Trends · data through September 2026

Grocery & Convenience trends in Boulder, CO

Iceflower tracks 191 stores from 158 grocery & convenience chains in Boulder, CO. King Soopers grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Natural Grocers and Whole Foods Market.

Rankings come from real card and bank transactions across a panel of 130M+ US and EU consumers. We publish relative growth and rankings, never revenue figures. About the data

Tracked chains
158
Tracked stores
191
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked grocery & convenience chains

Ranked by year-over-year growth of share of tracked local spend. Arrows show movement in the rankings since last year. Each dot in the chart is one tracked chain: bigger market position to the right, faster growth higher up, more tracked stores in a bigger dot. Colors match the store map below. King Soopers and Natural Grocers sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 K King Soopers logo King Soopers - +2.1%
2 N Natural Grocers logo Natural Grocers - -0.2%
3 W Whole Foods Market logo Whole Foods Market - -3.4%
4 S Safeway logo Safeway - -3.8%
5 S Sprouts Farmers Market logo Sprouts Farmers Market - -9.7%
  • Liquor Store
  • Supermarkets
  • Upscale & Natural Grocers
  • Farm
  • Other grocery stores
  • Food & Beverage Store
  • Corner Stores & Bodegas
  • Other categories

Store footprint

Store map

191 tracked store locations in Boulder, CO, colored by category.

  • Liquor Store (61)
  • Supermarkets (26)
  • Upscale & Natural Grocers (21)
  • Farm (20)
  • Other grocery stores (16)
  • Food & Beverage Store (12)
  • Corner Stores & Bodegas (10)
  • Other categories

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 S Safeway logo Safeway 11
  • 2 K King Soopers logo King Soopers 9
  • 3 W Whole Foods Market logo Whole Foods Market 6
  • 4 S Sprouts Farmers Market logo Sprouts Farmers Market 4
  • 5 N Natural Grocers logo Natural Grocers 3
  • 6 C CPS Distributors logo CPS Distributors 2
  • 7 S ShortStop logo ShortStop 2
  • 8 G Gondolier Italian Eatery 2
  • 9 L Lucky's Market logo Lucky's Market 2
  • 10 C Costco logo Costco 2
  • 11 T T3 Liquor 1
  • 12 C Colorado Native Christmas Trees 1
  • 13 T The Honey Baked Ham Company logo The Honey Baked Ham Company 1
  • 14 C Cottonwood Farms 1
  • 15 T Three Leaf Farm logo Three Leaf Farm 1
  • 16 L Longs Peak Grocery Market 1
  • 17 P Public Wine 1
  • 18 T The Farm 1
  • 19 R Red Wagon Farm 1
  • 20 K Kittredge Market 1
  • 21 E El Mercado De Lafayette II 1
  • 22 B Boulder Olive Oil Company 1
  • 23 F Ferncliff Fine Liquors 1
  • 24 P Party Liquor 1
  • 25 B Boulder County Farmers Markets 1
  • 26 T The Golden Hoof logo The Golden Hoof 1
  • 27 S Savannah Bee Company logo Savannah Bee Company 1
  • 28 W Williams Village Liquor 1
  • 29 S Spirit Hound Distillers 1
  • 30 S South Street Market 1
  • 31 I India's Grocery 1
  • 32 S Savory Spice Shop logo Savory Spice Shop 1
  • 33 A Abbott & Wallace Distilling 1
  • 34 C Cure Organic Farm 1
  • 35 Y Ya Ya Farm and Orchard 1
  • 36 O Ollin Farms 1
  • 37 R Rocky Mountain Pumpkin Ranch 1
  • 38 F Farrand Market 1
  • 39 R Rock Creek Farm 1
  • 40 D Dry Land Distillers 1
  • 41 R Redstone Liquor 1
  • 42 V Vapor Distillery 1
  • 43 S Stonebridge Farm 1
  • 44 D DDS Liquor & Food Mart 1
  • 45 A Asia Bazaar 1
  • 46 W West End Wine Shop 1
  • 47 L Let It Bee Honey & More Store 1
  • 48 9 9th Avenue Liquor Warehouse 1
  • 49 P Pappardelle's Pasta Stand 1
  • 50 E Eldorado Corner Market 1

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