Growth ranking
Fastest-growing tracked gun store 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. Freedom Firearms and Vance Outdoors sit in the high-growth half.
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Chain
YoY growth
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Freedom Firearms | ▲2 | +13.6% |
| 2 | Vance Outdoors | - | +1.5% |
| 3 | Shooters World | - | -0.0% |
| 4 | East County Guns | - | -1.4% |
| 5 | Firearms Unknown | - | -5.2% |
| 6 | GT Distributors | - | -7.8% |
| 7 | Palmetto State Armory | - | -8.3% |
| 8 | Guns Plus | - | -10.9% |
| 9 | The Gun Shop | - | -11.1% |
| 10 | Impact Guns | ▼2 | -18.1% |
| 11 | Get Some Guns and Ammo | ▲3 | -21.8% |
| 12 | Carter's Country | - | -27.5% |
| 13 | Ammo Bros | - | -29.9% |
| 14 | The Gun Store | ▼3 | -36.3% |
- Palmetto State Armory
- Idaho Gun & Outdoors
- Vance Outdoors
- Semper-Fi Guns
- High Caliber Guns
- The Gun Shop
- Discount Gun Mart
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
2,314 tracked store locations in the United States. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted. The top 5 chains by store count run 39 of the 2,314 stores (2%); 2,091 of the 2,176 tracked chains have a single store here.
- Palmetto State Armory (10)
- Idaho Gun & Outdoors (2)
- Vance Outdoors (4)
- Semper-Fi Guns (1)
- High Caliber Guns (1)
- The Gun Shop (10)
- Discount Gun Mart (2)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Palmetto State Armory 10
- 2 The Gun Shop 10
- 3 The Gun Store 8
- 4 Ammo Bros 6
- 5 GT Distributors 5
- 6 Guns Plus 4
- 7 Shooters World 4
- 8 Vance Outdoors 4
- 9 Carter's Country 3
- 10 Get Some Guns and Ammo 3
- 11 Precision Tactical Arms Company 3
- 12 The Armories 3
- 13 Impact Guns 3
- 14 Gun Shack 3
- 15 Firearms Unknown 3
- 16 Freedom Firearms 3
- 17 East County Guns 3
- 18 Idaho Gun & Outdoors 2
- 19 2nd Amendment Zone 2
- 20 Stoddard's Range and Guns 2
- 21 C2 Tactical 2
- 22 5280 Armory 2
- 23 Superior Outfitters 2
- 24 Huron Valley Guns 2
- 25 Discount Gun Mart 2
- 26 Bud's Gun Shop & Range 2
- 27 Gunshop 2
- 28 Dave's Gun Shop 2
- 29 Alaska Ammo 2
- 30 Jay's Guns & Accessories 2
- 31 The Heritage Guild 2
- 32 On Target Outdoors 2
- 33 All Shooters Tactical 2
- 34 Auburn Arms 2
- 35 Solar Tactical 2
- 36 Tombstone Tactical 2
- 37 Modern Warriors 2
- 38 ZX Gun 2
- 39 SSG Tactical 2
- 40 Smoky Mountain Guns and Ammo 2
- 41 The Outpost Armory 2
- 42 Engage Armament 1
- 43 Semper-Fi Guns 1
- 44 South's Outpost 1
- 45 Lake Erie Arms 1
- 46 Iron Horse Armory 1
- 47 Range USA Greenfield 1
- 48 ChesBay Arms 1
- 49 Shooters Outpost 1
- 50 AmChar Georgia 1
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