Trends · data through July 2026

Retail & consumer trends in Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC

Iceflower tracks 8,364 stores from 5,007 retail and consumer chains in Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC. Kroger grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Bowling World and Kay Jewelers.

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
5,007
Tracked stores
8,364
Consumer panel
130M+

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. Kroger and Bowling World sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 K Kroger logo Kroger ▲1 +19.8%
2 B Bowling World logo Bowling World ▲6 +19.4%
3 K Kay Jewelers logo Kay Jewelers ▲1 +18.4%
4 H Harris Teeter Fuel logo Harris Teeter Fuel ▲7 +18.2%
5 R Ross Dress for Less logo Ross Dress for Less ▲1 +18.0%
6 J Jersey Mike's Subs logo Jersey Mike's Subs ▲14 +17.9%
7 M Marathon logo Marathon ▲11 +17.6%
8 T Take 5 Oil Change logo Take 5 Oil Change ▲14 +17.2%
9 A AutoZone logo AutoZone ▲1 +16.6%
10 T T.J.Maxx logo T.J.Maxx ▲2 +15.4%
11 D Dollar Tree logo Dollar Tree ▲2 +15.1%
12 B Barnes & Noble logo Barnes & Noble ▲9 +13.9%
13 F Five Guys logo Five Guys ▲10 +13.2%
14 K Kohl's logo Kohl's ▲7 +12.9%
15 C CVS Pharmacy logo CVS Pharmacy ▲2 +12.8%

Store footprint

Store map

8,364 tracked store locations in Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC, colored by category group.

Top tracked chains by store count

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