Trends · data through September 2026

Retail & consumer trends in Knoxville, TN

Iceflower tracks 8,366 stores from 5,649 retail and consumer chains in Knoxville, TN. Goodwill grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Kroger and Outback Steakhouse.

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
5,649
Tracked stores
8,366
Consumer panel
130M+

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. Goodwill and Kroger sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 G Goodwill logo Goodwill ▲8 +19.2%
2 K Kroger logo Kroger ▲1 +16.8%
3 O Outback Steakhouse logo Outback Steakhouse ▲7 +11.8%
4 A Aubrey's logo Aubrey's ▲9 +11.7%
5 Y Y-12 Federal Credit Union logo Y-12 Federal Credit Union ▲2 +10.4%
6 P Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen logo Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen ▲2 +9.5%
7 J Jimmy John's logo Jimmy John's ▲6 +8.9%
8 A Ace Hardware logo Ace Hardware ▲8 +8.0%
9 K Kay Jewelers logo Kay Jewelers ▲2 +7.8%
10 R Ross Dress for Less logo Ross Dress for Less ▲6 +7.1%
11 E E-Z Stop Food Marts ▲5 +7.1%
12 F Five Below logo Five Below ▲8 +7.0%
13 B Buddy's Bar-B-Q logo Buddy's Bar-B-Q ▲6 +6.5%
14 H Hobby Lobby logo Hobby Lobby ▲1 +6.2%
15 D Dunkin' logo Dunkin' ▲7 +5.7%

Store footprint

Store map

8,366 tracked store locations in Knoxville, TN, colored by category group.

Top tracked chains by store count

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