Missoula, MT Retail & Consumer Trends 2026: Growth Rankings

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. Pilot Flying J and McDonald's sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth

Rank	Chain	Rank movement	YoY growth
1	Pilot Flying J	▲1	+13.8%
2	McDonald's	▲1	+9.9%
3	Dairy Queen	▲2	+9.1%
4	Jiffy Lube	▲1	+6.9%
5	Arby's	-	+5.5%
6	Jimmy John's	-	+0.4%
7	O'Reilly Auto Parts	-	-0.3%
8	Taco Bell	▲1	-3.3%
9	Conoco	-	-3.4%
10	Albertsons	-	-9.5%
11	United States Postal Service	▼1	-20.8%
12	Clearwater Credit Union	▼1	-25.4%
13	Cenex	▼1	-26.8%
14	Tire Rama	▼3	-48.7%

Store footprint

Store map

895 tracked store locations in Missoula, MT, colored by category group. The top 5 chains by store count run 53 of the 895 stores (6%); 707 of the 764 tracked chains have a single store here. 5% of the tracked stores here are in grocery & convenience, against 7% across Montana.