Trends · data through July 2026

Retail Locations in the United States

Iceflower tracks 1,892 stores from 1,489 retail locations chains in the United States. Army & Air Force Exchange Service grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Asian Food Mart and Where Ya Bin.

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
1,489
Tracked stores
1,892
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked retail locations 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. Army & Air Force Exchange Service and Asian Food Mart sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 A Army & Air Force Exchange Service logo Army & Air Force Exchange Service - +19.5%
2 A Asian Food Mart ▲3 +17.7%
3 W Where Ya Bin logo Where Ya Bin ▲4 +17.6%
4 I Indy E Cigs ▲3 +14.8%
5 S Southern Charm ▲2 +9.3%
6 V Video Mexico ▲2 +8.4%
7 P Peapod by Stop & Shop logo Peapod by Stop & Shop ▲2 +6.0%
8 P Price Less Foods - +3.4%
9 I Island Time ▲3 +3.3%
10 A Atwoods Ranch & Home Goods logo Atwoods Ranch & Home Goods - +2.6%
11 H Home Hardware logo Home Hardware ▲2 +1.9%
12 L Lee | Wrangler logo Lee | Wrangler ▼1 -1.9%
13 A Associated Supermarket ▼1 -4.0%
14 S Supermercado Mexico - -4.8%
15 F Fresh Foods IGA - -5.0%
  • Army & Air Force Exchange Service
  • Illinois Lottery
  • Atwoods Ranch & Home Goods
  • Sports Authority Sporting Goods
  • IFA Country Store
  • Beauty Master
  • Fort Belvoir Main Exchange
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

1,892 tracked store locations in the United States. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Army & Air Force Exchange Service (10)
  • Illinois Lottery (1)
  • Atwoods Ranch & Home Goods (71)
  • Sports Authority Sporting Goods (63)
  • IFA Country Store (5)
  • Beauty Master (10)
  • Fort Belvoir Main Exchange (1)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 A Atwoods Ranch & Home Goods logo Atwoods Ranch & Home Goods 71
  • 2 S Sports Authority Sporting Goods 63
  • 3 T TNT Fireworks logo TNT Fireworks 37
  • 4 L Lee | Wrangler logo Lee | Wrangler 14
  • 5 E Eskimo Hut 11
  • 6 P Price Less Foods 11
  • 7 B Beauty Master logo Beauty Master 10
  • 8 A Army & Air Force Exchange Service logo Army & Air Force Exchange Service 10
  • 9 F Fresh Foods IGA 9
  • 10 I Indy E Cigs 8
  • 11 A Associated Supermarket 8
  • 12 S Southern Charm 7
  • 13 N Northern Tool + Equipment logo Northern Tool + Equipment 7
  • 14 D Discount Depot 6
  • 15 A Aveda Institute 6
  • 16 V Video Mexico 6
  • 17 E Ewing Irrigation & Landscape Supply 6
  • 18 K Kimbrell's Furniture 5
  • 19 O One stop wireless 5
  • 20 T Tractor Supply logo Tractor Supply 5
  • 21 E Edge 5
  • 22 I IFA Country Store 5
  • 23 A American Furniture Warehouse logo American Furniture Warehouse 5
  • 24 E Ewing Outdoor Supply logo Ewing Outdoor Supply 4
  • 25 I Intel logo Intel 4
  • 26 A Asian Food Mart 4
  • 27 I Island Time 4
  • 28 I Indo Pak Supermarket 4
  • 29 P Peapod by Stop & Shop logo Peapod by Stop & Shop 3
  • 30 S Southside Spirits 3
  • 31 H Home Hardware logo Home Hardware 3
  • 32 N Northeastern Supply logo Northeastern Supply 3
  • 33 P Planet Overstock 3
  • 34 W Where Ya Bin logo Where Ya Bin 3
  • 35 S Supermercado Mexico 3
  • 36 P Pacific Superstore 3
  • 37 E Ernie's Spirits 2
  • 38 W World Outdoor Emporium 2
  • 39 C Cascade Hardware logo Cascade Hardware 2
  • 40 B Beach Life Resort Wear 2
  • 41 I Imco Lumber 2
  • 42 G Granville Milling Co 2
  • 43 F Fishers Foods 2
  • 44 B Black Castle Glass & Vape 2
  • 45 W Weaver's Ace Hardware 2
  • 46 M MD Oriental Market 2
  • 47 C Cloud Smoke Shop 2
  • 48 B Beauty & More 2
  • 49 D Durk's Plumbing Supply 2
  • 50 S Sneade's Ace Home Center 2

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