Trends · data through July 2026

Grocery Stores in San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA

Iceflower tracks 520 stores from 286 grocery stores chains in San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA. Food 4 Less grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Sprouts Farmers Market and El Super.

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
286
Tracked stores
520
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. Food 4 Less and Sprouts Farmers Market sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 F Food 4 Less logo Food 4 Less - +11.8%
2 S Sprouts Farmers Market logo Sprouts Farmers Market - +10.6%
3 E El Super logo El Super ▲1 +9.6%
4 B Barons Market logo Barons Market - +8.4%
5 N North Park Produce logo North Park Produce - +5.8%
6 A ALDI logo ALDI ▲1 +2.5%
7 R Ralphs logo Ralphs - -0.2%
8 9 99 Ranch Market logo 99 Ranch Market - -2.7%
9 S Seafood City Supermarket logo Seafood City Supermarket - -3.1%
10 W Whole Foods Market logo Whole Foods Market ▼1 -5.3%
11 G Grocery Outlet logo Grocery Outlet - -5.8%
12 A Albertsons logo Albertsons - -6.8%
13 S Smart & Final logo Smart & Final - -8.9%
14 S Stater Bros. Markets logo Stater Bros. Markets ▼1 -9.1%
15 V Vons logo Vons - -11.5%
  • Vons
  • Trader Joe's
  • Albertsons
  • Ralphs
  • Sprouts Farmers Market
  • Smart & Final
  • Food 4 Less
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

520 tracked store locations in San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Vons (44)
  • Trader Joe's (19)
  • Albertsons (29)
  • Ralphs (21)
  • Sprouts Farmers Market (25)
  • Smart & Final (25)
  • Food 4 Less (8)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

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