State by state
The leading prepaid & budget wireless in every state
Tracked prepaid & budget wireless ranked by consumer spend in each state, Q4 2025–Q3 2026. Cricket Wireless leads in 15 states, Metro by T-Mobile in 14 states, and Boost Mobile in 5 states. 4 chains lead at least one state. Against their share in the US as a whole, Cricket Wireless stands out in 12 states, Metro by T-Mobile in 9 states, and Boost Mobile in 7 states.
By tracked consumer spend, Q4 2025–Q3 2026
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CCricket Wireless
Relative #1 in 12 states
Arkansas 2.9×, Idaho 2×, Arizona 1.7×, Oklahoma 1.7×, Washington 1.7×, Alabama 1.5×, Kentucky 1.5×, Mississippi 1.5×, Tennessee 1.5×, South Carolina 1.4×, Texas 1.4×, Nevada 1.1×
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MMetro by T-Mobile
Relative #1 in 9 states
Florida 1.6×, California 1.5×, Delaware 1.5×, Michigan 1.5×, Connecticut 1.4×, Georgia 1.4×, Oregon 1.4×, New Mexico 1.3×, Utah 1.1×
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BBoost Mobile
Relative #1 in 7 states
Missouri 2.2×, Illinois 2×, Wisconsin 1.8×, Maryland 1.6×, Ohio 1.6×, Indiana 1.5×, Pennsylvania 1×
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TTotal Wireless
Relative #1 in 5 states
Minnesota over 10×, Louisiana 5.5×, Virginia 3.3×, New Jersey 2.1×, Colorado 1.9×
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CConsumer Cellular
Relative #1 in New York, 7.5× its share in the US
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TTalk 4 Less Wireless
Relative #1 in North Carolina, 7.3× its share in the US
Not enough tracked stores: 16 states
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CCricket Wireless
#1 in 15 states
Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Idaho, Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, New York, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Washington
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MMetro by T-Mobile
#1 in 14 states
California, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, Michigan, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Utah
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BBoost Mobile
#1 in 5 states
Illinois, Louisiana, Missouri, Virginia, Wisconsin
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TTotal Wireless
#1 in Minnesota
Not enough tracked stores: 16 states
A state shows a ranking once it has at least 2 tracked prepaid & budget wireless and 10 tracked stores. Relative to the US compares a chain's share of the state's spend with its share in the US as a whole. It ranks the 7 biggest chains in the US and the chains that lead a state by spend, wherever a chain has at least 5% of the state's spend and 3 stores there. Colors match the store map; other tracked chains are gray.
Growth ranking
Fastest-growing tracked prepaid & budget wireless
Ranked by year-over-year growth of share of tracked local spend. Arrows show movement in the rankings since last year.
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
C
Cricket Wireless
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- | +1.6% |
| 2 |
B
Boost Mobile
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- | -3.3% |
| 3 |
M
Metro by T-Mobile
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- | -8.0% |
Store footprint
Store map
2,939 tracked store locations in the United States. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.
- Metro by T-Mobile (1,180)
- Cricket Wireless (898)
- Boost Mobile (713)
- Total Wireless (99)
- Consumer Cellular (16)
- Talk 4 Less Wireless (17)
- Metro PCS (15)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
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M
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2
C
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3
B
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4
T
Total Wireless 99
- 5 T Talk 4 Less Wireless 17
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6
C
Consumer Cellular 16
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7
M
Metro PCS 15
- 8 P pinwheel.com 1
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