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. Newbury Comics and Harbor Freight Tools sit in the high-growth half.
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Newbury Comics | ▲5 | +19.4% |
| 2 | Harbor Freight Tools | ▲1 | +15.3% |
| 3 | Rainbow Shops | - | +15.1% |
| 4 | Red Wing | ▲1 | +14.0% |
| 5 | Victoria's Secret | ▲5 | +12.9% |
| 6 | Kay Jewelers | ▲2 | +10.0% |
| 7 | HomeGoods | ▲2 | +9.8% |
| 8 | Sherwin-Williams | ▲3 | +8.6% |
| 9 | Dollar General | ▲1 | +6.9% |
| 10 | Old Navy | ▲3 | +6.5% |
| 11 | T.J.Maxx | ▲1 | +6.1% |
| 12 | Pet Supplies Plus | - | +5.2% |
| 13 | Hot Topic | ▲1 | +5.0% |
| 14 | Rocky's Ace Hardware | ▲3 | +4.9% |
| 15 | Dollar Tree | ▲1 | +4.1% |
Store footprint
Store map
1,507 tracked store locations in Providence-Warwick, RI-MA, colored by category. The top 5 chains by store count run 185 of the 1,507 stores (12%); 765 of the 896 tracked chains have a single store here. 4% of the tracked retail stores here are women's contemporary, against 5% across Rhode Island.
- Discount Store (195)
- Specialty Store (79)
- Home Improvement Center (74)
- Flower Shop (72)
- Vape & Tobacco Shops (71)
- Sporting Goods Store (70)
- Pet Store (68)
- Other categories
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Dollar Tree 59
- 2 Family Dollar 45
- 3 Dollar General 35
- 4 Ocean State Job Lot 28
- 5 Walmart 18
- 6 Burlington 17
- 7 The Home Depot 14
- 8 T.J.Maxx 14
- 9 Staples 13
- 10 Sherwin-Williams 12
- 11 Ace Hardware 12
- 12 Five Below 12
- 13 Petco 11
- 14 The Paper Store 11
- 15 Famous Footwear 10
- 16 Target 10
- 17 Old Navy 10
- 18 Marshalls 10
- 19 Kohl's 9
- 20 Michaels 9
- 21 Lowe's Home Improvement 9
- 22 Tractor Supply Co. 8
- 23 PetSmart 8
- 24 SKECHERS 7
- 25 Rainbow Shops 7
- 26 Bath & Body Works 7
- 27 Rumford Pet Express 7
- 28 Harbor Freight Tools 7
- 29 Value Village 7
- 30 DICK'S Sporting Goods 7
- 31 Pet Supplies Plus 6
- 32 HomeGoods 6
- 33 Best Buy 5
- 34 SNIPES 5
- 35 Carter's 5
- 36 West Marine 5
- 37 Victoria's Secret 5
- 38 Francesca's 5
- 39 Spirit Halloween 5
- 40 Claire's 5
- 41 Barnes & Noble 5
- 42 Macy's 5
- 43 LOFT 5
- 44 J.Crew 4
- 45 Kay Jewelers 4
- 46 DSW Designer Shoe Warehouse 4
- 47 Foot Locker 4
- 48 Jos. A. Bank 4
- 49 The Salvation Army Family Store & Donation Center 4
- 50 H&M 4
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