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 Cheesecake Factory and Sprouts Farmers Market sit in the high-growth half.
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Chain
YoY growth
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Cheesecake Factory | ▲23 | +19.6% |
| 2 | Sprouts Farmers Market | ▲18 | +18.3% |
| 3 | Coach | ▲22 | +18.1% |
| 4 | 7-Eleven | ▲4 | +17.7% |
| 5 | Checkpoint | ▲21 | +17.0% |
| 6 | CarMax | ▲14 | +16.4% |
| 7 | Hobby Lobby | ▲10 | +15.7% |
| 8 | Valvoline Instant Oil Change | ▲18 | +15.2% |
| 9 | Buc-ee's | ▲1 | +14.9% |
| 10 | EZPAWN | ▲21 | +14.0% |
| 11 | Barnes & Noble | ▲15 | +13.2% |
| 12 | Firestone Complete Auto Care | ▲15 | +12.9% |
| 13 | Restaurant Depot | ▲11 | +11.6% |
| 14 | Murphy USA | ▲2 | +11.6% |
| 15 | Memorial Hermann | ▲13 | +11.5% |
Store footprint
Store map
25,000 of 46,165 tracked store locations in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX, colored by category group. The top 5 chains by store count run 1,910 of the 46,165 stores (4%); 24,360 of the 26,940 tracked chains have a single store here.
- Food & Drink (15,805)
- Health & Beauty (8,672)
- Retail (6,713)
- Gas & Auto (5,401)
- Other (5,029)
- Grocery & Convenience (2,657)
- Leisure & Travel (1,831)
- Insurance (57)
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Exxon 479
- 2 Shell 441
- 3 Starbucks 391
- 4 McDonald's 324
- 5 Dollar General 275
- 6 CVS Pharmacy 257
- 7 Walgreens 238
- 8 Jack in the Box 227
- 9 Family Dollar 223
- 10 Shipley Do-Nuts 199
- 11 Circle K 197
- 12 Subway 185
- 13 O'Reilly Auto Parts 182
- 14 Burger King 181
- 15 Domino's Pizza 181
- 16 AutoZone 181
- 17 Sonic Drive-In 177
- 18 Whataburger 165
- 19 Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen 162
- 20 7-Eleven 157
- 21 Extra Space Storage 155
- 22 Dollar Tree 152
- 23 United States Postal Service 145
- 24 Chick-fil-A 136
- 25 Chevron 135
- 26 Taco Bell 132
- 27 Kroger 126
- 28 Wendy's 124
- 29 Wingstop 123
- 30 Little Caesars 115
- 31 Smoothie King 115
- 32 Walmart 107
- 33 Church's Chicken 105
- 34 Sunoco 104
- 35 The UPS Store 102
- 36 Chipotle Mexican Grill 93
- 37 Papa John's Pizza 91
- 38 Cash America Pawn 89
- 39 Discount Tire 88
- 40 Dairy Queen 81
- 41 Advance Auto Parts 81
- 42 Marco's Pizza 78
- 43 Sport Clips Haircuts 75
- 44 CubeSmart Self Storage 74
- 45 Panda Express 70
- 46 H-E-B 67
- 47 Denny's 67
- 48 Spec's Wines, Spirits & Finer Foods 64
- 49 Ross Dress for Less 63
- 50 GameStop 61
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