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. Spectrum Paint Company and Hobby Lobby sit in the high-growth half.
#
Chain
YoY growth
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spectrum Paint Company | ▲1 | +18.5% |
| 2 | Hobby Lobby | ▲1 | +9.6% |
| 3 | Tractor Supply Co. | - | +8.2% |
| 4 | Dollar General | - | +7.5% |
| 5 | Marshalls | - | +5.3% |
| 6 | Pet Supplies Plus | - | +2.5% |
| 7 | Ace Hardware | - | +0.7% |
| 8 | Walmart | - | +0.7% |
| 9 | Dollar Tree | ▼1 | -0.4% |
| 10 | PetSmart | ▲1 | -0.4% |
| 11 | Lowe's Home Improvement | - | -1.3% |
| 12 | Belk | ▼1 | -2.3% |
| 13 | Rack Room Shoes | - | -2.4% |
| 14 | Staples | - | -2.6% |
| 15 | Harbor Freight Tools | - | -3.1% |
Store footprint
Store map
896 tracked store locations in Wilmington, NC, colored by category. The top 5 chains by store count run 96 of the 896 stores (11%); 652 of the 709 tracked chains have a single store here. 7% of the tracked retail stores here are flower shops, against 4% across North Carolina.
- Discount Store (97)
- Flower Shop (62)
- Sporting Goods Store (60)
- Thrift Stores (59)
- Specialty Store (48)
- Vape & Tobacco Shops (48)
- Home Improvement Center (43)
- Other categories
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Dollar General 46
- 2 Dollar Tree 18
- 3 Family Dollar 17
- 4 Walmart 8
- 5 Lowe's Home Improvement 7
- 6 Tractor Supply Co. 7
- 7 Sherwin-Williams 7
- 8 Ace Hardware 6
- 9 Spectrum Paint Company 6
- 10 Big Lots 5
- 11 Cato Fashions 4
- 12 Rack Room Shoes 4
- 13 PetSmart 4
- 14 Breeza Beachwear 4
- 15 Pet Supplies Plus 4
- 16 Ashley HomeStore 3
- 17 Office Depot 3
- 18 Staples 3
- 19 Habitat for Humanity ReStore 3
- 20 Bath & Body Works 3
- 21 Harbor Freight Tools 3
- 22 The Home Depot 3
- 23 Marshalls 3
- 24 Hobby Lobby 3
- 25 Belk 3
- 26 Foot Locker 2
- 27 Custom Colors Paint & Decorati 2
- 28 Gabe's 2
- 29 Leslie's Pool Supplies 2
- 30 Vans 2
- 31 Ocean Outfitters 2
- 32 Tsunami Surf Shop 2
- 33 Island Passage 2
- 34 Sunglass Hut 2
- 35 Men's Wearhouse 2
- 36 Bert's Surf Shop 2
- 37 Fleet Feet 2
- 38 Kay Jewelers 2
- 39 Unleashed 2
- 40 Petsense by Tractor Supply 2
- 41 Shoe Dept. 2
- 42 DICK'S Sporting Goods 2
- 43 Barnes & Noble 2
- 44 Five Below 2
- 45 Guy C Lee Building Materials 2
- 46 Ross Dress for Less 2
- 47 REEDS Jewelers 2
- 48 Petco 2
- 49 Aéropostale 1
- 50 Coastal Outfitters 1
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