Lafayette, LA Retail & Consumer Trends 2026: Growth Rankings

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. WhiteWater Express Car Wash and Church's Chicken sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth

Rank	Chain	Rank movement	YoY growth
1	W WhiteWater Express Car Wash	▲5	+19.8%
2	C Church's Chicken	▲2	+17.4%
3	D Devon Self Storage	▲4	+17.1%
4	T Tropical Smoothie Cafe	▲3	+14.6%
5	S Starbucks	▲6	+13.7%
6	I IHOP	▲4	+13.4%
7	B Burger King	▲6	+11.0%
8	C Chevron	-	+10.5%
9	S Shell	▲1	+9.2%
10	R RaceTrac	▲1	+8.6%
11	G Goodwill	▲1	+8.4%
12	C Circle K	-	+8.0%
13	M Murphy USA	▲3	+6.6%
14	T Tractor Supply Co.	▲2	+6.4%
15	O O'Reilly Auto Parts	▲2	+3.1%