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. Tractor Supply Co. and Ace Hardware sit in the high-growth half.
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Chain
YoY growth
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tractor Supply Co. | ▲4 | +19.6% |
| 2 | Ace Hardware | ▲1 | +19.0% |
| 3 | Play It Again Sports | ▲3 | +18.5% |
| 4 | Runway Fashion Exchange | - | +16.9% |
| 5 | Hobby Lobby | ▲1 | +16.5% |
| 6 | Dollar General | ▲2 | +12.1% |
| 7 | Bob Ward's Sports & Outdoors | ▲3 | +10.3% |
| 8 | Ross Dress for Less | - | +9.0% |
| 9 | Harbor Freight Tools | - | +8.8% |
| 10 | Cost Plus World Market | ▲2 | +5.2% |
| 11 | Rocky Mountain Supply | ▲1 | +4.3% |
| 12 | T.J.Maxx | ▼1 | +4.0% |
| 13 | Target | - | +3.8% |
| 14 | Bass Pro Shops | ▼1 | +3.5% |
| 15 | Family Dollar | ▼1 | +3.0% |
Store footprint
Store map
1,201 tracked store locations in Montana, colored by category. The top 5 chains by store count run 115 of the 1,201 stores (10%); 678 of the 786 tracked chains have a single store here. 9% of the tracked retail stores here are sporting goods stores, against 4% across the United States.
- Sporting Goods Store (110)
- Hardware Store (101)
- Thrift Stores (82)
- Discount Store (77)
- Flower Shop (70)
- Vape & Tobacco Shops (68)
- Home Improvement Center (62)
- Other categories
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Family Dollar 38
- 2 Ace Hardware 27
- 3 Dollar Tree 20
- 4 Murdoch's Ranch & Home Supply 15
- 5 Walmart 15
- 6 Dollar General 11
- 7 Smoker Friendly 10
- 8 Goodwill 10
- 9 Famous Footwear 10
- 10 Sherwin-Williams 9
- 11 Western Building Center 9
- 12 Tractor Supply Co. 9
- 13 True Value 8
- 14 Maurices 8
- 15 Staples 8
- 16 Batteries Plus Bulbs 7
- 17 Spirit Halloween 7
- 18 Petco 7
- 19 Target 7
- 20 PetSmart 7
- 21 Harbor Freight Tools 7
- 22 Cloudz Vape 6
- 23 Hobby Lobby 6
- 24 Universal Athletic 6
- 25 T.J.Maxx 6
- 26 Dee-O-Gee 6
- 27 Ross Dress for Less 6
- 28 The Home Depot 6
- 29 Lowe's Home Improvement 5
- 30 Zumiez 5
- 31 Ecig Vapor Juice Store 5
- 32 Riddle's Jewelry 5
- 33 Buckle 5
- 34 Bath & Body Works 5
- 35 Old Navy 5
- 36 Michaels 5
- 37 Claire's 5
- 38 Barnes & Noble 5
- 39 Boot Barn 4
- 40 Ashley HomeStore 4
- 41 Kenyon Noble Lumber & Hardware 4
- 42 Kohl's 4
- 43 Best Buy 4
- 44 Spencer's 4
- 45 Shipton's Big R 4
- 46 Montana Gift Corral 4
- 47 Tradehome Shoes 3
- 48 Office Depot 3
- 49 Once Upon A Child 3
- 50 Mellow Mood 3
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