% across North Carolina.
- Discount Store (108)
- Thrift Stores (35)
- Vape & Tobacco Shops (29)
- Hardware Store (23)
- Specialty Store (20)
- Pet Store (19)
- Furniture Store (18)
- Other categories
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Dollar General 61
- 2 Dollar Tree 14
- 3 Family Dollar 13
- 4 Walmart 11
- 5 Goodwill 9
- 6 Tractor Supply Co. 5
- 7 Bath & Body Works 4
- 8 Big Lots 4
- 9 T.J.Maxx 3
- 10 Rural King 3
- 11 Sherwin-Williams 3
- 12 Lowe's Home Improvement 3
- 13 Harbor Freight Tools 3
- 14 Cato Fashions 3
- 15 Belk 3
- 16 Bealls 3
- 17 Target 2
- 18 Hamrick's 2
- 19 Maurices 2
- 20 Kimbrell's Furniture 2
- 21 Petsense by Tractor Supply 2
- 22 Ace Hardware 2
- 23 Kay Jewelers 2
- 24 Gabe's 2
- 25 Shoe Show 2
- 26 DICK'S Sporting Goods 2
- 27 Ross Dress for Less 2
- 28 Ollie's Bargain Outlet 2
- 29 Hobby Lobby 2
- 30 PetSmart 2
- 31 The Ultimate Garage Sale I and II 1
- 32 Battery King of Hickory, LLC 1
- 33 Suit City 1
- 34 P2BA Firearms 1
- 35 Carolina Pedal Works 1
- 36 Wayne Gravely's Hometown Brand Center 1
- 37 Sigmon's Fashion 1
- 38 Sunglass Hut 1
- 39 Fantastic Finds 1
- 40 Shoe Dept. 1
- 41 Sawmills Hardware and Supply 1
- 42 Trends 1
- 43 Granite Hardware LLC 1
- 44 LL Flooring 1
- 45 Pet Supplies Plus Hickory 1
- 46 Schoenen Pool & Spa 1
- 47 Lake Effects Marine 1
- 48 Thin Red Line Firearms 1
- 49 Smokefoot Trade & Loan 1
- 50 Klingspor's Woodworking Shop 1
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