Largest US Store Chains by Number of Locations

72 major retail brands ranked by their number of open US stores, 200,816 locations in total.

Dollar General is the largest chain in our directory with 20,388 stores, followed by Starbucks (16,737) and McDonald's (13,415). Click a brand to see its store count in every state.

#	Brand	US stores	States
1	Dollar General	20,388	48
2	Starbucks	16,737	51
3	McDonald's	13,415	49
4	Dunkin' Donuts	10,131	44
5	7-Eleven	9,288	41
6	Dollar Tree	9,082	49
7	CVS	8,960	51
8	Walgreens	8,010	53
9	Family Dollar	7,097	49
10	AutoZone	6,804	53
11	Verizon Wireless	6,434	51
12	Pizza Hut	6,139	51
13	Wendy's	5,630	51
14	AT&T	5,191	51
15	Ace Hardware	4,898	51
16	Walmart	4,598	52
17	Advance Auto Parts	4,031	43
18	Public Storage	3,327	41
19	ALDI	2,677	41
20	Panera Bread	2,228	49
21	bareMinerals	2,208	51
22	Home Depot	2,021	52
23	Target	2,008	51
24	GameStop	1,943	50
25	Ross	1,930	45
26	GNC	1,865	50
27	Rent-A-Center	1,842	49
28	Sephora	1,791	52
29	Avis Car Rental	1,778	51
30	Ulta Beauty	1,540	50
31	PetSmart	1,533	52
32	Publix	1,472	8
33	Sunglass Hut	1,431	49
34	Petco	1,394	52
35	T.J.Maxx	1,359	51
36	Lowes	1,358	51
37	Marshalls	1,267	50
38	Stride Rite	1,149	46
39	Old Navy	1,137	51
40	Best Buy	1,056	51
41	Safeway	912	18
42	Staples	903	44
43	Claire's	802	49
44	Famous Footwear	795	49
45	Olive Garden	787	50
46	Office Depot	781	44
47	Victoria's Secret	764	52
48	JCPenney	656	49
49	Foot Locker	639	49
50	Sleep Number	570	50
51	DSW Designer Shoe Warehouse	497	44
52	Aeropostale	449	44
53	Children's Place	448	45
54	Buckle	446	42
55	Macy's	436	45
56	Albertsons	363	16
57	Burlington	356	49
58	Kids Foot Locker	347	40
59	Champs Sports	339	45
60	Nike	286	43
61	Dillard's	272	30
62	Apple	269	45
63	Big Lots	219	15
64	Guess	199	32
65	Aldo	185	32
66	Finish Line	173	36
67	Sarku Japan	167	32
68	Williams Sonoma	163	41
69	Hollister Co	153	34
70	Winn-Dixie	143	2
71	Abercrombie & Fitch	78	25
72	Nautica	72	24

About these numbers

Counts are open store locations in the StoresInfo.com directory, collected from each retailer's own store locator. The ranking covers the 72 brands we track, not every US retailer, and is refreshed whenever store data is updated. See our Data & Editorial Policy. You may quote these figures with a link to this page.