Where
Every Cardsmart opening, on the map
The wash is where US retail is opening overall. The dots are this brand — drag the timeline to watch them land.
The full report finds the trade areas that look like the ones Cardsmart already wins in — demographics, co-tenancy, traffic.
US locations
As of Q3 2026
Net new stores
8 quarters · Q4 2024 → Q3 2026
Verified new locations
8 quarters · Q4 2024 → Q3 2026
Individually verified openings, not a count difference.
Latest quarter
1 quarter, against the quarter before it
+0.8 new locations last quarter vs 0 the quarter before
This brand's index coverage is still maturing, so growth percentages are withheld — the counts shown are individually verified store openings.
Cardsmart
Indexed to 100 at the first quarter — the shape is the growth rate, not the store count.
Rankings
The fastest-growing chains in Specialty Retail
Ranked by acceleration — opening faster now than they were a year ago.
Placing Cardsmart in its category…
Rankings exclude companies whose entire rise lands in a single quarter — that pattern is a change in data coverage, not expansion.
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Click any company to compare it against Cardsmart — the chart, the metric table and the link at the bottom of this page all follow.
Compare
Cardsmart against anyone
Indexed to 100 at the first quarter, so a 300-store chain and a 3,000-store chain are the same shape. Cardsmart plus up to 4 others.
Who
Who to call at Cardsmart
The people behind this brand's growth — real estate first.
Leadership
Steven Gimbelman
CEO
Knowing how fast Cardsmart is growing is half of it. The other half is where they should open next.
We'll find the trade areas that look like the ones Cardsmart already wins in — demographics, co-tenancy, traffic, and the specific neighbourhoods that match.