Trends · data through August 2026

Retail & consumer trends in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV

Iceflower tracks 25,565 stores from 14,107 retail and consumer chains in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV. Bloomingdale's grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Tractor Supply Co. and Restaurant Depot.

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
14,107
Tracked stores
25,565
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. Bloomingdale's and Tractor Supply Co. sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 B Bloomingdale's logo Bloomingdale's ▲13 +19.0%
2 T Tractor Supply Co. logo Tractor Supply Co. ▲12 +18.8%
3 R Restaurant Depot logo Restaurant Depot ▲6 +18.5%
4 S Sardi's Pollo A La Brasa logo Sardi's Pollo A La Brasa ▲15 +17.6%
5 S Shake Shack logo Shake Shack ▲10 +16.4%
6 M MOM's Organic Market logo MOM's Organic Market ▲6 +16.4%
7 L LongHorn Steakhouse logo LongHorn Steakhouse ▲16 +15.8%
8 T The UPS Store logo The UPS Store ▲14 +15.0%
9 D Dash In logo Dash In ▲10 +13.8%
10 L Lotte Plaza Market logo Lotte Plaza Market ▲10 +12.1%
11 S Sherwin-Williams logo Sherwin-Williams ▲8 +11.0%
12 F Fresh World ▲3 +11.0%
13 D DTLR logo DTLR ▲12 +10.8%
14 B Barnes & Noble logo Barnes & Noble ▲6 +9.9%
15 C Charleys Cheesesteaks logo Charleys Cheesesteaks ▲8 +9.9%

Store footprint

Store map

25,000 of 25,565 tracked store locations in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV, colored by category group.

Top tracked chains by store count

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