Trends · data through September 2026

Retail trends in Amherst Town-Northampton, MA

Iceflower tracks 129 stores from 116 retail chains in Amherst Town-Northampton, MA. Walmart grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Dollar General 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
116
Tracked stores
129
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. Walmart and Dollar General sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 W Walmart logo Walmart - +7.4%
2 D Dollar General logo Dollar General - +7.4%
3 D Dollar Tree logo Dollar Tree - +7.1%
  • Bookstore
  • Discount Store
  • Specialty Store
  • Hardware Store
  • Thrift Stores
  • Flower Shop
  • Sporting Goods Store
  • Other categories

Store footprint

Store map

129 tracked store locations in Amherst Town-Northampton, MA, colored by category.

  • Bookstore (13)
  • Discount Store (11)
  • Specialty Store (10)
  • Hardware Store (9)
  • Thrift Stores (7)
  • Flower Shop (7)
  • Sporting Goods Store (6)
  • Other categories

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 D Dollar General logo Dollar General 3
  • 2 D Dollar Tree logo Dollar Tree 3
  • 3 T Tractor Supply Co. logo Tractor Supply Co. 3
  • 4 W Walmart logo Walmart 3
  • 5 S Smithland Pet Center 2
  • 6 L Lowe's Home Improvement logo Lowe's Home Improvement 2
  • 7 S Sherwin-Williams logo Sherwin-Williams 2
  • 8 F Family Dollar logo Family Dollar 2
  • 9 G Goodwill logo Goodwill 2
  • 10 Z Zanna 1
  • 11 F Florence Hardware 1
  • 12 D Downtown Sounds 1
  • 13 B Book Moon 1
  • 14 L Lazy Lungz 1
  • 15 K Kev's Barn Yard Flea Market 1
  • 16 S Spill The Tea Sis Apothecary 1
  • 17 Y YoYoExpert logo YoYoExpert 1
  • 18 T Talbots logo Talbots 1
  • 19 N Northampton Wools 1
  • 20 T The Vintage Cellar 1
  • 21 C Calico 1
  • 22 G Grey Matter Books 1
  • 23 A Ace Hardware logo Ace Hardware 1
  • 24 F Full Circle Bike Shop 1
  • 25 P Peaceful Pool & Spa 1
  • 26 V Valley Fabrics 1
  • 27 R rk MILES 1
  • 28 F Footbeats for Women 1
  • 29 I Inspirit Crystals 1
  • 30 M Mill River Music and Guitars 1
  • 31 H Hope & Feathers Framing and Printing 1
  • 32 T The Blue Marble 1
  • 33 W Williamsburg General Store 1
  • 34 U Urban Exchange 1
  • 35 K Keystone Vintage Market 1
  • 36 S Smithland Pet and Garden Center 1
  • 37 P Penny Lane 1
  • 38 J JOANN Fabric and Craft Stores logo JOANN Fabric and Craft Stores 1
  • 39 A Atkins Farms Flower Shop 1
  • 40 B Big Lots logo Big Lots 1
  • 41 F Forget Me Not Florist 1
  • 42 E Easthampton Crystal & Mineral 1
  • 43 P Phoenix Rising 1
  • 44 T Turn It Up 1
  • 45 V Valley Artisans 1
  • 46 S Sassy Pants Vintage and Used Clothing 1
  • 47 G Gerry's Variety 1
  • 48 C Cancer Connection Thrift Shop 1
  • 49 D Deep Thoughts Record Shop 1
  • 50 W Williamsburg Pharmacy & Hardware 1

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