Lexington-Fayette, KY 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. Southern States and The UPS Store sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth

Rank	Chain	Rank movement	YoY growth
1	S Southern States	▲9	+18.8%
2	T The UPS Store	▲1	+16.0%
3	M Marathon	▲2	+14.6%
4	D Dollar Tree	▲2	+13.8%
5	A AutoZone	▲6	+11.7%
6	R Ross Dress for Less	▲4	+10.4%
7	F Five Below	▲10	+9.4%
8	B Barnes & Noble	▲9	+9.2%
9	L Lowe's Home Improvement	▼1	+8.9%
10	O Old Navy	▲1	+8.3%
11	D Dollar General	▲2	+8.2%
12	B Burger King	▲5	+8.0%
13	V Visionworks	▲3	+7.4%
14	H Hardee's	▲9	+7.4%
15	C Cracker Barrel Old Country Store	▲1	+7.2%