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. Liquor City and Double Kwik sit in the high-growth half.
#
Chain
YoY growth
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | L Liquor City | ▲4 | +20.0% |
| 2 |
D
Double Kwik
|
▲4 | +19.5% |
| 3 |
F
Food Lion
|
▲3 | +12.0% |
| 4 |
C
Costco
|
▲1 | +6.3% |
| 5 |
M
Minit Mart
|
▲4 | +6.3% |
| 6 |
S
Sam's Club
|
- | +4.3% |
| 7 | L Liquor Outlet | ▲3 | +3.6% |
| 8 |
L
Liquor Barn
|
- | +3.0% |
| 9 |
A
ALDI
|
- | +2.7% |
| 10 |
R
Ruler Foods
|
▲2 | +1.8% |
| 11 | Q Quality Quick | ▲4 | +1.4% |
| 12 |
F
Food Giant
|
▲1 | +1.2% |
| 13 |
G
Gordon Food Service Store
|
- | +1.1% |
| 14 |
M
Meijer
|
▼1 | -1.0% |
| 15 | H Hometown Liquor | ▲1 | -1.8% |
- Grocery Store
- Liquor Store
- Convenience Store
- Food or Beverage Store
- Farm
- Butcher Shop
- Warehouse Club
- Other categories
Store footprint
Store map
1,667 tracked store locations in Kentucky, colored by category.
- Grocery Store (689)
- Liquor Store (466)
- Convenience Store (353)
- Food or Beverage Store (49)
- Farm (36)
- Butcher Shop (24)
- Warehouse Club (19)
- Other categories
Top tracked chains by store count
-
1
K
Kroger 126
-
2
C
Circle K 100
-
3
S
Save A Lot 67
-
4
F
FiveStar 41
-
5
I
IGA 32
-
6
A
ALDI 21
-
7
M
Meijer 16
-
8
F
Food Giant 16
-
9
L
Liquor Barn 15
-
10
F
Food City 12
-
11
A
Ameristop Food Mart 9
-
12
S
Sam's Club 9
-
13
U
United Dairy Farmers 9
- 14 C Clarks Pump N Shop 7
- 15 P Price Less IGA 6
- 16 C Cox's Spirit Shoppe 6
- 17 C Crossroads IGA 6
-
18
G
Gordon Food Service Store 6
-
19
R
Ruler Foods 6
- 20 L Liquor World 6
-
21
D
Double Kwik 5
-
22
R
Remke 5
-
23
C
Costco 4
-
24
V
ValuMarket 4
- 25 S Stop N Go 4
-
26
P
Publix 4
- 27 Q Quality Quick 4
- 28 L Liquor King 4
- 29 B Beverage Barn 4
-
30
D
Dodge's 3
-
31
F
Food Lion 3
- 32 L Liquor City 3
- 33 H Houchens Market 3
- 34 L Liquor Outlet 3
- 35 1 1st Stop 3
- 36 G Good Spirits Wine And Tobacco 3
- 37 H Hometown Liquor 3
- 38 C Cowboys Food Stores 3
-
39
T
Trader Joe's 3
-
40
D
Dollar General Market 3
-
41
T
The Fresh Market 3
- 42 L Liquor Mart 3
-
43
M
Minit Mart 3
-
44
T
Total Wine & More 3
- 45 A Antone's Wine & Spirits 2
- 46 D Discount Liquor 2
- 47 E Evergreen Liquors 2
- 48 S Sureway 2
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49
W
Whole Foods Market 2
- 50 J Jr Food Stores 2
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