Trends · data through July 2026

Retail & consumer trends in Montana

Iceflower tracks 2,101 stores from 1,190 retail and consumer chains in Montana. Western Building Center grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Ulta Beauty and Old Chicago.

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
1,190
Tracked stores
2,101
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. Western Building Center and Ulta Beauty sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 W Western Building Center ▲9 +18.3%
2 U Ulta Beauty logo Ulta Beauty ▲1 +17.4%
3 O Old Chicago logo Old Chicago ▲2 +17.2%
4 A Ace Hardware logo Ace Hardware - +14.6%
5 T Town & Country Foods ▲2 +13.3%
6 M Murdoch's Ranch & Home Supply logo Murdoch's Ranch & Home Supply ▲2 +11.9%
7 C Chick-fil-A logo Chick-fil-A ▲3 +11.4%
8 H Hobby Lobby logo Hobby Lobby ▲2 +9.9%
9 O Outback Steakhouse logo Outback Steakhouse ▲2 +9.4%
10 J Jimmy John's logo Jimmy John's ▲4 +9.0%
11 P Panda Express logo Panda Express ▲3 +6.9%
12 M Michaels logo Michaels ▲2 +6.6%
13 P Phillips 66 Gas ▲1 +6.4%
14 C Costco logo Costco - +6.2%
15 J Jersey Mike's Subs logo Jersey Mike's Subs ▼1 +6.1%

Store footprint

Store map

2,101 tracked store locations in Montana, colored by category group.

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