Trends · data through September 2026

Upscale & Natural Grocers in Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO

Iceflower tracks 87 stores from 19 upscale & natural grocers in Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO. Trader Joe's 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
19
Tracked stores
87
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked upscale & natural grocers

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. Trader Joe's and Natural Grocers sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 T Trader Joe's logo Trader Joe's - +14.0%
2 N Natural Grocers logo Natural Grocers - +4.8%
3 W Whole Foods Market logo Whole Foods Market ▲1 +0.1%
4 S Sprouts Farmers Market logo Sprouts Farmers Market ▼1 -11.7%
  • Whole Foods Market
  • Sprouts Farmers Market
  • Trader Joe's
  • Natural Grocers
  • Marczyk Fine Foods
  • Carniceria La Pradera
  • Gulzar Halal Market
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

87 tracked store locations in Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Whole Foods Market (14)
  • Sprouts Farmers Market (23)
  • Trader Joe's (6)
  • Natural Grocers (28)
  • Marczyk Fine Foods (2)
  • Carniceria La Pradera (1)
  • Gulzar Halal Market (1)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 N Natural Grocers logo Natural Grocers 28
  • 2 S Sprouts Farmers Market logo Sprouts Farmers Market 23
  • 3 W Whole Foods Market logo Whole Foods Market 14
  • 4 T Trader Joe's logo Trader Joe's 6
  • 5 M Marczyk Fine Foods logo Marczyk Fine Foods 2
  • 6 S Simply Fresh Market 1
  • 7 9 924 Sensation 1
  • 8 H Hearth and Seoul Herbal Shop 1
  • 9 N New Heights Nutrition 1
  • 10 A Aurora Market 1
  • 11 N Naturista De Aurora 1
  • 12 Y Yan Jing Supply 1
  • 13 T Terra Apothecary 1
  • 14 L Los fraire 1
  • 15 B Balanced Root Apothecary 1
  • 16 H Health and Harmony 1
  • 17 G Georgetown Market 1
  • 18 G Gulzar Halal Market 1
  • 19 C Carniceria La Pradera 1

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