Growth ranking
Fastest-growing tracked retail 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. Smoke Shop and Five Below sit in the high-growth half.
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Chain
YoY growth
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Smoke Shop | ▲2 | +17.8% |
| 2 | Five Below | ▲3 | +16.9% |
| 3 | Kay Jewelers | ▲4 | +16.8% |
| 4 | Ross Dress for Less | ▲1 | +16.7% |
| 5 | Hobby Lobby | ▲1 | +15.4% |
| 6 | Ace Hardware | ▲1 | +15.3% |
| 7 | KARM Stores | ▲1 | +11.0% |
| 8 | Altar'd State | ▲2 | +10.7% |
| 9 | Dollar General | - | +9.2% |
| 10 | HomeGoods | ▲2 | +8.8% |
| 11 | DICK'S Sporting Goods | - | +8.6% |
| 12 | Michaels | ▲1 | +8.1% |
| 13 | JCPenney | ▲1 | +6.8% |
| 14 | Tractor Supply Co. | ▼1 | +5.9% |
| 15 | Harbor Freight Tools | - | +5.7% |
Store footprint
Store map
1,407 tracked store locations in Knoxville, TN, colored by category. The top 5 chains by store count run 212 of the 1,407 stores (15%); 782 of the 902 tracked chains have a single store here. 7% of the tracked retail stores here are thrift stores, against 5% across Tennessee.
- Discount Store (214)
- Thrift Stores (101)
- Vape & Tobacco Shops (84)
- Specialty Store (80)
- Home Improvement Center (70)
- Flower Shop (55)
- Sporting Goods Store (54)
- Other categories
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Dollar General 131
- 2 Dollar Tree 30
- 3 Goodwill 17
- 4 Family Dollar 17
- 5 Ace Hardware 17
- 6 Walmart 16
- 7 KARM Stores 12
- 8 Cash America Pawn 11
- 9 Big Lots 9
- 10 Bealls 9
- 11 Sherwin-Williams 9
- 12 KARM Thrift Store 8
- 13 Lowe's Home Improvement 8
- 14 Shoe Show 7
- 15 Five Below 7
- 16 The Home Depot 7
- 17 Target 7
- 18 Tractor Supply Co. 7
- 19 Ross Dress for Less 7
- 20 PetSmart 6
- 21 Pet Supplies Plus 6
- 22 Old Navy 6
- 23 Cato Fashions 6
- 24 Office Depot 5
- 25 Pattersons Home Appliances 5
- 26 Hobby Lobby 5
- 27 Maurices 5
- 28 Rack Room Shoes 5
- 29 Kay Jewelers 5
- 30 Altar'd State 5
- 31 Habitat for Humanity ReStore 5
- 32 Bath & Body Works 5
- 33 DICK'S Sporting Goods 4
- 34 Harbor Freight Tools 4
- 35 Belk 4
- 36 Kirkland's 4
- 37 American Eagle 4
- 38 Smoke Shop 4
- 39 Michaels 4
- 40 Hallmark 4
- 41 Ollie's Bargain Outlet 3
- 42 Apotheca 3
- 43 Elliott's Boots 3
- 44 Best Buy 3
- 45 Spirit Halloween 3
- 46 Victoria's Secret 3
- 47 HomeGoods 3
- 48 Mattress Firm 3
- 49 JCPenney 3
- 50 Alumni Hall 3
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