Trends · data through September 2026

Retail trends in State College, PA

Iceflower tracks 176 stores from 157 retail chains in State College, PA.

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
157
Tracked stores
176
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.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 Dollar General - +15.1%
  • Discount Store
  • Vape & Tobacco Shops
  • Sporting Goods Store
  • Other clothing stores
  • Hardware Store
  • Specialty Store
  • Pet Store
  • Other categories

Store footprint

Store map

176 tracked store locations in State College, PA, colored by category. The top 5 chains by store count run 18 of the 176 stores (10%); 146 of the 157 tracked chains have a single store here. 6% of the tracked retail stores here are sporting goods stores, against 4% across Pennsylvania.

  • Discount Store (18)
  • Vape & Tobacco Shops (13)
  • Sporting Goods Store (11)
  • Other clothing stores (8)
  • Hardware Store (8)
  • Specialty Store (8)
  • Pet Store (8)
  • Other categories

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 Dollar General 10
  • 2 Dollar Tree 2
  • 3 Ace Hardware 2
  • 4 Goodwill 2
  • 5 The Pet Pub 2
  • 6 True Value 2
  • 7 Smoke n go Express 2
  • 8 Smokers Square 2
  • 9 Walmart 2
  • 10 Target 2
  • 11 Party City 2
  • 12 Fox Hill Gardens 1
  • 13 Bi-Lo Supply 1
  • 14 Main Street Ceramics 1
  • 15 Urban Outfitters 1
  • 16 Port's Sports Emporium 1
  • 17 Stax of Trax 1
  • 18 Student Book Store 1
  • 19 Your Perfect Fit 1
  • 20 Helen Foxx & Co 1
  • 21 Growing Tree Toys 1
  • 22 Scraps & Skeins 1
  • 23 Fisher's Shoe and Saddle Shop 1
  • 24 Happy Valley Doors 1
  • 25 McLanahan's Penn State Room 1
  • 26 Toftrees Pro Shop 1
  • 27 Martin's Feed Mill 1
  • 28 Sammis Greenhouse 1
  • 29 TALBOTS 1
  • 30 Miska & Reini Goldsmiths and Jewelers 1
  • 31 American Eagle 1
  • 32 Valley Ace 1
  • 33 Pennsylvania State Univ 1
  • 34 Maurices 1
  • 35 Penns Valley Building Supply 1
  • 36 Weaver's Store 1
  • 37 Belding & Mull 1
  • 38 Vape Vibe 1
  • 39 The Music Mart 1
  • 40 Average Jack Archery LLC 1
  • 41 Hammer Down Armament 1
  • 42 Millheim Small Engine 1
  • 43 Bellefonte Brick Studio 1
  • 44 Vape Depot 1
  • 45 Daniel Vaughn Designs 1
  • 46 Smith & Front 1
  • 47 Chico's 1
  • 48 Nittany Outlet 1
  • 49 Custom Shoe Repair 1
  • 50 Family Dollar 1

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