Trends · data through July 2026

Grocery Stores in Iowa

Iceflower tracks 494 stores from 169 grocery stores chains in Iowa. Natural Grocers grew fastest over the last year, ahead of ALDI and Fareway.

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
169
Tracked stores
494
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked grocery stores 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. Natural Grocers and ALDI sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 N Natural Grocers logo Natural Grocers - +7.0%
2 A ALDI logo ALDI - +2.4%
3 F Fareway logo Fareway - +2.3%
4 P Price Chopper logo Price Chopper - +0.4%
5 H Hy-Vee logo Hy-Vee - -2.4%
6 H Hometown Foods - -4.0%
7 J Jeff's Market - -8.8%
8 B Brothers Market - -30.5%
  • Hy-Vee
  • Fareway
  • ALDI
  • Trader Joe's
  • Cash Saver
  • Natural Grocers
  • Price Chopper
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

494 tracked store locations in Iowa. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Hy-Vee (156)
  • Fareway (106)
  • ALDI (32)
  • Trader Joe's (2)
  • Cash Saver (2)
  • Natural Grocers (6)
  • Price Chopper (4)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 H Hy-Vee logo Hy-Vee 156
  • 2 F Fareway logo Fareway 106
  • 3 A ALDI logo ALDI 32
  • 4 N Natural Grocers logo Natural Grocers 6
  • 5 B Brothers Market 5
  • 6 H Hometown Foods 5
  • 7 P Price Chopper logo Price Chopper 4
  • 8 S Sunshine Foods logo Sunshine Foods 4
  • 9 J Jeff's Market 3
  • 10 F Freeman Foods 2
  • 11 S Stop & Shop logo Stop & Shop 2
  • 12 H Hy-Vee Pharmacy logo Hy-Vee Pharmacy 2
  • 13 F Family Fare Supermarket logo Family Fare Supermarket 2
  • 14 E El Mercadito 2
  • 15 W West Forty Market 2
  • 16 H Hometown Market 2
  • 17 Q Quillin's 2
  • 18 T Trader Joe's logo Trader Joe's 2
  • 19 F Fresh Thyme Market logo Fresh Thyme Market 2
  • 20 N New Pioneer Co-op 2
  • 21 C Cash Saver 2
  • 22 M Metro Mart 2
  • 23 D Dutchman's Store logo Dutchman's Store 1
  • 24 B Balkan Grocery 1
  • 25 A Abarrotes Carrillo 1
  • 26 N New Hampton Mart & Vape Shop 1
  • 27 F Farmboy Market 1
  • 28 F Food Pride Market 1
  • 29 C Chamling Food and Liquor Store 1
  • 30 B Balkan Foods 1
  • 31 D Deep Supermarket 1
  • 32 F Food Land Missouri Valley 1
  • 33 S Super convenient store 1
  • 34 P Prairie City Foods 1
  • 35 C Chin Land Store 1
  • 36 S Starlight Market 1
  • 37 H Here's What's Poppin 1
  • 38 F Fredericksburg Food Center 1
  • 39 J JW's Foods 1
  • 40 V Vytyl 1
  • 41 W Wang's Asian Market 1
  • 42 N New Oriental Food Store 1
  • 43 V Valley Fresh Market 1
  • 44 W World Food Market 1
  • 45 T The Baker's Pantry 1
  • 46 T The Grateful Chef 1
  • 47 L La Michoacana Grocery and Catering 1
  • 48 I Iowa City Halal Food and Grocery 1
  • 49 W Wood's Super Market & Deli 1
  • 50 T The Spice & Tea Exchange logo The Spice & Tea Exchange 1

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