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. Bristol Farms and New Leaf Community Markets sit in the high-growth half.
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | B Bristol Farms | ▲4 | +17.7% |
| 2 |
N
|
▲3 | +16.3% |
| 3 | S Samco Food Store | ▲4 | +13.3% |
| 4 | N Nugget Markets | ▲2 | +10.7% |
| 5 | L La Superior Mercados | ▲3 | +10.5% |
| 6 |
B
|
▲4 | +10.4% |
| 7 |
H
|
- | +10.3% |
| 8 |
E
|
▲3 | +10.1% |
| 9 |
M
|
▲2 | +7.9% |
| 10 | 1 168 Market | ▲1 | +7.7% |
| 11 |
V
|
▲1 | +7.5% |
| 12 |
T
|
▲3 | +7.3% |
| 13 |
P
|
▲3 | +6.7% |
| 14 |
C
|
- | +6.5% |
| 15 |
H
|
▲4 | +5.3% |
- Liquor Store
- Supermarkets
- Other grocery stores
- Corner Stores & Bodegas
- Upscale & Natural Grocers
- Discount Grocers
- Hispanic Supermarkets
- Other categories
Store footprint
Store map
14,537 tracked store locations in California, colored by category.
- Liquor Store (3,510)
- Supermarkets (2,549)
- Other grocery stores (2,456)
- Corner Stores & Bodegas (1,126)
- Upscale & Natural Grocers (917)
- Discount Grocers (796)
- Hispanic Supermarkets (591)
- Other categories
Top tracked chains by store count
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1
S
Safeway 255
-
2
S
Smart & Final 248
-
3
T
Trader Joe's 212
-
4
R
Ralphs 205
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5
G
Grocery Outlet 204
-
6
V
Vons 188
-
7
S
Stater Bros. Markets 176
-
8
C
Costco 162
-
9
S
Sprouts Farmers Market 148
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10
B
BevMo! 147
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11
A
Albertsons 141
-
12
R
Raley's 113
-
13
W
Whole Foods Market 108
-
14
A
ALDI 105
-
15
F
Food 4 Less 89
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16
S
Save Mart 82
-
17
S
Superior Grocers 69
-
18
V
Vallarta Supermarkets 58
-
19
C
Cardenas Markets 56
-
20
F
FoodMaxx 54
-
21
E
El Super 52
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22
T
Total Wine & More 47
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23
9
99 Ranch Market 41
-
24
W
WinCo 40
-
25
N
Northgate Gonzalez Markets 39
-
26
L
Lucky Supermarkets 38
-
27
P
Pavilions 34
-
28
S
Sam's Club 34
-
29
T
The Honey Baked Ham Company 32
-
30
G
Gelson's 30
-
31
L
Lucky 24
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32
S
Seafood City Supermarket 23
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33
R
Restaurant Depot 22
- 34 B Bonfare Market 22
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35
N
Navy Exchange 20
- 36 V Village Market 20
-
37
H
H Mart 19
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38
F
Foods Co 19
- 39 L La Carniceria Meat Market 18
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40
U
US Foods CHEF'STORE 17
-
41
I
Island Pacific Seafood Market 16
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42
H
Holiday Market 16
- 43 B Bristol Farms 14
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44
S
Super King Markets 12
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45
E
Erewhon 12
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46
R
Ray's Food Place 11
- 47 N Nugget Markets 11
-
48
N
Nijiya Market 10
-
49
K
Keg N Bottle 9
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50
T
Tokyo Central 9
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