Trends · data through September 2026

Discount Stores in Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI

Iceflower tracks 192 stores from 20 discount store chains in Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI. Dollar General grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Five Below and Dollar Tree.

Rankings come from real card and bank transactions across a panel of 130M+ US and EU consumers. We publish relative growth and rankings, never revenue figures. About the data

Tracked chains
20
Tracked stores
192
Consumer panel
130M+

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 Five Below sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 D Dollar General logo Dollar General - +5.7%
2 F Five Below logo Five Below - +5.4%
3 D Dollar Tree logo Dollar Tree - -0.4%
4 F Family Dollar logo Family Dollar - -12.7%
  • Dollar Tree
  • Five Below
  • Dollar General
  • Family Dollar
  • Sky Group Bargains
  • MNW Retail Outlet
  • Cartfull
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

192 tracked store locations in Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Dollar Tree (82)
  • Five Below (21)
  • Dollar General (54)
  • Family Dollar (19)
  • Sky Group Bargains (1)
  • MNW Retail Outlet (1)
  • Cartfull (1)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 D Dollar Tree logo Dollar Tree 82
  • 2 D Dollar General logo Dollar General 54
  • 3 F Five Below logo Five Below 21
  • 4 F Family Dollar logo Family Dollar 19
  • 5 F FN Bargains 1
  • 6 B Big Lots logo Big Lots 1
  • 7 3 3M Company Store 1
  • 8 D Dollarsmart 1
  • 9 B Bargain Lodge 1
  • 10 D DaaBIN Store 1
  • 11 T Turning Leaf - Uptown 1
  • 12 R Restored Thrift Store Stillwater 1
  • 13 N Nokomis Surplus 1
  • 14 I Ignite Dispensary New Richmond 1
  • 15 D Dock 1 Bargains 1
  • 16 O Openbox 1
  • 17 D Daiso logo Daiso 1
  • 18 C Cartfull 1
  • 19 M MNW Retail Outlet 1
  • 20 S Sky Group Bargains 1

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