Waco, TX 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. H-E-B Car Wash and Dairy Queen sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth

Rank	Chain	Rank movement	YoY growth
1	H H-E-B Car Wash	▲5	+19.2%
2	D Dairy Queen	▲2	+15.6%
3	E Exxon	▲1	+13.9%
4	H H-E-B	-	+9.8%
5	B Brookshire Brothers	▲1	+9.3%
6	S Shell	-	+8.9%
7	O O'Reilly Auto Parts	-	+6.1%
8	C Chick-fil-A	-	+4.9%
9	S Shipley Do-Nuts	▲3	+4.3%
10	U United States Postal Service	-	+3.9%
11	M McAlister's Deli	▲3	+3.8%
12	A Ace Hardware	▲1	+3.1%
13	C CVS Pharmacy	▲1	+2.2%
14	W Walgreens	▲2	+2.2%
15	D Dollar Tree	-	+1.8%