Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA 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. Food Lion and Tractor Supply Co. sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth

Rank	Chain	Rank movement	YoY growth
1	F Food Lion	▲3	+12.3%
2	T Tractor Supply Co.	-	+10.5%
3	B Barberitos	-	+8.4%
4	P Pal's Sudden Service	-	+5.0%
5	W Weigel's	▲1	+4.3%
6	W Walmart	-	+3.9%
7	H Harbor Freight Tools	▲1	+3.2%
8	Z Zaxby's	-	+1.8%
9	L Lowe's Home Improvement	-	+1.8%
10	D Dollar General	▲2	-0.6%
11	C Cracker Barrel Old Country Store	▲4	-0.8%
12	D Dunkin'	▲4	-1.2%
13	F Food City	-	-1.7%
14	V Virginia ABC	▲4	-2.3%
15	T Taco Bell	-	-2.9%