This Is the No. 1 Retail Store in Every State

Joel Anderson

July 1, 2024 at 10:27 a.m.·9 min read

Each of the 50 states is home to a highly rated business whose industry is a retailer selling directly to customers. To find the number one retail store in every state, GOBankingRates sourced Fortune 500’s Best Retail Companies of 2023 and Zippia’s Best Retail Companies of the year to find the highest rated company in every state.

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GOBankingRates also analyzed each company’s 2023 revenue, its number of employees, headquarters location and CEO. The results run the gamut from regional enterprises like Mississippi’s Franklin to global behemoths like Walmart, Lowe’s and Amazon.

In alphabetical order, read on to discover the number one retail store in every state.

Alabama

Company name: Hibbett Sports
Revenue: $1.7 billion
Headquarters: Birmingham
Industry: Sporting goods retailer
Number of employees: 4,350
CEO: Michael E. Longo

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Alaska

Company name: Sadler’s Home Furnishings
Revenue: $40 million
Headquarters: Anchorage
Industry: Furniture store
Number of employees: 150
CEO: Dave Cavitt

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Arizona

Company name: Carvana
Revenue: $13.6 billion
Headquarters: Tempe
Industry: Automotive retailing
Number of employees: 16,600
CEO: Ernest C. Garcia III

Arkansas

Company name: Walmart
Revenue: $638.8 billion
Headquarters: Bentonville
Industry: General merchandisers
Number of employees: 2,100,000
CEO: C. Douglas McMillon

California

Company name: Ross Stores
Revenue: $18.7 billion
Headquarters: Dublin
Industry: Specialty retailers: apparel
Number of employees: 101,000
CEO: Barbara Rentler

Colorado

Company name: Qurate Retail
Revenue: $12.1 billion
Headquarters: Englewood
Industry: Internet services and retailing
Number of employees: 24,683
CEO: David L. Rawlinson II

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Connecticut

Company name: MBI Inc.
Revenue: $170 million
Headquarters: Norwalk
Industry: Luxury goods & jewelry
Number of employees: 500
CEO: Peter Maglathlin

Delaware

Company name: Rubik’s
Revenue: $40 million
Headquarters: Newark
Industry: Consumer discretionary
Number of employees: 50
CEO: Christoph Bettin

Washington, DC

Company name: OMA
Revenue: $214 million
Headquarters: Washington, D.C.
Industry: Specialty retailers: other
Number of employees: 1,750
CEO: Rem Koolhaas

Florida

Company name: Autonation
Revenue: $26.9 billion
Headquarters: Fort Lauderdale
Industry: Specialty retailers
Number of employees: 23,600
CEO: Michael M. Manley

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Georgia

Company name: Home Depot
Revenue: $153.7 billion
Headquarters: Atlanta
Industry: Specialty retailers
Number of employees: 471,600
CEO: Edward P. Decker

Hawaii

Company name: Don Quijote
Revenue: $5.7 billion
Headquarters: Urban Honolulu
Industry: Retail
Number of employees: 4,391
CEO: Naoki Yoshida

Idaho

Company name: Albertsons
Revenue: $77.6 billion
Headquarters: Boise
Industry: Grocery store
Number of employees: 325,000
CEO: Vivek Sankaran

Illinois

Company name: Ulta Beauty
Revenue: $10.2 billion
Headquarters: Bolingbrook
Industry: Specialty retailers: other
Number of employees: 35,750
CEO: David C. Kimbell

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Indiana

Company name: Finish Line
Revenue: $2 billion
Headquarters: Indianapolis
Industry: Retail
Number of employees: 10,000
CEO: Samuel Sato

Iowa

Company name: Casey’s General Stores
Revenue: $13 billion
Headquarters: Ankeny
Industry: Specialty retailers: other
Number of employees: 31,466
CEO: Darren M. Rebelez

Kansas

Company name: Payless Shoesource
Revenue: $3 billion
Headquarters: Topeka
Industry: Retail
Number of employees: 18,000
CEO: Jared Margolis

Kentucky

Company name: Gould’s Discount Medical
Revenue: $33 million
Headquarters: Louisville
Industry: Medical supply store
Number of employees: 100
CEO: Ed Gould

Louisiana

Company name: H&E Equipment Services
Revenue: $1.2 billion
Headquarters: Baton Rouge
Industry: Equipment rental agency
Number of employees: 3,500
CEO: Bradley W. Barber

Maine

Company name: L.L. Bean
Revenue: $1.6 billion
Headquarters: Freeport
Industry: Retail
Number of employees: 5,100
CEO: Stephen Smith (Steve)

Maryland

Company name: Darcars Automotive Group
Revenue: $460 million
Headquarters: Silver Spring
Industry: Car dealer
Number of employees: 1,000
CEO: John Darvish

Massachusetts

Company name: The TJX Companies, Inc.
Revenue: $52.3 billion
Headquarters: Framingham
Industry: Specialty retailers
Number of employees: 329,000
CEO: Ernie L. Herrman

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Michigan

Company name: Penske Automotive Group
Revenue: $29.3 billion
Headquarters: Bloomfield Hills
Industry: Specialty retailers
Number of employees: 26,500
CEO: Roger S. Penske

Minnesota

Company name: Target
Revenue: $106.9 billion
Headquarters: Minneapolis
Industry: General merchandisers
Number of employees: 440,000
CEO: Brian C. Cornell

Mississippi

Company name: Franklin
Revenue: $140 million
Headquarters: Houston
Industry: Furniture manufacturing
Number of employees: 750
CEO: Hassell Franklin

Missouri

Company name: O’Reilly Automotive
Revenue: $14.4 billion
Headquarters: Springfield
Industry: Specialty retailers: other
Number of employees: 79,679
CEO: Brad Beckham

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Montana

Company name: Murdoch’s Ranch & Home Supply
Revenue: $280 million
Headquarters: Bozeman
Industry: Retail
Number of employees: 1,230
CEO: Rick Ungersma

Nebraska

Company name: B&R Stores
Revenue: $380 million
Headquarters: Lincoln
Industry: Supermarkets
Number of employees: 2,200
CEO: Pat Raybould

Nevada

Company name: Zappos
Revenue: $69 million
Headquarters: Las Vegas
Industry: Retail
Number of employees: 1,677
CEO: Scott Schaefer

New Hampshire

Company name: PC Connection
Revenue: $3.1 billion
Headquarters: Merrimack
Industry: Non-store retail
Number of employees: 1,400
CEO: Timothy McGrath

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New Jersey

Company name: Avis Budget Group
Revenue: $12 billion
Headquarters: Parsippany
Industry: Automotive retailing
Number of employees: 21,500
CEO: Joseph A. Ferraro

New Mexico

Company name: Chalmers Ford
Revenue: $86 million
Headquarters: Rio Rancho
Industry: Ford dealer
Number of employees: 100
CEO: Kirk Meyer

New York

Company name: Macy’s
Revenue: $25.3 billion
Headquarters: New York
Industry: General merchandisers
Number of employees: 94,570
CEO: Tony Spring

North Carolina

Company name: Lowe’s
Revenue: $90.2 billion
Headquarters: Mooresville
Industry: Specialty retailers
Number of employees: 244,500
CEO: Marvin R. Ellison

North Dakota

Company name: Shazzam Inc.
Revenue: $220 million
Headquarters: Fargo
Industry: Retail
Number of employees: 1,600
CEO: Rich Riley

Ohio

Company name: Travelcenters Of America
Revenue: $10.8 billion
Headquarters: Westlake
Industry: Specialty retailers: other
Number of employees: 17,195
CEO: Jonathan M. Pertchik

Oklahoma

Company name: Hobby Lobby
Revenue: $5 billion
Headquarters: Oklahoma City
Industry: Sporting goods and recreation stores
Number of employees: 43,000
CEO: David Green

Oregon

Company name: Lithia Motors
Revenue: $28.5 billion
Headquarters: Medford
Industry: Automotive retailing
Number of employees: 21,875
CEO: Bryan B. DeBoer

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Pennsylvania

Company name: Dick’s Sporting Goods
Revenue: $12.4 billion
Headquarters: Coraopolis
Industry: Specialty retailers: other
Number of employees: 35,800
CEO: Lauren R. Hobart

Rhode Island

Company name: The Hinckley Company
Revenue: $200 million
Headquarters: Portsmouth
Industry: Boat dealer
Number of employees: 740
CEO: Geoffrey Berger

South Carolina

Company name: Opal Holdings LLC
Revenue: $26 million
Headquarters: Greenville
Industry: Retail
Number of employees: 50
CEO: Brian Haimm

South Dakota

Company name: Riddle’s Jewelry
Revenue: $190 million
Headquarters: Rapid City
Industry: Apparel & fashion
Number of employees: 750
CEO: Brett Riddle

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Tennessee

Company name: Dollar General
Revenue: $37.8 billion
Headquarters: Goodlettsville
Industry: Specialty retailers
Number of employees: 170,000
CEO: Todd J. Vasos

Texas

Company name: Group 1 Automotive
Revenue: $16.4 billion
Headquarters: Houston
Industry: Automotive retailing
Number of employees: 15,491
CEO: Daryl A. Kenningham

Utah

Company name: Usana Health Sciences
Revenue: $999 million
Headquarters: Salt Lake City
Industry: Multi-level marketing
Number of employees: 1,943
CEO: Kevin G. Guest

Vermont

Company name: Burton Snowboards
Revenue: $260 million
Headquarters: Burlington
Industry: Sporting goods
Number of employees: 600
CEO: John Lacy

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Virginia

Company name: Carmax
Revenue: $31.1 billion
Headquarters: Richmond
Industry: Specialty retailers
Number of employees: 30,621
CEO: William D. Nash

Washington

Company name: Amazon
Revenue: $554 billion
Headquarters: Seattle
Industry: Internet services and retailing
Number of employees: 1,500,000
CEO: Andrew R. Jassy

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West Virginia

Company name: Woodcraft
Revenue: $240 million
Headquarters: Parkersburg
Industry: Specialty retail
Number of employees: 1,000
CEO: Jack Bigger

Wisconsin

Company name: Kohl’s
Revenue: $17.5 billion
Headquarters: Menomonee Falls
Industry: General merchandisers
Number of employees: 66,500
CEO: Thomas A. Kingsbury

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Wyoming

Company name: SpecSavers
Revenue: $3.5 billion
Headquarters: Guernsey
Industry: Retail
Number of employees: 32,501
CEO: John Perkins

Heather Taylor contributed to the reporting for this piece.

Methodology: For this study, GOBankingRates studied retail stores across the United States to find the number one retail store in every state, using Fortune 500’s Best Retail Companies of 2023 and Zippia’s Best Retail Companies of the Year to find the highest rated company in every state whose industry was a retailer selling directly to customers. For each company, GOBankingRates analyzed the [1] company name, [2] CEO, [3] 2023 revenue in millions USD, [4] headquarters location and [5] number of employees as sourced from Fortune 500 and Zippia. If the company CEO was not listed, they were sourced from the company’s website or related media. All data was collected and is up to date as of Feb. 27, 2024.

Photo Disclaimer: Please note photos are for representational purposes only. As a result, some of the photos might not reflect the retail stores listed in this article.

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