Trends · data through September 2026

Retail trends in Altoona, PA

Iceflower tracks 176 stores from 138 retail chains in Altoona, PA. Dollar General grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Barnes & Noble and Dollar Tree.

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
138
Tracked stores
176
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. Dollar General and Barnes & Noble sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 D Dollar General logo Dollar General - +10.4%
2 B Barnes & Noble logo Barnes & Noble - +4.5%
3 D Dollar Tree logo Dollar Tree - +4.2%
4 W Walmart logo Walmart - -1.8%
5 B Bath & Body Works logo Bath & Body Works - -12.9%
6 F Family Dollar logo Family Dollar - -22.2%
  • Discount Store
  • Vape & Tobacco Shops
  • Hardware Store
  • Teen & Young Adult Apparel
  • Shoe Stores & Footwear Brands
  • Thrift Stores
  • Department Stores
  • Other categories

Store footprint

Store map

176 tracked store locations in Altoona, PA, colored by category.

  • Discount Store (36)
  • Vape & Tobacco Shops (12)
  • Hardware Store (10)
  • Teen & Young Adult Apparel (7)
  • Shoe Stores & Footwear Brands (7)
  • Thrift Stores (7)
  • Department Stores (7)
  • Other categories

Top tracked chains by store count

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