Trends · data through July 2026

Retail & consumer trends in Akron, OH

Iceflower tracks 2,940 stores from 1,734 retail and consumer chains in Akron, OH. Marathon grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Jersey Mike's Subs and Goodwill.

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
1,734
Tracked stores
2,940
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. Marathon and Jersey Mike's Subs sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 M Marathon logo Marathon ▲2 +15.0%
2 J Jersey Mike's Subs logo Jersey Mike's Subs ▲4 +8.7%
3 G Goodwill logo Goodwill ▲4 +5.8%
4 H Hobby Lobby logo Hobby Lobby ▲5 +5.6%
5 S Sheetz logo Sheetz - +5.4%
6 H Heinen's logo Heinen's ▲5 +5.4%
7 V Valvoline Instant Oil Change logo Valvoline Instant Oil Change ▲5 +5.2%
8 B Bath & Body Works logo Bath & Body Works ▲4 +4.6%
9 D Dollar Tree logo Dollar Tree ▲1 +2.9%
10 S Sam's Club logo Sam's Club - +2.9%
11 A ALDI logo ALDI - +2.7%
12 T The Farmer's Rail ▲7 +1.4%
13 T T.J.Maxx logo T.J.Maxx - +1.3%
14 H Handel's Homemade Ice Cream logo Handel's Homemade Ice Cream ▲5 +1.2%
15 F Five Below logo Five Below ▲3 +0.9%

Store footprint

Store map

2,940 tracked store locations in Akron, OH, colored by category group.

Top tracked chains by store count

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