Trends · data through September 2026

Retail trends in Owensboro, KY

Iceflower tracks 172 stores from 137 retail chains in Owensboro, KY. Dollar General grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Dollar Tree and Family Dollar.

Rankings come from real card and bank transactions across a panel of 130M+ US and EU consumers. We publish relative growth and rankings, never revenue figures. About the data

Tracked chains
137
Tracked stores
172
Consumer panel
130M+

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. Dollar General and Dollar Tree sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 Dollar General - +0.7%
2 Dollar Tree - -3.4%
3 Family Dollar - -19.4%
  • Discount Store
  • Thrift Stores
  • Vape & Tobacco Shops
  • Home Improvement Center
  • Hardware Store
  • Specialty Store
  • Art Craft Hobby Store
  • Other categories

Store footprint

Store map

172 tracked store locations in Owensboro, KY, colored by category. The top 5 chains by store count run 35 of the 172 stores (20%); 127 of the 137 tracked chains have a single store here. 8% of the tracked retail stores here are thrift stores, against 5% across Kentucky.

  • Discount Store (37)
  • Thrift Stores (13)
  • Vape & Tobacco Shops (9)
  • Home Improvement Center (9)
  • Hardware Store (8)
  • Specialty Store (5)
  • Art Craft Hobby Store (5)
  • Other categories

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 Dollar General 23
  • 2 Family Dollar 4
  • 3 Dollar Tree 4
  • 4 Kay Jewelers 2
  • 5 Ace Hardware 2
  • 6 Bath & Body Works 2
  • 7 Tractor Supply Co. 2
  • 8 Five Below 2
  • 9 Walmart 2
  • 10 Hobby Lobby 2
  • 11 Peacocks and Pearls Boutique 1
  • 12 Shoe Dept. Encore 1
  • 13 Upper Room Music 1
  • 14 Robin's Resale Boutique 1
  • 15 Carter Lumber 1
  • 16 Willow and Pine Market 1
  • 17 Marlene's Garden Center 1
  • 18 American Freight 1
  • 19 Triple B Archery & Outdoors 1
  • 20 Venture Pools 1
  • 21 Barnes & Noble 1
  • 22 Regiss Bridal and Prom 1
  • 23 Custom Car Stereo 1
  • 24 New Life Thrift Shop 1
  • 25 Western Kentucky Arms 1
  • 26 Specialty Foods Group LLC 1
  • 27 Battery Headquarters 1
  • 28 Kingdom Cords 1
  • 29 Murphy Appliance Company 1
  • 30 Miller's Building Supply 1
  • 31 Mark's Fireworks 1
  • 32 Modern Supply Company 1
  • 33 Benthall Brothers 1
  • 34 Embellish 1
  • 35 Kentucky Tile Distributors 1
  • 36 Whitesville Lumber and Building Supply 1
  • 37 Tienda San Martin 1
  • 38 Whitesville Mercantile 1
  • 39 The Unique Nest 1
  • 40 Ivy Trellis Floral 1
  • 41 Frank Miller and Son Sporting Goods 1
  • 42 Repeat Boutique 1
  • 43 Wild Things Lingerie & More 1
  • 44 Tied with a Bow 1
  • 45 TNT Vape Shop 1
  • 46 St Maximilian Kolbe Catholic Books and Gifts 1
  • 47 Party City 1
  • 48 Kiwi Vintage 1
  • 49 JOANN Fabric and Craft Stores 1
  • 50 E-Cig Source 1

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