Winston-Salem, NC Retail & Consumer Trends 2026

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. Dollar Tree and Ulta Beauty sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth

Rank	Chain	Rank movement	YoY growth
1	D Dollar Tree	▲8	+18.9%
2	U Ulta Beauty	▲7	+17.9%
3	R Ross Dress for Less	▲4	+16.1%
4	D Dollar General	▲3	+14.5%
5	A AutoZone	▲5	+14.4%
6	7 7-Eleven	▲4	+13.1%
7	L Lowe's Home Improvement	-	+11.8%
8	C Cracker Barrel Old Country Store	▲6	+9.2%
9	T Tractor Supply Co.	▲2	+8.0%
10	C Cook Out	▲1	+7.4%
11	Z Zaxby's	▲3	+6.2%
12	S Starbucks	▲3	+5.5%
13	F Food Lion	-	+5.2%
14	O O'Reilly Auto Parts	▲2	+4.9%
15	A ALDI	▲2	+4.6%