New Haven, CT 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. Michaels and Target sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth

Rank	Chain	Rank movement	YoY growth
1	M Michaels	▲4	+19.3%
2	T Target	-	+19.0%
3	E Enterprise Rent-A-Car	▲5	+14.5%
4	7 7-Eleven	▲5	+12.5%
5	P PuffCity	▲5	+11.1%
6	V Valvoline Instant Oil Change	▲3	+10.8%
7	E Exxon	-	+10.3%
8	D Dollar General	▲3	+9.6%
9	T Tractor Supply Co.	▲3	+8.9%
10	C Cumberland Farms	-	+8.4%
11	Y YMCA	▲3	+7.2%
12	G GameStop	▲3	+6.8%
13	F Firestone Complete Auto Care	▲2	+6.8%
14	O Ocean State Job Lot	▼1	+4.6%
15	G Gulf	▲1	+4.5%