Metro by metro
The leading discount store chains in every Kansas metro area
Tracked discount store chains ranked by consumer spend in each metro area, Q4 2025–Q3 2026. Dollar General leads in 3 metro areas, Dollar Tree in 1 metro area. Against their share in Kansas as a whole, Dollar General stands out in 2 metro areas, Five Below in 1 metro area, and Family Dollar in 1 metro area.
By tracked consumer spend, Q4 2025–Q3 2026
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Dollar General
Relative #1 in 2 metro areas
Topeka, KS 1.2× · Manhattan, KS 1.2×
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Five Below
Relative #1 in Wichita, KS, 1.7× its share in Kansas
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Family Dollar
Relative #1 in Kansas City, MO-KS (KS part), 1.8× its share in Kansas
Not enough tracked stores: Joplin, MO-KS (KS part) · Lawrence, KS · St. Joseph, MO-KS (KS part)
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Dollar General
#1 in 3 metro areas
Wichita, KS · Topeka, KS · Manhattan, KS
Not enough tracked stores: Joplin, MO-KS (KS part) · Lawrence, KS · St. Joseph, MO-KS (KS part)
A metro area shows a ranking once it has at least 2 tracked discount store chains and 10 tracked stores. Relative to Kansas compares a chain's share of the metro area's spend with its share in Kansas as a whole. It ranks the 7 biggest chains in Kansas 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 Kansas is light gray. A metro area crossing the state line counts only its stores in Kansas. 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. Ollie's Bargain Outlet and Dollar Tree sit in the high-growth half.
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
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| 1 | Ollie's Bargain Outlet | - | +8.5% |
| 2 | Dollar Tree | - | +4.3% |
| 3 | Dollar General | - | -0.3% |
| 4 | Family Dollar | - | -12.2% |
| 5 | Big Lots | - | -100.0% |
- Dollar General
- Dollar Tree
- Five Below
- Ollie's Bargain Outlet
- Family Dollar
- Discount Depot
- Retail Rebel
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
500 tracked store locations in Kansas. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted. The top 5 chains by store count run 474 of the 500 stores (95%); 15 of the 23 tracked chains have a single store here. 20% of the tracked retail stores here are discount stores, against 14% across the United States.
- Dollar General (298)
- Dollar Tree (90)
- Five Below (16)
- Ollie's Bargain Outlet (12)
- Family Dollar (58)
- Discount Depot (1)
- Retail Rebel (2)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Dollar General 298
- 2 Dollar Tree 90
- 3 Family Dollar 58
- 4 Five Below 16
- 5 Ollie's Bargain Outlet 12
- 6 Big Lots 7
- 7 Discount Bins 2
- 8 Retail Rebel 2
- 9 Black Friday Deals Wichita 1
- 10 That Other Place 1
- 11 pOpshelf 1
- 12 Discount Bins - Salina 1
- 13 Bins 4 Less 1
- 14 RJ's Discount Store 1
- 15 Daily Deals Bargin Bins 1
- 16 The Hereafter 1
- 17 RG Asian Store 1
- 18 Bin Collector 1
- 19 Shakey Jake's Place 1
- 20 Mountain Gypsy CBD 1
- 21 Discount Depot 1
- 22 Barney's Deep Discount 1
- 23 The Treasure Bin 1
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