Winston-Salem, NC 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 Ulta Beauty sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth

Rank	Chain	Rank movement	YoY growth
1	D Dollar Tree	▲7	+18.2%
2	U Ulta Beauty	▲6	+17.4%
3	R Ross Dress for Less	▲3	+15.5%
4	A AutoZone	▲4	+14.7%
5	L Lowe's Home Improvement	-	+13.0%
6	7 7-Eleven	▲6	+12.4%
7	D Dollar General	▲1	+10.0%
8	C Cracker Barrel Old Country Store	▲6	+8.9%
9	T Tractor Supply Co.	▲2	+8.2%
10	C Cook Out	▲2	+7.4%
11	Z Zaxby's	▲4	+6.3%
12	S Starbucks	-	+6.2%
13	F Food Lion	-	+5.0%
14	C Citgo	▲4	+4.2%
15	A ALDI	▲2	+4.2%