Trends · data through September 2026

Retail trends in Bangor, ME

Iceflower tracks 239 stores from 192 retail chains in Bangor, ME. Maine Smoke Shop grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Aubuchon Hardware and Dollar General.

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
192
Tracked stores
239
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. Maine Smoke Shop and Aubuchon Hardware sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 M Maine Smoke Shop ▲1 +15.8%
2 A Aubuchon Hardware logo Aubuchon Hardware ▲2 +13.1%
3 D Dollar General logo Dollar General - +11.6%
4 C Cigaret Shopper ▲1 +8.1%
5 D Dollar Tree logo Dollar Tree - +6.2%
6 T Tractor Supply Co. logo Tractor Supply Co. - +1.8%
7 W Walmart logo Walmart - +0.4%
8 F Family Dollar logo Family Dollar ▲1 -8.3%
9 W Ware-Butler Building Supply ▼5 -100.0%
  • Discount Store
  • Hardware Store
  • Flower Shop
  • Specialty Store
  • Home Improvement Center
  • Art Craft Hobby Store
  • Sporting Goods Store
  • Other categories

Store footprint

Store map

239 tracked store locations in Bangor, ME, colored by category.

  • Discount Store (26)
  • Hardware Store (23)
  • Flower Shop (17)
  • Specialty Store (16)
  • Home Improvement Center (13)
  • Art Craft Hobby Store (12)
  • Sporting Goods Store (12)
  • Other categories

Top tracked chains by store count

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