Birmingham, AL Retail & Consumer Trends 2026

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. Milo's Hamburgers and Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth

Rank	Chain	Rank movement	YoY growth
1	M Milo's Hamburgers	▲8	+18.8%
2	P Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen	▲8	+17.9%
3	D Dollar General	▲3	+16.7%
4	C Church's Chicken	▲1	+16.0%
5	O Outback Steakhouse	▲9	+15.4%
6	R Ross Dress for Less	▲2	+14.5%
7	E Express Oil Change & Tire Engineers	▲6	+14.1%
8	G Guthrie's	▲10	+13.4%
9	A America's Best Contacts & Eyeglasses	▲6	+12.9%
10	L Lowe's Home Improvement	▲1	+12.7%
11	T T.J.Maxx	▲3	+12.6%
12	A Advance Auto Parts	▲5	+11.9%
13	S Sam's Club	-	+11.4%
14	V Victoria's Secret	▲3	+11.3%
15	S Shell	-	+10.7%