Trends · data through July 2026

Retail trends in Durham-Chapel Hill, NC

Iceflower tracks 294 stores from 197 retail chains in Durham-Chapel Hill, NC. Dollar General grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Walmart and Lowe's Home Improvement.

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
197
Tracked stores
294
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 - +7.7%
2 W Walmart logo Walmart - +6.6%
3 L Lowe's Home Improvement logo Lowe's Home Improvement ▲1 +4.9%
4 D Dollar Tree logo Dollar Tree - +3.9%
5 P Petco logo Petco - +3.5%
6 B Burlington logo Burlington ▲1 +2.8%
7 M Maxway logo Maxway - +2.7%
8 S Staples logo Staples ▲1 0.0%
9 T Tractor Supply Co. logo Tractor Supply Co. - -0.1%
10 O Old Navy logo Old Navy ▲1 -3.0%
11 T The Home Depot logo The Home Depot - -3.2%
12 F Fleet Feet logo Fleet Feet ▼1 -4.8%
13 F Family Dollar logo Family Dollar ▼1 -5.6%
14 A Ace Hardware logo Ace Hardware ▼1 -8.9%
15 T Target logo Target ▼1 -15.1%

Store footprint

Store map

294 tracked store locations in Durham-Chapel Hill, NC, colored by category.

  • Discount Store (54)
  • Clothing Store (44)
  • Department Store (25)
  • Second Hand Shop (22)
  • Smoke Shop (19)
  • Pet Store (13)
  • Specialty Store (13)
  • Other categories

Top tracked chains by store count

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