Cost Cutters
226 mapped US locations. Median trade area within 3 miles: 46,859 residents and a $75,837 median household income.
Compared with the typical US retail site, a Cost Cutters trade area holds more bars, home improvement and professional services — and less fast food, grocery and big box.
Cost Cutters is a franchise. Its investment range, fees and FDD details live on FranchiseLens: Cost Cutters franchise economics →
Who lives around it
| Measure | 25th | Median | 75th | vs typical site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population within 1 mi | 4,429 | 7,271 | 10,813 | |
| Population within 3 mi | 28,700 | 46,859 | 70,653 | |
| Population within 5 mi | 55,620 | 98,841 | 158,069 | |
| Households within 3 mi | 11,062 | 19,634 | 29,375 | |
| Median household income (3 mi) | $63,342 | $75,837 | $93,779 | |
| Median age (3 mi) | 36.4 | 39.2 | 41.8 | |
| Owner-occupied homes (3 mi) | 56.0% | 64.0% | 70.2% | |
| Family households (3 mi) | 54.2% | 59.7% | 64.9% | |
| Residents with a bachelor's degree (3 mi)ACS B15003_022E — bachelor's as the highest degree attained, so it excludes graduate degrees. | 3,633 | 7,255 | 12,220 |
How you get there
| Measure | 25th | Median | 75th | vs typical site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Distance to a traffic signalSignalised intersections are the cheapest available proxy for an arterial with turning access. | 125 m | 182 m | 252 m | |
| Distance to a primary road | 102 m | 273 m | 1.6 km | |
| Distance to a motorway | 294 m | 818 m | 2.1 km | |
| Traffic signals within 1 mi | 10 | 19 | 28 |
What else is there
| Measure | 25th | Median | 75th | vs typical site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Distance to the nearest business of the same kindAny business in the chain's own category - an independent counts the same as a national brand. Reads 50 km when there is nothing of the kind within 50 km. | 182 m | 321 m | 1.1 km | |
| Businesses of the same kind within 3 miA grocer's competitors are other grocers, a gym's are other gyms. The chain's own stores are excluded. | 7 | 17 | 32 | |
| Mapped POIs per resident (3 mi)A coverage flag, not a market signal: a low value can mean an empty trade area or a thinly mapped one. | 0.0066 | 0.0086 | 0.0113 |
The retail mix around its sites
Median count of each category within 3 miles, and that category's share of all mapped retail in the ring. The share is what makes this a fingerprint rather than a density reading — it is what separates a Walmart trade area from a Starbucks one.
| Category | Median within 3 mi | Share of mix | vs typical site |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bars | 7 | 1.7% | |
| Home improvement | 5 | 1.2% | |
| Professional services | 8 | 2.1% | |
| Medical | 18 | 4.4% | |
| Banks | 17 | 4.5% | |
| Fitness | 9.5 | 2.5% | |
| Other retail | 84 | 21.4% | |
| Auto | 48 | 12.4% | |
| Beauty | 17 | 4.3% | |
| Entertainment | 3 | 0.8% | |
| Convenience | 15 | 3.7% | |
| Apparel | 8 | 1.8% | |
| Pharmacy | 6 | 1.6% | |
| Lodging | 10 | 2.3% | |
| Coffee | 8 | 2.0% | |
| Education | 23 | 5.6% | |
| Restaurants | 41 | 10.4% | |
| Big box | 8 | 1.8% | |
| Grocery | 8 | 1.9% | |
| Fast food | 33 | 8.3% |
Where its locations are
Top metro areas
| Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO | 12 |
| Madison, WI | 11 |
| Cleveland, OH | 11 |
| Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX | 8 |
| Tucson, AZ | 8 |
| Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA | 7 |
| Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI | 6 |
| Akron, OH | 5 |
Top states
| WI | 43 |
| OH | 26 |
| CO | 23 |
| IA | 17 |
| TX | 15 |
| MN | 14 |
| AZ | 13 |
| CT | 10 |
What the “vs typical site” column means. It is this chain's median divided by the median across all 173,178 tracked retail sites. 1.00× is exactly typical. It describes where the chain is today; it is not a prediction and not a judgement about any individual location.
Every count around a Cost Cutters site is computed with Cost Cutters itself excluded, so a chain never counts its own stores.