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. The Market and The New York Butcher Shoppe sit in the high-growth half.
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | T The Market | ▲2 | +19.3% |
| 2 |
T
|
▲2 | +17.5% |
| 3 |
B
|
- | +16.0% |
| 4 | M Midway Mart | ▲5 | +14.9% |
| 5 |
U
|
▲1 | +13.5% |
| 6 | B Buy & Go | ▲1 | +8.1% |
| 7 |
R
|
- | +7.7% |
| 8 | C Cashion's Quik Stop | ▲1 | +7.6% |
| 9 | K Kingsway | ▲2 | +6.3% |
| 10 | T Tropicana Supermarket | ▲5 | +5.6% |
| 11 |
M
|
- | +5.1% |
| 12 |
T
|
- | +4.4% |
| 13 |
P
|
- | +4.0% |
| 14 | T The Pop Shoppe | ▼1 | +3.8% |
| 15 | S SAV•MOR Foods | ▲1 | +2.5% |
- Supermarkets
- Corner Stores & Bodegas
- Other grocery stores
- Farm
- Liquor Store
- Food & Beverage Store
- Upscale & Natural Grocers
- Other categories
Store footprint
Store map
5,046 tracked store locations in North Carolina, colored by category.
- Supermarkets (1,326)
- Corner Stores & Bodegas (857)
- Other grocery stores (797)
- Farm (413)
- Liquor Store (369)
- Food & Beverage Store (212)
- Upscale & Natural Grocers (175)
- Other categories
Top tracked chains by store count
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1
F
Food Lion 535
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2
H
Harris Teeter 186
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3
A
ALDI 97
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4
L
Lowes Foods 82
- 5 I Ingles 77
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6
P
Publix 60
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7
P
Piggly Wiggly 53
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8
T
The Honey Baked Ham Company 30
- 9 S Short Stop Food Mart 29
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10
C
Carlie C's IGA 29
-
11
L
Lidl 26
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12
T
The Fresh Market 25
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13
S
Sam's Club 25
-
14
C
Compare Foods 21
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15
A
ABC Store 19
-
16
T
Total Wine & More 17
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17
W
Whole Foods Market 16
-
18
T
Trader Joe's 13
-
19
S
Stop & Shop 12
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20
C
Canteen 11
- 21 F Fresh Foods IGA 10
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22
B
BJ's Wholesale Club 10
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23
C
Costco 10
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24
P
Pepsi Bottling Ventures 9
- 25 C Catawba County Abc 8
- 26 R Red Bowl Asian Bistro 7
- 27 S SAV•MOR Foods 7
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28
T
The Butcher's Market 7
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29
W
Winestore 6
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30
S
Shop 'n Save 6
- 31 T Tropicana Supermarket 6
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32
P
Pepsi Bottling Group 6
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33
S
Sprouts Farmers Market 6
- 34 S Seaview Crab Company 5
- 35 C Country Mart 5
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36
S
Save A Lot 5
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37
E
Earth Fare 5
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38
M
Mecklenburg County ABC Store 5
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39
U
US Foods CHEF'STORE 5
- 40 F Fastop 5
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41
T
The New York Butcher Shoppe 5
- 42 T Tommy's Mini Mart 4
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43
B
Brew Thru 4
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44
O
One Stop 4
- 45 T The Market 4
- 46 W Weaver Street Market 4
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47
W
Wegmans 4
- 48 R Ready Mart 4
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49
G
Greensboro Abc 3
- 50 W Wow Supermarket 3
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