Trends · data through August 2026

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

Iceflower tracks 3,502 stores from 1,371 retail chains in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV. Tractor Supply Co. grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Forman Mills and Meadows Farms Nurseries and Landscape.

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
1,371
Tracked stores
3,502
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked retail 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. Tractor Supply Co. and Forman Mills sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 T Tractor Supply Co. logo Tractor Supply Co. ▲4 +19.8%
2 F Forman Mills logo Forman Mills ▲7 +17.4%
3 M Meadows Farms Nurseries and Landscape logo Meadows Farms Nurseries and Landscape ▲9 +17.3%
4 B Bob's Discount Furniture logo Bob's Discount Furniture ▲7 +16.6%
5 R R.E. Michel Company logo R.E. Michel Company ▲8 +16.0%
6 T Tobacco Hut ▲5 +15.0%
7 H Hollister Co. logo Hollister Co. ▲9 +13.0%
8 J J.Crew logo J.Crew ▲15 +12.0%
9 S Sherwin-Williams logo Sherwin-Williams ▲3 +11.9%
10 D DTLR logo DTLR ▲5 +11.8%
11 S Spirit Halloween logo Spirit Halloween ▲10 +11.0%
12 H Hobby Lobby logo Hobby Lobby ▲3 +10.8%
13 B Barnes & Noble logo Barnes & Noble ▲3 +10.8%
14 D Dollar Tree logo Dollar Tree - +10.5%
15 P Polo Ralph Lauren Factory Store logo Polo Ralph Lauren Factory Store ▲9 +10.3%

Store footprint

Store map

3,502 tracked store locations in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV, colored by category.

Top tracked chains by store count

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