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. Chili's Grill & Bar and Five Below sit in the high-growth half.
#
Chain
YoY growth
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
C
Chili's Grill & Bar
|
▲8 | +20.0% |
| 2 |
F
Five Below
|
▲14 | +19.5% |
| 3 |
H
Hwy 55 Burgers Shakes & Fries
|
▲1 | +18.0% |
| 4 |
C
Culver's
|
▲14 | +16.5% |
| 5 |
H
Hobby Lobby
|
▲10 | +16.3% |
| 6 |
P
Panda Express
|
▲15 | +15.2% |
| 7 |
L
Lowe's Home Improvement
|
- | +15.2% |
| 8 |
A
AutoZone
|
▲6 | +15.1% |
| 9 |
S
Sam's Xpress Car Wash
|
▲13 | +14.3% |
| 10 |
S
Sprouts Farmers Market
|
▲11 | +14.1% |
| 11 |
T
The UPS Store
|
▲13 | +13.5% |
| 12 |
S
Sherwin-Williams
|
▲9 | +13.5% |
| 13 |
H
HomeGoods
|
▲6 | +12.5% |
| 14 |
D
Dollar General
|
▲2 | +12.3% |
| 15 |
B
Burlington
|
▲3 | +11.3% |
Store footprint
Store map
25,000 of 40,801 tracked store locations in North Carolina, colored by category group.
- Food & Drink (17,245)
- Retail (7,440)
- Health & Beauty (4,249)
- Grocery & Convenience (4,187)
- Gas & Auto (3,855)
- Other (2,332)
- Leisure & Travel (1,493)
Top tracked chains by store count
-
1
D
Dollar General 1,014
-
2
F
Food Lion 528
-
3
S
Starbucks 464
-
4
C
Circle K 415
-
5
M
McDonald's 395
-
6
C
CVS Pharmacy 362
-
7
E
Exxon 345
-
8
B
Bojangles' 342
-
9
W
Walgreens 333
-
10
F
Family Dollar 317
-
11
D
Domino's Pizza 308
-
12
S
Subway 303
-
13
D
Dollar Tree 289
-
14
W
Wendy's 268
-
15
B
Burger King 268
-
16
S
Speedway 259
-
17
S
Shell 248
-
18
J
Jersey Mike's Subs 226
-
19
W
Walmart 225
-
20
A
AutoZone 219
-
21
G
Great Clips 217
-
22
C
Chick-fil-A 208
-
23
H
Hardee's 206
-
24
W
Waffle House 192
-
25
A
Advance Auto Parts 187
-
26
O
O'Reilly Auto Parts 186
-
27
H
Harris Teeter 184
-
28
M
Marathon 179
-
29
U
United States Postal Service 178
-
30
P
Papa John's Pizza 169
-
31
T
Taco Bell 159
-
32
T
The UPS Store 149
-
33
B
BP 146
-
34
A
Arby's 146
-
35
L
Little Caesars 142
-
36
S
Sheetz 138
-
37
P
Pizza Hut 134
-
38
Z
Zaxby's 124
-
39
L
Lowe's Home Improvement 115
-
40
7
7-Eleven 114
-
41
C
Chipotle Mexican Grill 111
-
42
K
KFC 105
-
43
T
Tractor Supply Co. 102
-
44
D
Dunkin' 101
-
45
P
Panera Bread 98
- 46 D Dairy Queen 97
-
47
J
Jimmy John's 89
-
48
C
Cook Out 88
-
49
M
Murphy USA 88
-
50
S
Sonic Drive-In 84
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