Growth ranking
Fastest-growing tracked leisure & travel 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. WoodSpring Suites and Hyatt Place sit in the high-growth half.
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | WoodSpring Suites | ▲9 | +20.0% |
| 2 | Hyatt Place | ▲3 | +19.6% |
| 3 | Holiday Inn Express | ▲6 | +18.0% |
| 4 | Super 8 | ▲4 | +16.5% |
| 5 | UEC Theatres | ▲1 | +16.0% |
| 6 | Golden Ticket Cinemas | ▲2 | +12.6% |
| 7 | Best Western Plus | ▲1 | +12.1% |
| 8 | Holiday Inn Express & Suites | ▲2 | +10.8% |
| 9 | TownePlace Suites | ▲5 | +10.2% |
| 10 | DoubleTree by Hilton | - | +8.7% |
| 11 | Motel 6 | ▲4 | +7.3% |
| 12 | Regal | ▲2 | +6.8% |
| 13 | GameStop | - | +5.2% |
| 14 | Marriott | - | +4.8% |
| 15 | Residence Inn | ▲2 | +4.6% |
Store footprint
Store map
4,078 tracked store locations in North Carolina, colored by category. The top 5 chains by store count run 349 of the 4,078 stores (9%); 2,989 of the 3,156 tracked chains have a single store here. 5% of the tracked leisure & travel stores here are parks, against 7% across the United States.
- Hotels & Rentals (1,102)
- Golf Course (291)
- Park (191)
- Entertainment Location (161)
- Art Gallery (157)
- Recreational Location (134)
- Movie Theater (125)
- Other categories
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 GameStop 119
- 2 Choice Hotels 114
- 3 Hampton Inn & Suites 55
- 4 Extended Stay America 31
- 5 Red Roof 30
- 6 Fairfield Inn & Suites 28
- 7 Courtyard by Marriott 27
- 8 Days Inn 25
- 9 Holiday Inn Express & Suites 22
- 10 Super 8 19
- 11 Holiday Inn Express 19
- 12 Home2 Suites by Hilton 16
- 13 Country Inn & Suites 14
- 14 Hilton Garden Inn 14
- 15 Motel 6 12
- 16 Frame Warehouse 11
- 17 SpringHill Suites 11
- 18 DoubleTree by Hilton 11
- 19 AMC Theatres 11
- 20 Marriott 9
- 21 Tru by Hilton 9
- 22 TownePlace Suites 9
- 23 Best Western 9
- 24 Residence Inn 9
- 25 Sky Zone Trampoline Park 9
- 26 Bowlero 9
- 27 AMF Bowling Co. 9
- 28 Regal 8
- 29 Homewood Suites by Hilton 8
- 30 Holiday Inn 7
- 31 Candlewood Suites 7
- 32 La Quinta Inn & Suites 6
- 33 Quality Inn 6
- 34 Embassy Suites by Hilton 6
- 35 Urban Air Trampoline and Adventure Park 6
- 36 Comfort Inn 6
- 37 Microtel Inn & Suites by Wyndham 6
- 38 WoodSpring Suites 6
- 39 American Airlines 6
- 40 Delta Air Lines 5
- 41 AC Hotel 5
- 42 Best Western Plus 5
- 43 Hilton 5
- 44 Four Points by Sheraton 5
- 45 Staybridge Suites 5
- 46 Buffaloe Lanes 4
- 47 Hyatt Place 4
- 48 InTown Suites 4
- 49 Wingate by Wyndham 4
- 50 Cinemark 4
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