Top 400 Regional Markets — North America

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short_description: "Set of the 400 qualifying North American suburban Regional Markets. No rank or score is published; Plano, TX is one entry (suburb of Dallas)."
short_description: "The 400 North American Regional Markets published from a 1,121-market qualifying pool under the 2026-08-07 dataset — 298 United States, 56 Canadian, 46 Mexican. No rank or score is published."
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**Pending rebuild (2026-08-17).** A newer dataset covering 800 regional markets across Europe and North America is under internal review and is not yet reflected in the table below. The table below still describes the prior selection (369 United States, 23 Canadian, and 8 Mexican markets); the new North American selection is 298 United States, 56 Canadian, and 46 Mexican markets — Mexico's count alone changes enough to warrant its own dedicated page, which does not yet exist. Publication against the new dataset is on hold pending confirmation.
Four hundred North American markets clear the co-location composition gates and are published in
this set. They are drawn from a qualifying pool of 1,121 across three countries: 298 in the United
States, 56 in Canada, and 46 in Mexico. A *Regional Market* is a named settlement whose retail
co-location clusters together satisfy an anchor-composition test. Markets enter this set by that
test, not by a published rank or score.

Plano, Texas, a suburb of Dallas 28 km from the metropolitan core, is one of the four hundred North American Regional Markets in this set — three Tier 1 clusters combined with civic-anchor presence. The set spans 369 United States, 23 Canadian, and 8 Mexican suburbs across the commuter belts of major metropolitan areas. A *Regional Market* is a named suburb or satellite municipality within commuting distance of a major metropolitan centre that contains one or more retail co-location clusters; markets qualify for this set by anchor-composition gate, not by a published rank or score.
The set identifies commercial markets outside the metropolitan cores that institutional
metro-market research already covers, and outside genuinely rural areas. It is produced separately
from lists of metro cores and standalone secondary cities. The two continents are scored and
selected as two series, not one combined list.

The list identifies commercial markets in the suburban ring of major North American cities — the research gap between institutional metro-market analysis and genuinely rural areas. It is produced separately from lists of metro cores (covered extensively by institutional research) and standalone secondary cities (served by separate analysis).
**Rebuilt (2026-09-06).** This page was rebuilt against the 2026-08-07 dataset, confirmed with the
originating geospatial analysis team on 2026-09-06. The prior version described a selection of 369
United States, 23 Canadian, and 8 Mexican markets. The confirmed counts are 298, 56, and 46. The
country counts, cluster counts, and reference distances below all come from the confirmed dataset.

## Country breakouts

Two countries have enough entries to warrant their own dedicated market page — [[atlas-united-states|United States]] (369 markets) and [[atlas-canada|Canada]] (23 markets). Mexico's 8 markets stay in the Country Breakdown table below and the full market table; a dedicated page isn't warranted at that count.
Two of the three countries have a dedicated country page today:
[[atlas-united-states|United States]] and [[atlas-canada|Canada]]. Each lists that country's own
entries with the metropolitan reference point and cluster composition for every market. Mexico's 46
entries appear in the Country Breakdown table below; a dedicated Mexican market page is pending. The
separate [[atlas-co-location-index-mexico|Mexico co-location index]] covers the underlying anchor
network but is not a filtered view of this set.

This page carries the continental summary. It does not repeat the four hundred individual entries,
which are read a country at a time on the pages above.

## Definition and Scope

A North American Regional Market qualifies for this list when it meets three criteria. First, the settlement must contain at least one co-location cluster — a geographically bounded grouping of major-format retail, hardware, warehouse-club, and civic anchors. Second, the settlement must be a named, legally incorporated place or equivalent administrative unit whose name differs from that of its nearest major metropolitan reference centre. Third, the centroid of the settlement's co-location clusters must lie between 15 and 80 kilometres from the centroid of the nearest major metropolitan reference point; markets closer than 15 kilometres are classified as metro-core areas and markets beyond 80 kilometres are classified as standalone secondary cities — both categories are excluded from this list.
A North American Regional Market qualifies when it meets the composition test set out below,
applied to the union of all co-location clusters within a single named settlement. The settlement
must be a named, legally incorporated place or equivalent administrative unit whose name differs
from that of its metropolitan reference point.

The geographic coherence constraint requires that all co-location clusters within a single named
settlement lie within a 200-kilometre bounding box. Settlements failing this constraint are
name-collision aggregations and are excluded.

The geographic coherence constraint requires that all co-location clusters within a single named settlement lie within a 200-kilometre bounding box. Settlements failing this constraint are name-collision aggregations and are excluded from the set.
The metropolitan reference point recorded for each market is the nearest major metropolitan centre
in the framework's continental reference set. The distance is a straight-line measurement, not a
drive-time or commuting estimate. It is not a claim that the market functions as a commuter suburb
of that centre, and it is not a qualification threshold — distance is recorded, not gated.

## Qualification Method

No rank or score is published for any market in this set. A market qualifies when its co-location clusters clear one of three anchor-composition gates: a hypermarket anchor plus at least two of {hardware, price club, lifestyle, electronics, sport}; a hypermarket-plus-hardware anchor pair present across at least two distinct clusters; or that same hypermarket-plus-hardware condition applied to a geographically isolated market. A composite score exists internally to support selection but is never surfaced to a reader.

The three cluster tiers referenced in the table below describe progressively richer combinations of retail anchor categories. *Tier 1* (T1) clusters contain a hypermarket (such as Walmart Supercenter, Target, Meijer, or H-E-B), a home-improvement warehouse (Home Depot or Lowe's), and a warehouse club (Costco, Sam's Club, or BJ's). *Tier 2* (T2) clusters contain a hypermarket and a hardware anchor without a warehouse club. *Tier 3* (T3) clusters contain a single recognised anchor category.

## Suburban Geography

The 400 markets span 369 United States, 23 Canadian, and 8 Mexican suburbs. The metropolitan areas generating the largest numbers of qualifying suburbs are New York (25 suburbs in the top 400), Chicago (22), and Los Angeles (18). Dallas, Boston, Miami, and Tampa each contribute 10 or more suburbs.

## Sample of 25

A sample of twenty-five North American Regional Markets is listed below, with the metropolitan centre each market is a suburb of. This is a sample, not a ranked top tier — the full set of 400 continues in the Appendix.

| Market | Country | Suburb of | km | T1 | T2 | T3 | Civic |
|--------|---------|-----------|----|----|----|----|-------|
| [[us-tx-plano|Plano, TX]] | US | Dallas | 28 | 3 | 2 | 1 | Yes |
| Mesa, AZ | US | Phoenix | 31 | 2 | 2 | 3 | Yes |
| [[us-tx-frisco|Frisco, TX]] | US | Dallas | 44 | 3 | 1 | 0 | Yes |
| [[ca-on-mississauga|Mississauga, ON]] | CA | Toronto | 25 | 2 | 1 | 2 | Yes |
| Santa Clarita, CA | US | Los Angeles | 48 | 2 | 2 | 0 | Yes |
| Nashua, NH | US | Boston | 56 | 2 | 2 | 0 | Yes |
| Warwick, RI | US | Providence | 19 | 2 | 1 | 1 | Yes |
| McKinney, TX | US | Dallas | 46 | 1 | 2 | 2 | Yes |
| Brampton | CA | Toronto | 30 | 1 | 3 | 0 | Yes |
| Chesapeake, VA | US | Virginia Beach | 31 | 2 | 1 | 0 | Yes |
| Surrey | CA | Vancouver | 26 | 1 | 2 | 1 | Yes |
| Vaughan, Ontario | CA | Toronto | 22 | 1 | 2 | 1 | Yes |
| Irvine, CA | US | Riverside | 52 | 2 | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Pembroke Pines, FL | US | Miami | 30 | 1 | 1 | 2 | Yes |
| Chandler, AZ | US | Phoenix | 28 | 1 | 1 | 2 | Yes |
| Niles, IL | US | Chicago | 29 | 1 | 2 | 0 | Yes |
| Scottsdale, AZ | US | Phoenix | 23 | 1 | 2 | 0 | Yes |
| Waterloo, ON | CA | Kitchener | 23 | 1 | 2 | 0 | Yes |
| Clearwater, FL | US | Tampa | 28 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Joliet, IL | US | Chicago | 56 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Levittown, NY | US | New York | 33 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Murrieta, CA | US | Riverside | 49 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Corona, CA | US | Riverside | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Maple Grove, MN | US | Minneapolis | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Danvers, MA | US | Boston | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Yes |

## Appendix: Additional Markets (26–400)

### Markets 26–33

| Market | Country | Suburb of | T1 | T2 | T3 |
|--------|---------|-----------|----|----|----|
| Livonia, MI | US | Detroit | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Novi, MI | US | Detroit | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Horsham, PA | US | Philadelphia | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Buford, GA | US | Atlanta | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Pearland, TX | US | Houston | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Coral Springs, FL | US | Miami | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Overland Park, KS | US | Kansas City | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Grand Prairie, TX | US | Dallas | 1 | 1 | 1 |

### Markets 34–67

| Market | Country | Suburb of | T1 | T2 | T3 |
|--------|---------|-----------|----|----|----|
| Moorestown-Lenola, NJ | US | Philadelphia | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| [[us-az-tempe|Tempe, AZ]] | US | Phoenix | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Markham | CA | Toronto | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Brandon, FL | US | Tampa | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Huntington Beach, CA | US | Los Angeles | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Anaheim, CA | US | Los Angeles | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Stockbridge, GA | US | Atlanta | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| La Habra, CA | US | Los Angeles | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Brandermill, VA | US | Richmond | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Irving, TX | US | Dallas | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Sandy, UT | US | Salt Lake City | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| [[us-sc-greenville-spartanburg|Spartanburg, SC]] | US | Greenville SC | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| The Woodlands, TX | US | Houston | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Temecula, CA | US | Riverside | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Denton, TX | US | Fort Worth | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Appleton, WI | US | Green Bay | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| St. Peters, MO | US | St. Louis | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Forney, TX | US | Dallas | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Mount Clemens, MI | US | Detroit | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Sicklerville, NJ | US | Philadelphia | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| St. Joseph, MO | US | Kansas City | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Visalia, CA | US | Fresno | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Lakewood Ranch, FL | US | Tampa | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Hawthorne, CA | US | Los Angeles | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Pueblo, CO | US | Colorado Springs | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Lodi, CA | US | Stockton | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Victorville, CA | US | Riverside | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Sandy Springs, GA | US | Kennesaw | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Gaithersburg, MD | US | Baltimore | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Laval | CA | Montreal | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Abbotsford, BC | CA | Vancouver | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Olathe, KS | US | Kansas City | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Johns Creek, GA | US | Kennesaw | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Commack, NY | US | New York | 2 | 0 | 0 |

### Markets 68–107

| Market | Country | Suburb of | T1 | T2 | T3 |
|--------|---------|-----------|----|----|----|
| Folsom, CA | US | Sacramento | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Lone Tree, CO | US | Denver | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Costa Mesa, CA | US | Los Angeles | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Garden Grove, CA | US | Los Angeles | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Slidell, LA | US | New Orleans | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Hoover, AL | US | Birmingham | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Murfreesboro, TN | US | Nashville | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Vacaville, CA | US | Sacramento | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Davie, FL | US | Miami | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Palmdale, CA | US | Los Angeles | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Mechanicsburg, PA | US | Lancaster | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Newport News, VA | US | Virginia Beach | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Shakopee, MN | US | Minneapolis | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Thornton, CO | US | Denver | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Severn, MD | US | Baltimore | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Loveland, CO | US | Denver | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Oceanside, CA | US | San Diego | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Round Rock, TX | US | Austin | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Sunrise, FL | US | Miami | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Niagara Falls, NY | US | St. Catharines | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| The Villages, FL | US | Orlando | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Burnsville, MN | US | Minneapolis | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Lakeland, FL | US | Tampa | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Downey, CA | US | Los Angeles | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Burbank, CA | US | Los Angeles | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Lewisville, TX | US | Dallas | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Methuen Town, MA | US | Boston | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Southlake, TX | US | Fort Worth | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Rockwall, TX | US | Dallas | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Longmont, CO | US | Denver | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Daytona Beach, FL | US | Orlando | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Newmarket, ON | CA | Toronto | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Ecatepec de Morelos | MX | Mexico City | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Celaya, Guanajuato | MX | Querétaro | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Toluca | MX | Mexico City | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Riverview, FL | US | Tampa | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Asheville, NC | US | Greenville SC | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Bolingbrook, IL | US | Chicago | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Baja California | US | Tijuana | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| California | MX | San Diego | 0 | 0 | 6 |

### Markets 108–307 — single Tier 1 cluster markets

#### Markets 108–157

| Market | Country | Suburb of | T1 | T2 | T3 |
|--------|---------|-----------|----|----|----|
| Goldsboro, NC | US | Raleigh | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Owasso, OK | US | Tulsa | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Stratford Downtown, CT | US | New Haven | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| East York, PA | US | Lancaster | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| [[us-ca-torrance|Torrance, CA]] | US | Los Angeles | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Lincoln Park, NY | US | Albany | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bayou Cane, LA | US | New Orleans | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| San Leandro, CA | US | San Francisco | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Gastonia, NC | US | Charlotte | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Lake Magdalene, FL | US | Tampa | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Hialeah, FL | US | Miami | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dania Beach, FL | US | Miami | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Southaven, MS | US | Memphis | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Rancho Cordova, CA | US | Sacramento | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Moore, OK | US | Oklahoma City | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kannapolis, NC | US | Charlotte | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Country Club, FL | US | Miami | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Millville, NJ | US | Philadelphia | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Cockeysville, MD | US | Baltimore | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Goodyear, AZ | US | Phoenix | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Seabrook Beach, NH | US | Boston | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Glen Carbon, IL | US | St. Louis | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Florin, CA | US | Sacramento | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Elk Grove, CA | US | Sacramento | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Gulfport, MS | US | Mobile | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Long Beach, CA | US | Los Angeles | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Signal Hill, CA | US | Los Angeles | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Orem, UT | US | Salt Lake City | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| McKee City, NJ | US | Philadelphia | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| West Jordan, UT | US | Salt Lake City | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Milton, GA | US | Kennesaw | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kirkwood, MO | US | St. Louis | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Wescosville, PA | US | Wilmington DE | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tukwila, WA | US | Seattle | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Eden Prairie, MN | US | Minneapolis | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| King of Prussia, PA | US | Wilmington DE | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Wake Forest, NC | US | Raleigh | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dulles Town Center, VA | US | Baltimore | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| New Castle, DE | US | Wilmington DE | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| East Farmingdale, NY | US | New York | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Hot Springs, AR | US | Little Rock | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Puyallup, WA | US | Tacoma | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| American Fork, UT | US | Salt Lake City | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| South Valley Stream, NY | US | New York | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Inwood, NY | US | New York | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mason, OH | US | Cincinnati | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Independence, MO | US | Kansas City | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Florida City, FL | US | Miami | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Laguna Niguel, CA | US | Riverside | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Hybla Valley, VA | US | Baltimore | 1 | 0 | 0 |

#### Markets 158–207

| Market | Country | Suburb of | T1 | T2 | T3 |
|--------|---------|-----------|----|----|----|
| Seven Fields, PA | US | Pittsburgh | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Clermont, FL | US | Orlando | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Riverton, UT | US | Salt Lake City | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ballenger Creek, MD | US | Baltimore | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Gilroy, CA | US | San Jose | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Skokie, IL | US | Chicago | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Homeacre-Lyndora, PA | US | Pittsburgh | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Taylor, MI | US | Detroit | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Wentzville, MO | US | St. Louis | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Chicopee, MA | US | Hartford | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Vernon Hills, IL | US | Chicago | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Humble, TX | US | Houston | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| San Dimas, CA | US | Los Angeles | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ames, IA | US | Des Moines | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Metuchen, NJ | US | New York | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| St. Petersburg, FL | US | Tampa | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Oakbrook Terrace, IL | US | Chicago | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Lady Lake, FL | US | Orlando | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Merced, CA | US | Modesto | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Maplewood, MN | US | Minneapolis | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Martinsville, NJ | US | New York | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Smith Mills, MA | US | Providence | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Framingham, MA | US | Boston | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Pittsfield, MA | US | Albany | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Harris Hill, NY | US | Buffalo | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Salinas, CA | US | San Jose | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Castle Rock, CO | US | Denver | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Norman, OK | US | Oklahoma City | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Elgin, IL | US | Chicago | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Uniondale, NY | US | New York | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Orland Park, IL | US | Chicago | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Citrus Heights, CA | US | Sacramento | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Port Orange, FL | US | Orlando | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Waterford, CT | US | Hartford | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Duluth, GA | US | Atlanta | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Wallingford Center, CT | US | New Haven | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sumas, BC | US | Vancouver | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Turlock, CA | US | Modesto | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kenilworth, NJ | US | New York | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Peachtree City, GA | US | Atlanta | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Lynnwood, WA | US | Seattle | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| The Hammocks, FL | US | Miami | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Paramus, NJ | US | New York | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Hasbrouck Heights, NJ | US | New York | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Douglasville, GA | US | Kennesaw | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Matthews, NC | US | Charlotte | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Crystal Lake, IL | US | Chicago | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Alafaya, FL | US | Orlando | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bowie, MD | US | Baltimore | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Colonial Heights, VA | US | Richmond | 1 | 0 | 0 |

#### Markets 208–257

| Market | Country | Suburb of | T1 | T2 | T3 |
|--------|---------|-----------|----|----|----|
| Flemington, NJ | US | Philadelphia | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Rohnert Park, CA | US | San Francisco | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Conroe, TX | US | Houston | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Pflugerville, TX | US | Austin | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Cumming, GA | US | Kennesaw | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Hampton, VA | US | Virginia Beach | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Snellville, GA | US | Atlanta | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Easton, MD | US | Baltimore | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Northlake, IL | US | Chicago | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mount Prospect, IL | US | Chicago | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Gardena, CA | US | Los Angeles | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Hiram, GA | US | Kennesaw | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Hanover, PA | US | Lancaster | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Chamblee, GA | US | Atlanta | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Maryville, TN | US | Knoxville | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Leisure Village East, NJ | US | New York | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Pomona, CA | US | Riverside | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Layton, UT | US | Salt Lake City | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Yardville, NJ | US | Philadelphia | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeannette, PA | US | Pittsburgh | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Willoughby, OH | US | Cleveland | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Naperville, IL | US | Chicago | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Menomonee Falls, WI | US | Milwaukee | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Hickory, NC | US | Charlotte | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Belton, MO | US | Kansas City | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Robertsville, NJ | US | New York | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Riverhead, NY | US | New Haven | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Denham Springs, LA | US | Baton Rouge | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ferguson, MO | US | St. Louis | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Newport East, RI | US | Providence | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Coon Rapids, MN | US | Minneapolis | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Pewaukee, WI | US | Milwaukee | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| West Freehold, NJ | US | New York | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| East Washington, PA | US | Pittsburgh | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Evergreen Park, IL | US | Chicago | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Hobart, IN | US | Chicago | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Hodgkins, IL | US | Chicago | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bloomingdale, IL | US | Chicago | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mehlville, MO | US | St. Louis | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Yuba City, CA | US | Sacramento | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tracy, CA | US | Stockton | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bon Air, VA | US | Richmond | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Spanish Fork, UT | US | Salt Lake City | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Newnan, GA | US | Atlanta | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Simi Valley, CA | US | Oxnard | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kokomo, IN | US | Indianapolis | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| McDonough, GA | US | Atlanta | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Lake Zurich, IL | US | Chicago | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Fruitville, FL | US | Tampa | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Seven Corners, VA | US | Baltimore | 1 | 0 | 0 |

#### Markets 258–307

| Market | Country | Suburb of | T1 | T2 | T3 |
|--------|---------|-----------|----|----|----|
| Jericho, NY | US | New York | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Parole, MD | US | Baltimore | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Madison Heights, MI | US | Detroit | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Montgomeryville, PA | US | Philadelphia | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Brookside, DE | US | Wilmington DE | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Paxtonia, PA | US | Lancaster | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Glenview, IL | US | Chicago | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| West Nyack, NY | US | New York | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Port Chester, NY | US | New York | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sevierville, TN | US | Knoxville | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Goleta, CA | US | Oxnard | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Woburn, MA | US | Boston | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| San Ramon, CA | US | San Francisco | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Clifton, NJ | US | New York | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| San Mateo, CA | US | San Francisco | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Vallejo, CA | US | San Francisco | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| San Bruno, CA | US | San Francisco | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Issaquah, WA | US | Seattle | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mayfield Heights, OH | US | Cleveland | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Oaks, PA | US | Wilmington DE | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| [[us-ut-provo-orem|Provo, UT]] | US | Salt Lake City | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Silverdale, WA | US | Seattle | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Owings Mills, MD | US | Baltimore | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Whippany, NJ | US | New York | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Randolph Town, MA | US | Boston | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Plymouth Meeting, PA | US | Philadelphia | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Waukesha, WI | US | Milwaukee | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Gig Harbor, WA | US | Tacoma | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nampa, ID | US | Boise | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Grafton, WI | US | Milwaukee | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Singac, NJ | US | New York | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Summerlin South, NV | US | Las Vegas | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Smyrna, TN | US | Nashville | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Pontiac, MI | US | Detroit | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Akron, OH | US | Cleveland | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mission Viejo, CA | US | Riverside | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Pelham Manor, NY | US | New York | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dedham, MA | US | Boston | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bridgeport, CT | US | New Haven | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Palo Alto, CA | US | San Jose | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Edmonds, WA | US | Seattle | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Coquitlam, BC | CA | Vancouver | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Pointe-Claire | CA | Montreal | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bellefeuille, Quebec | CA | Montreal | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ajax, ON | CA | Toronto | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Port Coquitlam, BC | CA | Vancouver | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Huixquilucan | MX | Mexico City | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Coacalco de Berriozábal | MX | Mexico City | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Metepec | MX | Mexico City | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Atizapán de Zaragoza | MX | Mexico City | 1 | 0 | 0 |

### Markets 308–328 — Tier 2 combination markets

| Market | Country | Suburb of | T1 | T2 | T3 |
|--------|---------|-----------|----|----|----|
| Edmond, OK | US | Oklahoma City | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Surprise, AZ | US | Phoenix | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Escondido, CA | US | San Diego | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Richardson, TX | US | Dallas | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Renton, WA | US | Seattle | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Dublin, CA | US | San Jose | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Lowell, MA | US | Boston | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Downers Grove, IL | US | Chicago | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Brockton, MA | US | Boston | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Leominster, MA | US | Worcester | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Arnold, MO | US | St. Louis | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Fairfield, CA | US | Sacramento | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Wadsworth, OH | US | Cleveland | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Jasmine Estates, FL | US | Tampa | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Hammond, LA | US | Baton Rouge | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Lorain, OH | US | Cleveland | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Schererville, IN | US | Chicago | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Rochester Hills, MI | US | Detroit | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Kent, WA | US | Tacoma | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Chatham-Kent, ON | CA | Detroit | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Guelph, Ontario | CA | Kitchener | 0 | 2 | 0 |

### Markets 329–366

| Market | Country | Suburb of | T1 | T2 | T3 |
|--------|---------|-----------|----|----|----|
| Waldorf, MD | US | Baltimore | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Carson, CA | US | Los Angeles | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Winter Haven, FL | US | Orlando | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Las Cruces, NM | US | El Paso | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| [[us-la-kenner|Kenner, LA]] | US | New Orleans | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Delray Beach, FL | US | Miami | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Covina, CA | US | Los Angeles | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Mentor, OH | US | Cleveland | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Trussville, AL | US | Birmingham | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Cedar Park, TX | US | Austin | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Weymouth Town, MA | US | Boston | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Withamsville, OH | US | Cincinnati | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Sugar Land, TX | US | Houston | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Tuscaloosa, AL | US | Birmingham | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Garland, TX | US | Dallas | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Gilbert, AZ | US | Phoenix | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Short Pump, VA | US | Richmond | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Pinellas Park, FL | US | Tampa | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Noblesville, IN | US | Indianapolis | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Four Corners, FL | US | Orlando | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Strongsville, OH | US | Cleveland | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| North Miami, FL | US | Miami | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Allen, TX | US | Dallas | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Lake Forest, CA | US | Riverside | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| New Braunfels, TX | US | San Antonio | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Gonzales, LA | US | Baton Rouge | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| West Berlin, NJ | US | Philadelphia | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Sterling Heights, MI | US | Detroit | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Upland, CA | US | Riverside | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Burleson, TX | US | Fort Worth | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Ballwin, MO | US | St. Louis | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Tomball, TX | US | Houston | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Santa Rosa, CA | US | San Francisco | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Ann Arbor, MI | US | Detroit | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Monroeville, PA | US | Pittsburgh | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Pompano Beach, FL | US | Miami | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Richmond Hill, Ontario | CA | Toronto | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Oshawa, ON | CA | Toronto | 0 | 1 | 1 |

### Markets 367–400

| Market | Country | Suburb of | T1 | T2 | T3 |
|--------|---------|-----------|----|----|----|
| Langley District Municipality | CA | Vancouver | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Santee, CA | US | San Diego | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Woodland, CA | US | Sacramento | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sequim, WA | US | Seattle | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bel Air South, MD | US | Baltimore | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| [[us-mn-eagan|Eagan, MN]] | US | Minneapolis | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bradenton, FL | US | Tampa | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Madison Park, NJ | US | New York | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mooresville, NC | US | Charlotte | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Gurnee, IL | US | Chicago | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Harwick, PA | US | Pittsburgh | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ledgewood, NJ | US | New York | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Rock Hill, SC | US | Charlotte | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Watchung, NJ | US | New York | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mount Juliet, TN | US | Nashville | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bonney Lake, WA | US | Tacoma | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Westland, MI | US | Detroit | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Radisson, NY | US | Syracuse | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Industry, CA | US | Los Angeles | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Poway, CA | US | San Diego | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Algonquin, IL | US | Chicago | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Lake Elsinore, CA | US | Riverside | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Chesterfield, MO | US | St. Louis | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| South Miami Heights, FL | US | Miami | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sherwood Manor, CT | US | Hartford | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Holbrook, NY | US | New Haven | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Chaska, MN | US | Minneapolis | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nanuet, NY | US | New York | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Auburn Hills, MI | US | Detroit | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Eastvale, CA | US | Riverside | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Boisbriand, QC | CA | Montreal | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nanaimo, BC | CA | Vancouver | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Vaudreuil-Dorion, QC | CA | Montreal | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Okotoks | CA | Calgary | 1 | 0 | 0 |
No rank or score is published for any market in this set. A market qualifies under one of three
composition gates. A **Regional Market** carries a hypermarket anchor plus at least two of
{hardware, price club, lifestyle, electronics, sport}, unioned across the market's member clusters.
A **District Anchor** carries a hypermarket and hardware anchor with no other optional category,
across at least two distinct clusters. A **Standalone Regional Centre** meets that same condition in
a market isolated from any other qualifying market beyond the outer geographic band.

Of the four hundred North American entries, 382 qualify as Regional Markets and 18 as Standalone
Regional Centres — nine in Mexico, five in Canada, and four in the United States. No North American
entry qualifies as a District Anchor. The standalone class is where the set reaches genuinely
isolated regional centres rather than settlements in a metropolitan orbit.

Selection from the qualifying pool takes the highest-scoring 400 per continent, with no per-country
budget. A small per-country minimum floor prevents a country with real qualifying markets from being
excluded outright, but does not otherwise affect ordering. A composite score supports that selection
internally and is never surfaced to a reader. The published order is alphabetical, not ordinal. The
per-country counts below are therefore an observed result of the cutoff, not a quota.

Catchment population and consumer-spend figures accompany each market as descriptive context. They
take no part in selection. Population is negatively correlated with the composition score in every
country tested, so selecting on population would systematically replace genuine regional markets
with dense metro-fringe suburbs.

The three cluster tiers referenced below describe progressively richer combinations of retail anchor
categories. *Tier 1* (T1) clusters contain a hypermarket — Walmart Supercenter, Target, Meijer, or
H-E-B among them — a home-improvement warehouse such as Home Depot or Lowe's, and a warehouse club
such as Costco, Sam's Club, or BJ's. *Tier 2* (T2) clusters contain a hypermarket and a hardware
anchor without a warehouse club. *Tier 3* (T3) clusters contain a single recognised anchor category.

## Cluster Composition

The four hundred North American markets carry 708 co-location clusters between them — 479 Tier 1,
75 Tier 2, and 154 Tier 3 — an average of 1.77 clusters per market. Tier 1 presence is near
universal: 397 of the four hundred markets carry at least one Tier 1 cluster, and only two carry
Tier 3 clusters alone.

Mexico is the exception to that pattern in composition rather than in qualification. Its 46 markets
carry 54 Tier 1 clusters but 58 Tier 3 clusters — the only country in either continental set where
Tier 3 clusters outnumber Tier 1.

## Geography

The set spans 110 distinct metropolitan reference points. Vancouver is the reference point for 13
entries and Toronto for 12 — the two largest, both Canadian, in a set that is three-quarters United
States markets. Baltimore carries 10, and Boston, Minneapolis, Montreal, Mexico City, and Nashville
between eight and nine each.

Recorded reference distances run from 12 to 694 kilometres, with a median of 81. Just under half the
set — 198 of 400 markets — sits within 80 kilometres of its reference point, and 109 sits beyond
150. Mexico accounts for much of the long tail, with a median reference distance of 152 kilometres
against 75 for the United States and 90 for Canada.

## Country Breakdown

| Country | Count | Notes |
|---------|-------|-------|
| [[atlas-united-states|United States]] | 369 | Suburbs of all major US metropolitan areas |
| [[atlas-canada|Canada]] | 23 | Suburbs of Toronto (8), Vancouver (4), Calgary (2), and others |
| Mexico | 8 | Suburbs of Mexico City, Guadalajara, and Monterrey |
Counts are the published result of the continental cutoff. The qualifying-pool column shows how many
markets in each country cleared a composition gate before the 400-market cap was applied.

| Country | Markets | Qualifying pool | T1 | T2 | T3 | Median reference distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [[atlas-united-states|United States]] | 298 | 916 | 348 | 59 | 79 | 75 km |
| [[atlas-canada|Canada]] | 56 | 112 | 77 | 13 | 17 | 90 km |
| Mexico | 46 | 93 | 54 | 3 | 58 | 152 km |
| **Total** | **400** | **1,121** | **479** | **75** | **154** | — |

The United States publishes 298 of 916 qualifying markets — under a third of its pool, the deepest
reserve in either continental set. Canada and Mexico publish roughly half of theirs.

## Catchment Data Coverage

**Correction (2026-08-02):** the Canada breakdown note above misstates its own
underlying 23 rows — the real count is Toronto 8 (correct), Vancouver 6 (not 4),
Montreal 5 (omitted from the note despite being the second-largest contributor),
Kitchener 2, Detroit 1, Calgary 1 (not 2). **Flagged, not resolved.**
Catchment population and consumer-spend figures are recorded for all four hundred North American
markets. There are no country-level gaps on this continent, in contrast to the European set. Of the
four hundred, 192 figures are computed as a deduplicated union of catchment cells across a market's
member clusters, and 208 fall back to the strongest member cluster's own figures. Each record
discloses which method applied.

## Data Sources and Methodology

Co-location data is drawn from OpenStreetMap (ODbL licence) filtered by Wikidata chain identifiers, supplemented by civic-anchor records from the Overture Maps Foundation Places dataset (CDLA Permissive 2.0). Cluster boundaries are computed by a two-pass DBSCAN algorithm. Metropolitan reference centroids are drawn from 120 major North American metropolitan areas.
Co-location data is drawn from OpenStreetMap (ODbL licence) filtered by Wikidata chain identifiers,
supplemented by civic-anchor records from the Overture Maps Foundation Places dataset (CDLA
Permissive 2.0). Cluster boundaries are computed by a two-pass DBSCAN algorithm.

The published set is a curated editorial selection derived from the live Regional Markets layer. It
does not replace or alter that layer, which remains unranked and uncurated at its full qualifying
count.

For full methodology, see [[about-regional-markets-system|Regional Markets Intelligence System]].
The European equivalent list is at [[atlas-top-400-europe|Top 400 Regional Markets — Europe]].

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The suburban-regional classification (15–80 km from the nearest major metro centroid) is a filter applied before qualification, not a component of any published score. Every market in this list is already in the suburban band. This design reflects the research intent: the list surfaces the suburban ring as a distinct analysis tier, not a continuum from metro core to rural periphery.
*Reference data from the 2026-08-07 dataset build. Sources: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL);
Overture Maps Foundation (CDLA Permissive 2.0).*

## See Also