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Retail categories

Cobroker tracks US store counts for thousands of chains, quarter by quarter. Pick a category for every brand in it, ranked by size, with how fast each one is opening.

  • Coffee & Beverage377 chainsDrive-thru coffee, tea and juice — the most land-hungry format in retail right now
  • Chicken & Wings82 chainsThe most contested format in QSR right now — Dave's, Cane's, Wingstop and the chasers
  • Burgers & Sandwiches271 chainsBetter-burger, subs and delis
  • Pizza324 chainsCarryout, fast-casual and delivery-led pizza
  • Mexican & Tex-Mex322 chainsBurrito, taco and Tex-Mex concepts
  • Asian200 chainsSushi, ramen, Korean, Chinese and pan-Asian fast casual
  • Restaurants & Fast Casual1,308 chainsEverything else on the menu — American, Italian, seafood, BBQ, bowls and breakfast
  • Bakery & Desserts387 chainsCookies, ice cream, bakeries — small-format, high-frequency inline users
  • Bars & Nightlife231 chainsBars, breweries and taprooms
  • Fitness & Wellness368 chainsBoutique studios, gyms and recovery concepts backfilling junior boxes
  • Entertainment & Attractions292 chainsEatertainment, mini golf, arcades and family entertainment centers
  • Grocery & Convenience489 chainsGrocers, c-stores and beverage retail — the anchors and the pads
  • Apparel & Accessories771 chainsClothing, footwear and jewelry
  • Beauty & Personal Care99 chainsCosmetics, salons and med-spa concepts
  • Home & Furnishings369 chainsFurniture, housewares and garden
  • Home Improvement & Hardware147 chainsHardware, building supply and outdoor
  • Discount & Value90 chainsDollar, off-price, warehouse club and department store
  • Specialty Retail1,448 chainsPet, hobby, electronics, pharmacy, smoke and everything else on the shop line
  • Automotive112 chainsParts, tires and service, from retail boxes to the shops behind them
  • Health & Medical1,478 chainsClinics, dental, urgent care and veterinary
  • Services & Other618 chainsProfessional services, civic and everything uncategorized

Cobroker does the site-selection work end to end: give us the brand and the requirements, and we hand back the markets, the search areas and the specific parcels — with the research behind each one.

Site selection

  • Site Selection ProjectBrand DNA, top markets, ranked search areas and scored parcels, in one project.
  • Neighborhood monitorsA standing watch on the areas you picked, so new listings surface as they appear.
  • Client deliverablesA report, a presentation deck and a video brief, produced from the same project.

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  • MarketWhich US retail chains are opening stores fastest, by category and by state.
  • Find Your Next DealScreen the country for the areas where one brand should open next.
  • Property reportsHand it an address: which brands fit the site, and who owns it.

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