Trends · data through July 2026

Retail trends in Montana

Iceflower tracks 325 stores from 139 retail chains in Montana. Western Building Center grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Ace Hardware and Murdoch's Ranch & Home Supply.

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
139
Tracked stores
325
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. Western Building Center and Ace Hardware sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 W Western Building Center ▲2 +17.0%
2 A Ace Hardware logo Ace Hardware - +13.3%
3 M Murdoch's Ranch & Home Supply logo Murdoch's Ranch & Home Supply ▲1 +10.6%
4 H Hobby Lobby logo Hobby Lobby - +8.7%
5 M Michaels logo Michaels - +5.3%
6 D Dollar Tree logo Dollar Tree - +4.7%
7 T T.J.Maxx logo T.J.Maxx - +3.5%
8 S Staples logo Staples ▲1 +3.5%
9 T Tractor Supply Co. logo Tractor Supply Co. - +3.3%
10 S Scheels logo Scheels ▼1 -0.3%
11 W Walmart logo Walmart - -0.3%
12 O Old Navy logo Old Navy - -1.2%
13 G Goodwill logo Goodwill ▲1 -1.3%
14 K Kohl's logo Kohl's ▲1 -1.3%
15 C Cost Plus World Market logo Cost Plus World Market ▼1 -2.0%

Store footprint

Store map

325 tracked store locations in Montana, colored by category.

  • Department Store (59)
  • Hardware Store (44)
  • Discount Store (39)
  • Pet Store (21)
  • Clothing Store (21)
  • Sporting Goods Store (19)
  • Home Improvement Center (19)
  • Other categories

Top tracked chains by store count

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