Metro by metro
The leading discount store chains in every Maine metro area
Tracked discount store chains ranked by consumer spend in each metro area, Q4 2025–Q3 2026. Dollar General leads in all 3 metro areas. Against their share in Maine as a whole, Dollar Tree stands out in 2 metro areas, Dollar General in 1 metro area.
By tracked consumer spend, Q4 2025–Q3 2026
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Dollar Tree
Relative #1 in 2 metro areas
Portland-South Portland, ME 1.3× · Bangor, ME 1.7×
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Dollar General
Relative #1 in Lewiston-Auburn, ME, 1.2× its share in Maine
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Dollar General
#1 in all 3 metro areas
A metro area shows a ranking once it has at least 2 tracked discount store chains and 10 tracked stores. Relative to Maine compares a chain's share of the metro area's spend with its share in Maine as a whole. It ranks the 7 biggest chains in Maine 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 Maine 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. Dollar General and Ocean State Job Lot sit in the high-growth half.
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dollar General | - | +5.8% |
| 2 | Ocean State Job Lot | - | +4.4% |
| 3 | Dollar Tree | - | +2.2% |
| 4 | Family Dollar | - | -8.4% |
| 5 | Big Lots | - | -100.0% |
- Dollar General
- Family Dollar
- Dollar Tree
- Ocean State Job Lot
- Five Below
- Duck Pond Variety
- Holiday Bargain Outlet
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
202 tracked store locations in Maine. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted. The top 5 chains by store count run 183 of the 202 stores (91%); 13 of the 20 tracked chains have a single store here. 9% of the tracked retail stores here are discount stores, against 14% across the United States.
- Dollar General (72)
- Family Dollar (59)
- Dollar Tree (39)
- Ocean State Job Lot (8)
- Five Below (4)
- Duck Pond Variety (2)
- Holiday Bargain Outlet (1)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Dollar General 72
- 2 Family Dollar 59
- 3 Dollar Tree 39
- 4 Ocean State Job Lot 8
- 5 Big Lots 5
- 6 Five Below 4
- 7 Duck Pond Variety 2
- 8 Holiday Bargain Outlet 1
- 9 Eddie's Variety 1
- 10 Lisbon Street News 1
- 11 Mogadishu Store 1
- 12 Ollie's Bargain Outlet 1
- 13 Last Sheaf BME 1
- 14 The Corner Shop 1
- 15 Bells Liquidation Inc 1
- 16 China Variety and Redemption 1
- 17 Drinkwater's Variety 1
- 18 Steve's General Store 1
- 19 Nine Lives Thrift Shop 1
- 20 The Find on Route 9 1
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