Trenton-Princeton, NJ Retail & Consumer Trends 2026

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. Dollar Tree and The Home Depot sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth

Rank	Chain	Rank movement	YoY growth
1	D Dollar Tree	▲4	+13.5%
2	T The Home Depot	-	+11.5%
3	F Five Below	▲2	+10.9%
4	A Advance Auto Parts	▲2	+10.5%
5	B Bath & Body Works	-	+9.6%
6	J Jersey Mike's Subs	▲2	+7.2%
7	Q QuickChek	▲1	+4.5%
8	C Chipotle Mexican Grill	-	+3.7%
9	B Burlington	▲2	+3.6%
10	S ShopRite	-	+3.2%
11	C Chick-fil-A	▲2	+2.3%
12	D Dairy Queen	-	+1.5%
13	U United States Postal Service	-	+0.7%
14	W Wawa	-	+0.6%
15	A AutoZone	-	-0.4%