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. Ace Hardware and Hobby Lobby sit in the high-growth half.
#
Chain
YoY growth
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ace Hardware | ▲5 | +14.2% |
| 2 | Hobby Lobby | ▲4 | +12.6% |
| 3 | Ashley HomeStore | ▲4 | +12.3% |
| 4 | HomeGoods | ▲1 | +11.7% |
| 5 | Marshalls | ▲1 | +10.3% |
| 6 | Menards | - | +6.1% |
| 7 | Bealls | - | +4.5% |
| 8 | Buckle | - | +4.4% |
| 9 | Goodwill | ▲2 | +4.4% |
| 10 | Tractor Supply Co. | - | +4.1% |
| 11 | Target | - | +3.8% |
| 12 | Hot Topic | ▲4 | +3.6% |
| 13 | Carter's | ▲6 | +3.1% |
| 14 | Dollar General | - | +2.5% |
| 15 | Staples | ▲1 | +1.7% |
Store footprint
Store map
2,351 tracked store locations in West Virginia, colored by category. The top 5 chains by store count run 607 of the 2,351 stores (26%); 1,071 of the 1,206 tracked chains have a single store here. 25% of the tracked retail stores here are discount stores, against 14% across the United States.
- Discount Store (584)
- Vape & Tobacco Shops (150)
- Thrift Stores (125)
- Flower Shop (123)
- Hardware Store (122)
- Sporting Goods Store (105)
- Specialty Store (101)
- Other categories
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Dollar General 341
- 2 Family Dollar 122
- 3 Dollar Tree 64
- 4 Walmart 44
- 5 Goodwill 36
- 6 Smoker Friendly 31
- 7 Tractor Supply Co. 29
- 8 Sherwin-Williams 19
- 9 Lowe's Home Improvement 18
- 10 Big Lots 18
- 11 Harbor Freight Tools 17
- 12 Ace Hardware 14
- 13 Cato Fashions 12
- 14 Bath & Body Works 12
- 15 Kay Jewelers 11
- 16 Shoe Show 11
- 17 Gabe's 11
- 18 Bealls 11
- 19 Five Below 11
- 20 Books-A-Million 10
- 21 Michaels 9
- 22 T.J.Maxx 9
- 23 Hobby Lobby 9
- 24 Claire's 9
- 25 Spirit Halloween 8
- 26 Target 8
- 27 Kohl's 8
- 28 JCPenney 8
- 29 Spencer's 8
- 30 Ashley HomeStore 8
- 31 Shoe Dept. 7
- 32 American Eagle 7
- 33 Ollie's Bargain Outlet 7
- 34 Hot Topic 6
- 35 Hibbett Sports 6
- 36 Gumbys 6
- 37 Victoria's Secret 6
- 38 Shoe Carnival 6
- 39 The Home Depot 6
- 40 PetSmart 6
- 41 Petco 6
- 42 Buckle 6
- 43 Maurices 6
- 44 Old Navy 6
- 45 Journeys 6
- 46 DICK'S Sporting Goods 6
- 47 Bridgeport Equipment and Tool 6
- 48 Dunham's Sports 6
- 49 Staples 5
- 50 Lids 5
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