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. Value Village and BJ's Gas sit in the high-growth half.
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Value Village | ▲18 | +19.6% |
| 2 | BJ's Gas | ▲13 | +19.6% |
| 3 | Coach | ▲19 | +19.0% |
| 4 | Sheetz | ▲3 | +18.5% |
| 5 | Five Below | ▲5 | +18.2% |
| 6 | Hobby Lobby | ▲7 | +18.2% |
| 7 | Barnes & Noble | ▲17 | +16.6% |
| 8 | Maryland MVA | ▲18 | +16.2% |
| 9 | Ross Dress for Less | ▲2 | +13.9% |
| 10 | Harbor Freight Tools | ▲8 | +13.6% |
| 11 | LongHorn Steakhouse | ▲4 | +13.2% |
| 12 | Weis Markets | ▲1 | +12.9% |
| 13 | Ashley HomeStore | ▲7 | +12.8% |
| 14 | Total Wine & More | ▲6 | +12.4% |
| 15 | Dollar Tree | ▲3 | +11.9% |
Store footprint
Store map
25,000 of 44,896 tracked store locations in Maryland, colored by category group. The top 5 chains by store count run 1,515 of the 44,896 stores (3%); 26,596 of the 28,989 tracked chains have a single store here. 21% of the tracked stores here are in health & beauty, against 17% across the United States.
- Food & Drink (12,625)
- Health & Beauty (9,334)
- Retail (6,458)
- Other (5,628)
- Gas & Auto (5,119)
- Grocery & Convenience (3,335)
- Leisure & Travel (2,332)
- Insurance (65)
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 United States Postal Service 404
- 2 7-Eleven 299
- 3 Starbucks 299
- 4 McDonald's 281
- 5 CVS Pharmacy 232
- 6 Subway 222
- 7 Dunkin' 220
- 8 Exxon 209
- 9 Shell 207
- 10 Dollar General 193
- 11 Royal Farms 186
- 12 Dollar Tree 158
- 13 Walgreens 145
- 14 Sunoco 141
- 15 Domino's Pizza 126
- 16 Advance Auto Parts 126
- 17 Burger King 125
- 18 Chipotle Mexican Grill 120
- 19 Family Dollar 113
- 20 Wendy's 107
- 21 Giant Food 103
- 22 Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen 103
- 23 The UPS Store 103
- 24 Extra Space Storage 101
- 25 Papa John's Pizza 100
- 26 AutoZone 100
- 27 Chick-fil-A 97
- 28 Safeway 91
- 29 Baskin-Robbins 90
- 30 Hair Cuttery 89
- 31 Taco Bell 88
- 32 ALDI 67
- 33 Wawa 66
- 34 Jiffy Lube 65
- 35 Verizon 65
- 36 Five Guys 63
- 37 Food Lion 62
- 38 Enterprise Rent-A-Car 61
- 39 Walmart 59
- 40 GameStop 59
- 41 Sherwin-Williams 57
- 42 Panera Bread 57
- 43 High's 55
- 44 Five Below 55
- 45 IHOP 54
- 46 Jersey Mike's Subs 53
- 47 Weis Markets 53
- 48 BP 53
- 49 Tropical Smoothie Cafe 52
- 50 Mr. Tire Auto Service Centers 52
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