Trends · data through September 2026

Retail trends in Athens-Clarke County, GA

Iceflower tracks 262 stores from 209 retail chains in Athens-Clarke County, GA. Dollar General grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Walmart and Bath & Body Works.

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
209
Tracked stores
262
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 Walmart sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 D Dollar General logo Dollar General - +8.0%
2 W Walmart logo Walmart - +0.4%
3 B Bath & Body Works logo Bath & Body Works - -8.5%
4 D Dollar Tree logo Dollar Tree - -11.0%
5 F Family Dollar logo Family Dollar - -12.5%
  • Discount Store
  • Vape & Tobacco Shops
  • Thrift Stores
  • Specialty Store
  • Women's Contemporary
  • Hardware Store
  • Jewelry Store
  • Other categories

Store footprint

Store map

262 tracked store locations in Athens-Clarke County, GA, colored by category.

  • Discount Store (38)
  • Vape & Tobacco Shops (15)
  • Thrift Stores (15)
  • Specialty Store (11)
  • Women's Contemporary (10)
  • Hardware Store (10)
  • Jewelry Store (9)
  • Other categories

Top tracked chains by store count

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