Trenton-Princeton, NJ Retail & Consumer Trends 2026

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked retail and consumer 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. Rainbow Shops and Dollar Tree sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth

Rank	Chain	Rank movement	YoY growth
1	R Rainbow Shops	-	+13.5%
2	D Dollar Tree	▲4	+13.5%
3	T The Home Depot	-	+11.1%
4	F Five Below	▲2	+10.9%
5	A Advance Auto Parts	▲2	+10.2%
6	B Bath & Body Works	-	+9.3%
7	J Jersey Mike's Subs	▲2	+7.7%
8	Q QuickChek	▲2	+4.2%
9	C Chipotle Mexican Grill	-	+4.0%
10	S ShopRite	-	+3.6%
11	B Burlington	▲2	+3.4%
12	C Chick-fil-A	▲2	+2.6%
13	D Dairy Queen	-	+1.7%
14	W Wawa	-	+0.6%
15	U United States Postal Service	-	-0.2%