Retail Trends in New Hampshire: Fastest-Growing Chains 2026

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. Harbor Freight Tools and The Salvation Army Family Store & Donation Center sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth

Rank	Chain	Rank movement	YoY growth
1	H Harbor Freight Tools	▲3	+18.9%
2	T The Salvation Army Family Store & Donation Center	▲7	+18.2%
3	H Hobby Lobby	▲3	+18.1%
4	V Victoria's Secret	▲4	+15.8%
5	W Windsor Fashions	▲5	+12.7%
6	R Rocky's Ace Hardware	▲6	+12.2%
7	A Aubuchon Hardware	▲3	+11.6%
8	B Batteries Plus Bulbs	▲3	+11.4%
9	B Barnes & Noble	▲2	+11.3%
10	A Ace Hardware	▲6	+11.0%
11	P Phantom Fireworks	▲4	+11.0%
12	L Levi's	▲6	+10.4%
13	S Sierra	-	+9.3%
14	D Dollar Tree	▲2	+9.3%
15	H Hallmark	▲7	+8.9%