Trends · data through August 2026

Retail & consumer trends in Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC

Iceflower tracks 8,424 stores from 5,032 retail and consumer chains in Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC. Jimmy John's grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Kay Jewelers and Harris Teeter Fuel.

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
5,032
Tracked stores
8,424
Consumer panel
130M+

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. Jimmy John's and Kay Jewelers sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 J Jimmy John's logo Jimmy John's ▲16 +19.7%
2 K Kay Jewelers logo Kay Jewelers - +19.1%
3 H Harris Teeter Fuel logo Harris Teeter Fuel ▲5 +18.5%
4 R Ross Dress for Less logo Ross Dress for Less ▲2 +18.4%
5 M Marathon logo Marathon ▲10 +18.1%
6 T Take 5 Oil Change logo Take 5 Oil Change ▲13 +17.7%
7 T T.J.Maxx logo T.J.Maxx ▲3 +15.8%
8 D Dollar Tree logo Dollar Tree ▲1 +15.4%
9 G GameStop logo GameStop ▲11 +14.8%
10 B Barnes & Noble logo Barnes & Noble ▲11 +14.5%
11 C CVS Pharmacy logo CVS Pharmacy ▲2 +14.2%
12 A AutoZone logo AutoZone ▲1 +14.0%
13 O Office Depot logo Office Depot ▲13 +13.6%
14 T TASTE logo TASTE ▲5 +12.2%
15 T The Twisted Crab logo The Twisted Crab ▲12 +12.2%

Store footprint

Store map

8,424 tracked store locations in Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC, colored by category group.

Top tracked chains by store count

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