Ames, IA Retail & Consumer Trends 2026: Growth Rankings

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. McDonald's and Walmart sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth

Rank	Chain	Rank movement	YoY growth
1	M McDonald's	▲1	+7.0%
2	W Walmart	-	+4.5%
3	S Subway	▲1	+4.3%
4	P Pizza Ranch	▲1	+4.3%
5	S Scooter's Coffee	▲1	+1.5%
6	H Hy-Vee	▲1	+1.2%
7	D Dollar General	▲1	+1.0%
8	F Fareway	-	-1.0%
9	J Jimmy John's	▲1	-1.4%
10	D Dairy Queen	-	-2.1%
11	S Starbucks	▼1	-5.8%
12	D Domino's Pizza	-	-10.8%
13	N NuCara	-	-26.8%
14	U United States Postal Service	▼2	-27.1%
15	C Choice Hotels	-	-27.5%