Growth ranking
Fastest-growing tracked retail 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. Level Up Games and Family Pathways Thrift Store sit in the high-growth half.
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Level Up Games | ▲7 | +19.9% |
| 2 | Family Pathways Thrift Store | ▲2 | +19.7% |
| 3 | Once Upon A Child | ▲12 | +16.8% |
| 4 | Hirshfield's | ▲14 | +16.6% |
| 5 | Freewheel Bike | ▲12 | +15.9% |
| 6 | HOM Furniture | ▲2 | +15.7% |
| 7 | ERIK'S - Bike Board Ski | ▲9 | +15.2% |
| 8 | Five Below | ▲2 | +14.9% |
| 9 | Boot Barn | ▲7 | +14.8% |
| 10 | Duluth Trading Company | ▲11 | +13.5% |
| 11 | The Children's Place | ▲9 | +13.4% |
| 12 | Dollar General | ▲2 | +13.4% |
| 13 | Hobby Lobby | ▲4 | +12.7% |
| 14 | Michaels | ▲2 | +10.8% |
| 15 | Harbor Freight Tools | ▲1 | +9.5% |
Store footprint
Store map
2,897 tracked store locations in Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI, colored by category. The top 5 chains by store count run 274 of the 2,897 stores (9%); 1,237 of the 1,480 tracked chains have a single store here. 7% of the tracked retail stores here are discount stores, against 11% across Minnesota.
- Vape & Tobacco Shops (210)
- Discount Store (195)
- Sporting Goods Store (162)
- Specialty Store (142)
- Pet Store (133)
- Home Improvement Center (123)
- Thrift Stores (120)
- Other categories
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Dollar Tree 83
- 2 Target 61
- 3 Dollar General 54
- 4 Walmart 40
- 5 Sherwin-Williams 36
- 6 Goodwill 35
- 7 Chuck & Don's Pet Food & Supplies 34
- 8 Ace Hardware 32
- 9 The Home Depot 25
- 10 Menards 22
- 11 Kohl's 21
- 12 PetSmart 21
- 13 Famous Footwear 21
- 14 Five Below 21
- 15 Bath & Body Works 21
- 16 Family Dollar 20
- 17 Michaels 20
- 18 Office Depot 19
- 19 Petco 19
- 20 Maurices 18
- 21 Batteries Plus Bulbs 18
- 22 Old Navy 17
- 23 Barnes & Noble 17
- 24 Best Buy 16
- 25 Claire's 15
- 26 Marshalls 14
- 27 Burlington 13
- 28 T.J.Maxx 13
- 29 Hobby Lobby 11
- 30 Men's Wearhouse 11
- 31 Play It Again Sports 11
- 32 American Eagle 11
- 33 Red Wing 10
- 34 Pawn America 10
- 35 True Value 10
- 36 Spirit Halloween 10
- 37 Rainbow Shops 10
- 38 Schuler Shoes 10
- 39 Victoria's Secret 10
- 40 Value Village 10
- 41 Macy's 10
- 42 Express 9
- 43 Hallmark 9
- 44 Plato's Closet 9
- 45 HomeGoods 9
- 46 lululemon 9
- 47 Harbor Freight Tools 9
- 48 Torrid 9
- 49 Fleet Farm 9
- 50 Pet Supplies Plus 8
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