Madison, WI Retail & Consumer Trends 2026: Growth Rankings

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. Michaels and Cenex sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth

Rank	Chain	Rank movement	YoY growth
1	M Michaels	▲6	+17.1%
2	C Cenex	-	+13.2%
3	F Five Below	-	+13.1%
4	F Forage Kitchen	-	+10.6%
5	W Willy Street Co-op	-	+9.6%
6	P Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen	▲3	+9.5%
7	A ALDI	-	+9.3%
8	C Costco	-	+8.7%
9	A Ace Hardware	▲5	+8.4%
10	B Blain's Farm & Fleet	▲1	+5.7%
11	J Jimmy John's	▲1	+5.3%
12	D Dairy Queen	▲3	+5.3%
13	W Woodman's Food Market	-	+2.8%
14	C Culver's	-	+2.4%
15	M McDonald's	-	+2.0%