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Retail Reports

Original data studies on independent retail across America, built from a national count of 2,427,402 shoppable independent storefronts — about 724.8 per 100,000 residents nationwide.

The U.S. Retail Density Index: Every State Ranked by Independent Retail Per Capita

We counted 2.4 million independent, shoppable retail storefronts across the United States, then ranked all 50 states and D.C. by how many they have per 100,000 residents. The result turns the familiar map upside down.

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What Each State Sells: America's Independent Retail Specialties

Every state over-indexes on something. Using a location-quotient analysis of 2.4 million storefronts, we found the kind of independent shop each state has far more of than the country as a whole.

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One Big City or Spread Out? U.S. Retail Concentration by State

In some states, most independent retail sits in a single dominant city. In others it's scattered across dozens of small towns. We measured the gap.

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The 50 Biggest Independent-Retail Cities in America

Where are the most independent storefronts? We ranked U.S. cities and towns by their raw count of shoppable independent retail.

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Data source: Foursquare Open Source Places (US slice), analyzed by Useful Economy. Population figures: U.S. Census 2023 estimates.

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