Metro by metro
The leading discount store chains in every Kentucky metro area
Tracked discount store chains ranked by consumer spend in each metro area, Q4 2025–Q3 2026. Dollar General leads in 8 metro areas, Dollar Tree in 1 metro area. Against their share in Kentucky as a whole, Dollar General stands out in 6 metro areas, Dollar Tree in 3 metro areas.
By tracked consumer spend, Q4 2025–Q3 2026
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Dollar General
Relative #1 in 6 metro areas
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH (KY part) 1.2× · Bowling Green, KY 1.2× · Elizabethtown, KY 1× · Paducah, KY-IL (KY part) 1.3× · Owensboro, KY 1.1× · Clarksville, TN-KY (KY part) 1.2×
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Dollar Tree
Relative #1 in 3 metro areas
Louisville, KY (KY part) 1.5× · Lexington-Fayette, KY 1.8× · Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN (KY part) 1.4×
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Dollar General
#1 in 8 metro areas
Louisville, KY (KY part) · Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN (KY part) · Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH (KY part) · Bowling Green, KY · Elizabethtown, KY · Paducah, KY-IL (KY part) · Owensboro, KY · Clarksville, TN-KY (KY part)
A metro area shows a ranking once it has at least 2 tracked discount store chains and 10 tracked stores. Relative to Kentucky compares a chain's share of the metro area's spend with its share in Kentucky as a whole. It ranks the 7 biggest chains in Kentucky 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 Kentucky is light gray. A metro area crossing the state line counts only its stores in Kentucky. 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 pOpshelf sit in the high-growth half.
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ollie's Bargain Outlet | - | +7.9% |
| 2 | pOpshelf | ▲1 | +6.1% |
| 3 | Dollar Tree | - | +4.0% |
| 4 | Dollar General | - | +3.3% |
| 5 | Family Dollar | - | -14.2% |
| 6 | Mighty Dollar | ▲1 | -20.2% |
| 7 | Roses Discount Store | - | -27.1% |
| 8 | Big Lots | - | -72.2% |
| 9 | Bargain Hunt | ▼2 | -99.1% |
- Dollar General
- Dollar Tree
- Five Below
- Family Dollar
- Ollie's Bargain Outlet
- Big Lots
- Ben's Bargain Center
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
1,407 tracked store locations in Kentucky. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted. The top 5 chains by store count run 1,308 of the 1,407 stores (93%); 44 of the 55 tracked chains have a single store here. 21% of the tracked retail stores here are discount stores, against 14% across the United States.
- Dollar General (846)
- Dollar Tree (146)
- Five Below (35)
- Family Dollar (237)
- Ollie's Bargain Outlet (21)
- Big Lots (44)
- Ben's Bargain Center (1)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Dollar General 846
- 2 Family Dollar 237
- 3 Dollar Tree 146
- 4 Big Lots 44
- 5 Five Below 35
- 6 Ollie's Bargain Outlet 21
- 7 Bargain Hunt 15
- 8 pOpshelf 8
- 9 Mighty Dollar 5
- 10 Roses Discount Store 4
- 11 Roses 2
- 12 Better Bargains Liquidation 1
- 13 Interstate Marketplace 1
- 14 Half Price Merchandise 1
- 15 Carbarts 1
- 16 King Deal$ 1
- 17 Bargain Brothers 1
- 18 Lucky Finds LLC 1
- 19 Dine on a Dime 1
- 20 Maggie's Finds 1
- 21 Harlan Methodist Mission Opportunity Store 1
- 22 Potters Place 1
- 23 Family Dollar + Dollar Tree 1
- 24 Awesome Finds 1
- 25 The Treasure Bin of Pikeville 1
- 26 The Variety Store 1
- 27 Bluegrass Bargain Barn 1
- 28 Kentuckiana Liquidation & Pallet Sales 1
- 29 D&M Marketplace 1
- 30 Community Dollar 1
- 31 Bullseye Bargains 1
- 32 Fifty-Nine Paducah 1
- 33 Wacky Binz 1
- 34 Ben's Bargain Center 1
- 35 HomeBuys 1
- 36 Catchndealz 1
- 37 Product Simple Bargain Outlet 1
- 38 NKY Bargain Outlet 1
- 39 Henderson Ky ReStore 1
- 40 Top Deals KY 1
- 41 FMO Bowling Green 1
- 42 The Liquidation Spot 1
- 43 Porch Pirates 1
- 44 Simple Man's Discount Supply 1
- 45 King Kong Wholesale 1
- 46 Twin River Wholesale 1
- 47 Ashland Outlet & BINS 1
- 48 Casey County Discount Foods 1
- 49 Mimi's Deal 1
- 50 Tri State Liquidation 1
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