Trends · data through July 2026

Retail trends in Wilmington, NC

Iceflower tracks 459 stores from 320 retail chains in Wilmington, NC. Hobby Lobby grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Tractor Supply Co. and Dollar General.

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
320
Tracked stores
459
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked retail 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. Hobby Lobby and Tractor Supply Co. sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 H Hobby Lobby logo Hobby Lobby ▲3 +18.2%
2 T Tractor Supply Co. logo Tractor Supply Co. - +16.5%
3 D Dollar General logo Dollar General - +13.6%
4 L Lowe's Home Improvement logo Lowe's Home Improvement - +12.9%
5 D Dollar Tree logo Dollar Tree ▲1 +8.3%
6 M Marshalls logo Marshalls ▲1 +6.9%
7 W Walmart logo Walmart - +0.1%
8 T The Home Depot logo The Home Depot - -2.8%
9 P PetSmart logo PetSmart ▼1 -6.7%
10 P Pet Supplies Plus logo Pet Supplies Plus ▼1 -7.0%
11 B Breeza Beachwear - -9.6%
12 A Ace Hardware logo Ace Hardware - -10.4%
13 H Harbor Freight Tools logo Harbor Freight Tools - -10.4%
14 O Office Depot logo Office Depot ▲1 -11.8%
15 F Family Dollar logo Family Dollar ▲1 -17.2%

Store footprint

Store map

459 tracked store locations in Wilmington, NC, colored by category.

Top tracked chains by store count

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