Metro by metro
The leading discount store chains in every Illinois metro area
Tracked discount store chains ranked by consumer spend in each metro area, Q4 2025–Q3 2026. Dollar General leads in 9 metro areas, Dollar Tree in 1 metro area. Against their share in Illinois as a whole, Dollar General stands out in 8 metro areas, Family Dollar in 2 metro areas.
By tracked consumer spend, Q4 2025–Q3 2026
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Dollar General
Relative #1 in 8 metro areas
St. Louis, MO-IL (IL part) 1.6× · Peoria, IL 2.1× · Springfield, IL 2.2× · Davenport, IA (IL part) 1.6× · Champaign-Urbana, IL 1.8× · Decatur, IL 1.8× · Kankakee, IL 1.9× · Bloomington, IL 2.1×
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Family Dollar
Relative #1 in 2 metro areas
Chicago, IL (IL part) 1.3× · Rockford, IL 1.7×
Not enough tracked stores: Cape Girardeau, MO-IL (IL part) · Paducah, KY-IL (IL part)
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Dollar General
#1 in 9 metro areas
St. Louis, MO-IL (IL part) · Peoria, IL · Rockford, IL · Springfield, IL · Davenport, IA (IL part) · Champaign-Urbana, IL · Decatur, IL · Kankakee, IL · Bloomington, IL
Not enough tracked stores: Cape Girardeau, MO-IL (IL part) · Paducah, KY-IL (IL part)
A metro area shows a ranking once it has at least 2 tracked discount store chains and 10 tracked stores. Relative to Illinois compares a chain's share of the metro area's spend with its share in Illinois as a whole. It ranks the 7 biggest chains in Illinois and the chains that lead a metro area by spend, wherever a chain has at least 5% of the metro area's spend and 3 stores there. Metro areas are the Census Bureau's metropolitan statistical areas; the rest of Illinois is light gray. A metro area crossing the state line counts only its stores in Illinois. Colors match the store map; other tracked chains are gray.
Growth ranking
Fastest-growing tracked discount store 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. Pawn King and Ollie's Bargain Outlet sit in the high-growth half.
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pawn King | ▲1 | +14.5% |
| 2 | Ollie's Bargain Outlet | - | +13.4% |
| 3 | Five Below | - | +12.4% |
| 4 | Dollar Tree | - | +2.6% |
| 5 | Dollar General | - | -0.9% |
| 6 | Dollar Day | ▲1 | -2.6% |
| 7 | Family Dollar | - | -6.0% |
| 8 | Daiso | ▲2 | -7.1% |
| 9 | pOpshelf | ▲1 | -22.9% |
| 10 | Treasure Hunt Deals | - | -42.7% |
| 11 | Big Lots | ▼5 | -100.0% |
- Dollar Tree
- Dollar General
- Family Dollar
- Five Below
- Ollie's Bargain Outlet
- pOpshelf
- Daiso
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
1,622 tracked store locations in Illinois. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted. The top 5 chains by store count run 1,484 of the 1,622 stores (91%); 77 of the 93 tracked chains have a single store here. 13% of the tracked retail stores here are discount stores, against 14% across the United States.
- Dollar Tree (365)
- Dollar General (763)
- Family Dollar (236)
- Five Below (91)
- Ollie's Bargain Outlet (18)
- pOpshelf (12)
- Daiso (4)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Dollar General 763
- 2 Dollar Tree 365
- 3 Family Dollar 236
- 4 Five Below 91
- 5 Big Lots 29
- 6 Ollie's Bargain Outlet 18
- 7 pOpshelf 12
- 8 Pawn King 8
- 9 Treasure Hunt Deals 6
- 10 Daiso 4
- 11 Dollar Day 3
- 12 Dollar City 2
- 13 Happy Dollar Plus 2
- 14 Everyday Black Friday 2
- 15 WOW Bargain Deals 2
- 16 Amazing Dollar Plus 2
- 17 RealDeal 1
- 18 Dollar Island Armitage 1
- 19 Ron's Dollar Plus 1
- 20 Moms & More Children's Resale 1
- 21 Dollar Town Plus 1
- 22 The Overstock Outlet 1
- 23 Mega Black Friday 1
- 24 Bargain Deals Hub 1
- 25 508 Variety Shop 1
- 26 Dollar World 1
- 27 Tony's Hot Deals 1
- 28 Lucky Day Liquidation 1
- 29 Public Closeout Deals 1
- 30 Angels Discount 1
- 31 Canton discount center 1
- 32 Dollar Stop Plus 1
- 33 Dollar Payless Plus 1
- 34 The Overstock Center 1
- 35 Dollar Value Plus 1
- 36 Openbox Bargains 1
- 37 Jerusalem Discount Plus 1
- 38 Bargain Mania 1
- 39 Bargain Bins of Decatur 1
- 40 Bargain Bins of Bloomington 1
- 41 Shop 4 Less 1
- 42 Austin Dollar Plus 1
- 43 Double A’s Bargain and Bins 1
- 44 A&A Happy Dollar Store 1
- 45 Better Bargains Amboy 1
- 46 Treasures Depot Brookfield 1
- 47 The Red Door Cottage 1
- 48 HomeMax 1
- 49 Dollar Depot 1
- 50 Treasure Traders 1
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