Metro by metro
The leading discount store chains in every Louisiana metro area
Tracked discount store chains ranked by consumer spend in each metro area, Q4 2025–Q3 2026. Dollar General leads in all 10 metro areas. Against their share in Louisiana as a whole, Dollar General stands out in 5 metro areas, Family Dollar in 3 metro areas, and Dollar Tree in 1 metro area.
By tracked consumer spend, Q4 2025–Q3 2026
-
Dollar General
Relative #1 in 5 metro areas
Lake Charles, LA 1.4× · Monroe, LA 1.1× · Houma, LA 1.4× · Alexandria, LA 1.4× · Hammond, LA 1.5×
-
Family Dollar
Relative #1 in 3 metro areas
New Orleans-Metairie, LA 1.7× · Lafayette, LA 1.2× · Shreveport-Bossier City, LA 1.5×
-
Dollar Tree
Relative #1 in Baton Rouge, LA, 1.1× its share in Louisiana
-
Five Below
Relative #1 in Slidell, LA, 2.1× its share in Louisiana
-
Dollar General
#1 in all 10 metro areas
A metro area shows a ranking once it has at least 2 tracked discount store chains and 10 tracked stores. Relative to Louisiana compares a chain's share of the metro area's spend with its share in Louisiana as a whole. It ranks the 7 biggest chains in Louisiana 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 Louisiana is light gray. 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. Five Below and Roses Discount Store sit in the high-growth half.
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Five Below | - | +17.0% |
| 2 | Roses Discount Store | ▲1 | +12.2% |
| 3 | Dollar Tree | ▲1 | +9.1% |
| 4 | Ollie's Bargain Outlet | - | +3.9% |
| 5 | Dollar General | - | +0.3% |
| 6 | pOpshelf | ▲1 | -5.1% |
| 7 | Family Dollar | ▼1 | -7.2% |
| 8 | Dollar Mania | ▲1 | -8.0% |
| 9 | Maxway | ▼1 | -48.2% |
| 10 | Big Lots | ▼2 | -87.4% |
- Dollar General
- Dollar Tree
- Family Dollar
- Five Below
- Ollie's Bargain Outlet
- Dollar Mania
- Drug Emporium
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
1,280 tracked store locations in Louisiana. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted. The top 5 chains by store count run 1,212 of the 1,280 stores (95%); 22 of the 37 tracked chains have a single store here. 29% of the tracked retail stores here are discount stores, against 14% across the United States.
- Dollar General (723)
- Dollar Tree (155)
- Family Dollar (291)
- Five Below (24)
- Ollie's Bargain Outlet (18)
- Dollar Mania (4)
- Drug Emporium (2)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Dollar General 723
- 2 Family Dollar 291
- 3 Dollar Tree 155
- 4 Five Below 24
- 5 Big Lots 19
- 6 Ollie's Bargain Outlet 18
- 7 Roses Discount Store 8
- 8 Dollar Mania 4
- 9 Maxway 3
- 10 pOpshelf 3
- 11 Daily Hot Deals 2
- 12 Hello Tokyo 2
- 13 Roses Express 2
- 14 Discount Depot 2
- 15 Drug Emporium 2
- 16 Deal Hunterz 1
- 17 The Arc Rapides Thrift Store 1
- 18 Calvary Thrift 1
- 19 Dig-A-Bins Monroe 1
- 20 Dollar Wise 1
- 21 Ma Boy Rico's 2 1
- 22 Black Friday Liquidation Store 1
- 23 Super Penny Mart 1
- 24 Family Deals 1
- 25 Goodwill Acadiana: GoodBUYS New Iberia 1
- 26 Bins on Bins 1
- 27 Airline Liquidators 1
- 28 Family Deals Westbank 1
- 29 Crazy Hot Deals Shreveport 1
- 30 Uncle Petes Discount 1
- 31 Mega deals 1
- 32 Black Friday Deals 1
- 33 Big Box Bargains Salvage Superstore 1
- 34 Roses 1
- 35 Deals Plus 1
- 36 River Discount 1
- 37 Lakeview Discounts Inc 1
More trends