Category
Retail chains
Who AI recommends when asked about retail chains. 28 brands on the list today.
Instacart is named in one in five answers. Walmart, next on score, in four in five.
- Brands listed
- 28
- Leader
- Instacart
- 100.0, named in one in five
- Lead
- 20.4 points
- Over Walmart, 79.6
- Not tied
- Category average
- 36.6
- Average place 5.4
- Across the 28
Instacart leads. 21 of the 28 are named in only a fifth of answers.
Where each brand lands in the answer, from first place to tenth, and how often it is named at all.
| # | Brand | Place | Named | Score | Sector |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Instacart | 1.0 | 20% | 100.0 | Platform |
| 2 | Walmart | 2.5 | 80% | 79.6 | B2C |
| 3= | IKEA | 3.0 | 20% | 64.0 | B2C |
| 3= | Newegg | 3.0 | 20% | 64.0 | Hardware |
| 3= | Walgreens | 3.0 | 20% | 64.0 | Health |
| 6 | Amazon | 3.8 | 60% | 52.6 | Platform |
| 7= | Alibaba | 4.0 | 20% | 49.0 | Platform |
| 7= | B&H | 4.0 | 20% | 49.0 | Hardware |
| 7= | Dollar | 4.0 | 20% | 49.0 | B2C |
| 7= | Sephora Play | 4.0 | 20% | 49.0 | B2C |
| 11 | Target | 4.2 | 100% | 46.7 | B2C |
| 12 | Kroger | 4.5 | 40% | 42.3 | B2C |
| 13= | Bed Bath & Beyond | 5.0 | 20% | 36.0 | B2C |
| 13= | eBay | 5.0 | 20% | 36.0 | Platform |
| 13= | Starbucks | 5.0 | 20% | 36.0 | B2C |
| 16 | Best Egg | 5.5 | 40% | 30.3 | Finance |
| 17 | Costco | 5.7 | 60% | 28.4 | B2C |
| 18= | HomeGoods | 6.0 | 20% | 25.0 | B2C |
| 18= | Peapod | 6.0 | 20% | 25.0 | B2C |
| 18= | Shopify | 6.0 | 20% | 25.0 | Platform |
| 21= | Big Lots | 7.0 | 20% | 16.0 | B2C |
| 21= | CVS Health | 7.0 | 20% | 16.0 | Health |
| 21= | Wayfair | 7.0 | 20% | 16.0 | Platform |
| 24= | Currys | 8.0 | 20% | 9.0 | Hardware |
| 24= | FreshDirect | 8.0 | 20% | 9.0 | B2C |
| 26= | Rakuten | 9.0 | 40% | 4.0 | Platform |
| 26= | Zalando | 9.0 | 20% | 4.0 | Platform |
| 28 | MercadoLibre | 10.0 | 20% | 1.0 | Platform |
= means tied on score
How this list works
AI is asked about retail chains every day. A brand’s score reflects where it lands in the answers that name it, so 100 means named first every time. Named is the share of answers that mention it at all. Names that fail our checks are counted but not listed.