Trends · data through September 2026

Retail trends in Columbus, GA-AL

Iceflower tracks 433 stores from 294 retail chains in Columbus, GA-AL. 101 Smoke Shop grew fastest over the last year, ahead of T.J.Maxx and Cato Fashions.

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
294
Tracked stores
433
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. 101 Smoke Shop and T.J.Maxx sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 1 101 Smoke Shop - +11.7%
2 T T.J.Maxx logo T.J.Maxx - +6.8%
3 C Cato Fashions logo Cato Fashions - +6.3%
4 A American Eagle logo American Eagle - +6.0%
5 D Dollar Tree logo Dollar Tree - +5.4%
6 W Walmart logo Walmart - +1.3%
7 D Dollar General logo Dollar General - +0.6%
8 F Family Dollar logo Family Dollar - -1.3%
9 R Rainbow Shops logo Rainbow Shops - -4.7%
10 G Goodwill logo Goodwill - -4.8%
11 T Tractor Supply Co. logo Tractor Supply Co. - -6.6%
12 H Hibbett Sports logo Hibbett Sports - -23.0%
13 C Citi Trends logo Citi Trends - -37.1%
  • Discount Store
  • Thrift Stores
  • Sporting Goods Store
  • Family & Value Apparel
  • Vape & Tobacco Shops
  • Sneakers & Athletic Brands
  • Specialty Store
  • Other categories

Store footprint

Store map

433 tracked store locations in Columbus, GA-AL, colored by category.

  • Discount Store (96)
  • Thrift Stores (23)
  • Sporting Goods Store (19)
  • Family & Value Apparel (17)
  • Vape & Tobacco Shops (15)
  • Sneakers & Athletic Brands (13)
  • Specialty Store (13)
  • Other categories

Top tracked chains by store count

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