Metro by metro
The leading discount store chains in every Massachusetts metro area
Tracked discount store chains ranked by consumer spend in each metro area, Q4 2025–Q3 2026. Ocean State Job Lot leads in 3 metro areas, Dollar Tree in 3 metro areas, and Dollar General in 1 metro area. Against their share in Massachusetts as a whole, Dollar General stands out in 3 metro areas, Ocean State Job Lot in 2 metro areas, and Dollar Tree in 1 metro area.
By tracked consumer spend, Q4 2025–Q3 2026
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Dollar General
Relative #1 in 3 metro areas
Springfield, MA 2.4× · Pittsfield, MA 6.6× · Amherst Town-Northampton, MA 3.9×
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Ocean State Job Lot
Relative #1 in 2 metro areas
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA (MA part) 1.2× · Barnstable Town, MA 2.1×
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Dollar Tree
Relative #1 in Boston, MA (MA part), 1.2× its share in Massachusetts
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Family Dollar
Relative #1 in Worcester, MA, 1.3× its share in Massachusetts
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Ocean State Job Lot
#1 in 3 metro areas
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA (MA part) · Springfield, MA · Barnstable Town, MA
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Dollar Tree
#1 in 3 metro areas
Boston, MA (MA part) · Worcester, MA · Amherst Town-Northampton, MA
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Dollar General
#1 in Pittsfield, MA
A metro area shows a ranking once it has at least 2 tracked discount store chains and 10 tracked stores. Relative to Massachusetts compares a chain's share of the metro area's spend with its share in Massachusetts as a whole. It ranks the 7 biggest chains in Massachusetts 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 Massachusetts is light gray. A metro area crossing the state line counts only its stores in Massachusetts. 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. Ollie's Bargain Outlet and Dollar Tree sit in the high-growth half.
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
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| 1 | Ollie's Bargain Outlet | ▲1 | +11.9% |
| 2 | Dollar Tree | - | +8.0% |
| 3 | Dollar General | - | +4.4% |
| 4 | Ocean State Job Lot | - | -3.5% |
| 5 | Family Dollar | - | -3.5% |
| 6 | Big Lots | ▼1 | -98.9% |
- Ocean State Job Lot
- Dollar Tree
- Five Below
- Family Dollar
- Dollar General
- Ollie's Bargain Outlet
- Jamie's Variety
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
468 tracked store locations in Massachusetts. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted. The top 5 chains by store count run 409 of the 468 stores (87%); 28 of the 37 tracked chains have a single store here. 9% of the tracked retail stores here are discount stores, against 14% across the United States.
- Ocean State Job Lot (56)
- Dollar Tree (167)
- Five Below (35)
- Family Dollar (93)
- Dollar General (58)
- Ollie's Bargain Outlet (4)
- Jamie's Variety (1)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Dollar Tree 167
- 2 Family Dollar 93
- 3 Dollar General 58
- 4 Ocean State Job Lot 56
- 5 Five Below 35
- 6 Big Lots 23
- 7 Ollie's Bargain Outlet 4
- 8 One Dollar Zone 2
- 9 Neighborhood Variety 2
- 10 Carousel Variety 1
- 11 Kristinas Variety 1
- 12 BDS Discount 1
- 13 135 Discount 1
- 14 Belleville Discount Store 1
- 15 Railroad Variety 1
- 16 Dollar Country 1
- 17 Shah Dollar Value 1
- 18 Maxway 1
- 19 Roses Discount Store 1
- 20 Dollar Forever 1
- 21 Gerry's Variety 1
- 22 Plum Island Provisions 1
- 23 Roslindale Variety Store 1
- 24 Papacalo's Variety 1
- 25 Gold Rush Deals Liquidation 1
- 26 Dicks Variety North 1
- 27 Happy Dollar 1
- 28 Discount Valley 1
- 29 The Variety Store 1
- 30 Deals and Steals 1
- 31 Mystery Bins 1
- 32 Salisbury Discount House 1
- 33 Tom's Discount Store 1
- 34 Golden Penny 1
- 35 Jacqueline Super Market 1
- 36 99 Cents Only Stores 1
- 37 Jamie's Variety 1
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