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. Best Buy and Level Up Games sit in the high-growth half.
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Best Buy | - | +19.1% |
| 2 | Level Up Games | ▲4 | +18.9% |
| 3 | Hirshfield's | ▲8 | +18.7% |
| 4 | Helzberg Diamonds | ▲11 | +15.7% |
| 5 | Red Wing | ▲6 | +15.1% |
| 6 | Freewheel Bike | ▲7 | +15.0% |
| 7 | Ace Hardware | ▲2 | +14.8% |
| 8 | Hobby Lobby | ▲4 | +14.7% |
| 9 | HOM Furniture | ▲5 | +14.7% |
| 10 | Once Upon A Child | ▲3 | +13.4% |
| 11 | BomgaarsSupply | ▲12 | +13.0% |
| 12 | Five Below | ▲3 | +12.9% |
| 13 | ERIK'S - Bike Board Ski | ▲13 | +11.6% |
| 14 | The Children's Place | ▲9 | +11.6% |
| 15 | Pawn America | ▲4 | +11.3% |
Store footprint
Store map
4,404 tracked store locations in Minnesota, colored by category. The top 5 chains by store count run 587 of the 4,404 stores (13%); 1,828 of the 2,112 tracked chains have a single store here. 6% of the tracked retail stores here are sporting goods stores, against 4% across the United States.
- Discount Store (464)
- Vape & Tobacco Shops (285)
- Sporting Goods Store (266)
- Hardware Store (237)
- Thrift Stores (197)
- Specialty Store (194)
- Home Improvement Center (178)
- Other categories
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Dollar General 227
- 2 Dollar Tree 133
- 3 Walmart 85
- 4 Target 79
- 5 Ace Hardware 63
- 6 Family Dollar 54
- 7 Goodwill 50
- 8 Sherwin-Williams 45
- 9 Menards 41
- 10 Chuck & Don's Pet Food & Supplies 36
- 11 Maurices 35
- 12 The Home Depot 34
- 13 Bath & Body Works 32
- 14 Famous Footwear 32
- 15 Kohl's 30
- 16 PetSmart 30
- 17 Five Below 28
- 18 Office Depot 25
- 19 Michaels 24
- 20 Claire's 23
- 21 Barnes & Noble 23
- 22 Petco 23
- 23 Harbor Freight Tools 23
- 24 Old Navy 22
- 25 Best Buy 22
- 26 T.J.Maxx 22
- 27 Batteries Plus Bulbs 22
- 28 Hobby Lobby 21
- 29 True Value 21
- 30 Tractor Supply Co. 19
- 31 Fleet Farm 19
- 32 Marshalls 18
- 33 Red Wing 17
- 34 Runnings 17
- 35 Burlington 15
- 36 Play It Again Sports 15
- 37 Hardware Hank 15
- 38 American Eagle 15
- 39 Men's Wearhouse 14
- 40 Pawn America 14
- 41 Victoria's Secret 14
- 42 Value Village 13
- 43 JCPenney 13
- 44 HomeGoods 12
- 45 Plato's Closet 12
- 46 Torrid 12
- 47 Once Upon A Child 12
- 48 Macy's 12
- 49 Tradehome Shoes 12
- 50 DSW Designer Shoe Warehouse 11
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