Growth ranking
Fastest-growing tracked tour operator 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. Hornblower Cruises & Events and St. Louis sit in the high-growth half.
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Chain
YoY growth
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hornblower Cruises & Events | ▲1 | +5.5% |
| 2 | St. Louis | ▲1 | +3.9% |
| 3 | City Cruises Washington DC | - | -18.8% |
| 4 | Albuquerque | ▲1 | -21.1% |
| 5 | Big Bus Tours | ▲1 | -30.0% |
| 6 | MyFlight Tours | ▼2 | -46.9% |
| 7 | Outdoor Adventures | ▼2 | -62.5% |
- Kualoa Ranch
- Cambridge
- Captain Hirams River King
- Kensington Tours
- Alaska Railroad
- FRS Clipper
- TopView Sightseeing
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
715 tracked store locations in the United States. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted. The top 5 chains by store count run 18 of the 715 stores (3%); 625 of the 660 tracked chains have a single store here.
- Kualoa Ranch (1)
- Cambridge (3)
- Captain Hirams River King (1)
- Kensington Tours (1)
- Alaska Railroad (1)
- FRS Clipper (1)
- TopView Sightseeing (1)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Hornblower Cruises & Events 4
- 2 Outdoor Adventures 4
- 3 Big Bus Tours 4
- 4 City Cruises Washington DC 3
- 5 Papillon Grand Canyon Helicopters 3
- 6 MyFlight Tours 3
- 7 Albuquerque 3
- 8 St. Louis 3
- 9 Cambridge 3
- 10 Sea Screamer 3
- 11 Puget Sound Express 2
- 12 StarLite Cruises 2
- 13 First Lady 2
- 14 Black Hills 2
- 15 Scenic Helicopter Tours 2
- 16 Goulding's Lodge 2
- 17 Hawaii Tours 2
- 18 Hilton Head Island 2
- 19 Pirate Water Taxi 2
- 20 Outer Island Excursions 2
- 21 Shoreline Sightseeing 2
- 22 Open Top Sightseeing 2
- 23 Tiki Taxi and Cruises 2
- 24 Goodtime III 2
- 25 Flagship Cruises & Events 2
- 26 Adventures in Paradise 2
- 27 Royal Gorge Bridge 2
- 28 Save the Bay 2
- 29 Zion Guru 2
- 30 Kactus Jock 2
- 31 Capitol River Cruises 2
- 32 Odyssey Cruises 2
- 33 Sky Railway 1
- 34 Fish Onn, LLC 1
- 35 Roberts Hawaii 1
- 36 Louisville Historic Tours 1
- 37 Southern Charm Rides 1
- 38 Ragin Cajun Airboat Tours 1
- 39 Twister Airboat Rides 1
- 40 St George Street 1
- 41 Lost Isle Adventures 1
- 42 Fun 2 Dive Manatee Tours 1
- 43 Spongeorama Cruise Lines 1
- 44 Blue & Gold Fleet 1
- 45 Flippers Fun Boat Clearwater 1
- 46 Gateway Arch Riverboats 1
- 47 Galveston Duck Tours 1
- 48 Adventure Kayak Florida 1
- 49 Celebrity Cruises 1
- 50 Bellair Tours & Adventures 1
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