Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA Retail & Consumer Trends 2026

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. Food Lion and Tractor Supply Co. sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth

Rank	Chain	Rank movement	YoY growth
1	F Food Lion	▲3	+14.0%
2	T Tractor Supply Co.	▲2	+11.9%
3	S Subway	▲4	+11.4%
4	B Barberitos	▲1	+7.8%
5	P Pal's Sudden Service	-	+4.8%
6	W Weigel's	▲1	+3.8%
7	W Walmart	-	+3.4%
8	D Dollar General	-	+3.2%
9	H Harbor Freight Tools	▲3	+2.0%
10	Z Zaxby's	▲2	+1.7%
11	L Lowe's Home Improvement	-	+1.2%
12	C Cracker Barrel Old Country Store	▲4	-1.0%
13	D Dunkin'	▲2	-1.2%
14	V Virginia ABC	▲3	-2.6%
15	F Food City	-	-3.0%