Burlington, NC 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. O'Reilly Auto Parts and Sheetz sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth

Rank	Chain	Rank movement	YoY growth
1	O O'Reilly Auto Parts	▲3	+16.8%
2	S Sheetz	-	+11.2%
3	S Starbucks	▲3	+10.5%
4	B BP	▲3	+9.5%
5	C Circle K	-	+9.0%
6	G GameStop	▲2	+8.1%
7	S Shell	-	+7.4%
8	H Hardee's	▲3	+6.1%
9	C Citgo	▲2	+4.1%
10	W Walmart	-	+3.1%
11	D Dollar General	-	+2.4%
12	W Walgreens	-	+2.2%
13	C Cook Out	-	+2.1%
14	C CVS Pharmacy	-	+1.2%
15	G Great Clips	-	+0.8%