Trends · data through September 2026

Upscale & Natural Grocers in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX

Iceflower tracks 89 stores from 52 upscale & natural grocers in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX. Trader Joe's grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Sprouts Farmers Market 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
52
Tracked stores
89
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 Sprouts Farmers Market sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 T Trader Joe's logo Trader Joe's - +9.6%
2 S Sprouts Farmers Market logo Sprouts Farmers Market - +7.5%
3 W Whole Foods Market logo Whole Foods Market - -7.2%
4 B Balanced Foods - -31.1%
5 H Houston CBD Supply - -35.4%
  • Whole Foods Market
  • Trader Joe's
  • Sprouts Farmers Market
  • Central Market
  • Açaí Brasil
  • Balanced Foods
  • Ca Mau Supermarket
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

89 tracked store locations in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Whole Foods Market (13)
  • Trader Joe's (6)
  • Sprouts Farmers Market (8)
  • Central Market (1)
  • Açaí Brasil (1)
  • Balanced Foods (9)
  • Ca Mau Supermarket (1)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 W Whole Foods Market logo Whole Foods Market 13
  • 2 B Balanced Foods 9
  • 3 S Sprouts Farmers Market logo Sprouts Farmers Market 8
  • 4 T Trader Joe's logo Trader Joe's 6
  • 5 H Houston CBD Supply 3
  • 6 G General Teran Meat Market 2
  • 7 E Elevate Nutrition 2
  • 8 P Peak Nutrition Center 2
  • 9 B Balanced Foods - Woodforest 1
  • 10 T Torrent Valley's Marketplace 1
  • 11 G Galena Food Store 1
  • 12 T The Nutrition Spot 1
  • 13 W Water Tree Sugar Land 1
  • 14 B Botanica Yerberia Monterrey 1
  • 15 A All American Health Foods 1
  • 16 Z Zeke's Meats 1
  • 17 T The Health Nut 1
  • 18 P Pulperia la Hondurena 504 1
  • 19 B Bad and Boujee Nutrition Bar 1
  • 20 B Blue Jug Alkaline Water and Health Market 1
  • 21 O Oak Ridge Nutrition 1
  • 22 L La Cosecha Sw Food Store 1
  • 23 C CAP Nutrition 1
  • 24 B Boostie 1
  • 25 A A Gift of Health 1
  • 26 A All Good HTX 1
  • 27 H Harvest Natural Market 1
  • 28 H Herbal Connection 1
  • 29 P PangeaKeto 1
  • 30 W Wild Oats 1
  • 31 C Central Market logo Central Market 1
  • 32 A Açaí Brasil 1
  • 33 C Ca Mau Supermarket 1
  • 34 E Erma's Nutrition Center 1
  • 35 Z Ziegler's Foods 1
  • 36 R Renu Herbs logo Renu Herbs 1
  • 37 G Grocery Services WIC Accepted Here 1
  • 38 W Woodlands Health Market 1
  • 39 C Champions Nutrition 1
  • 40 P Power of Sea Moss 1
  • 41 N Natural Rewards 1
  • 42 N Natural Living Food Co-op & Cafe logo Natural Living Food Co-op & Cafe 1
  • 43 S Smart Meals 1
  • 44 B Bee Fit Foods 1
  • 45 W Wildcats Nutrition Studio 1
  • 46 P Platr logo Platr 1
  • 47 N Nature's Garden Market & Cafe 1
  • 48 P Pearland African Depot And Grocery 1
  • 49 L Legacy Nutrition 1
  • 50 B Botanica y Yerberia 1

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