Trends · data through September 2026

Grocery & Convenience trends in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA

Iceflower tracks 209 stores from 174 grocery & convenience chains in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA. Costco grew fastest over the last year, ahead of La Favorita Market and Trader Joe's.

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
174
Tracked stores
209
Consumer panel
130M+

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. Costco and La Favorita Market sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 C Costco logo Costco - +5.2%
2 L La Favorita Market - +3.3%
3 T Trader Joe's logo Trader Joe's - -2.4%
4 A Albertsons logo Albertsons - -3.0%
5 S Smart & Final logo Smart & Final - -3.4%
6 B BevMo! logo BevMo! - -5.1%
7 V Vons logo Vons - -5.3%
8 G Grocery Outlet logo Grocery Outlet - -12.5%
  • Liquor Store
  • Other grocery stores
  • Supermarkets
  • Corner Stores & Bodegas
  • Discount Grocers
  • Upscale & Natural Grocers
  • Hispanic Supermarkets
  • Other categories

Store footprint

Store map

209 tracked store locations in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA, colored by category.

  • Liquor Store (48)
  • Other grocery stores (39)
  • Supermarkets (31)
  • Corner Stores & Bodegas (16)
  • Discount Grocers (15)
  • Upscale & Natural Grocers (15)
  • Hispanic Supermarkets (11)
  • Other categories

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 A Albertsons logo Albertsons 7
  • 2 S Smart & Final logo Smart & Final 5
  • 3 T Trader Joe's logo Trader Joe's 4
  • 4 L La Favorita Market 4
  • 5 G Grocery Outlet logo Grocery Outlet 4
  • 6 C Costco logo Costco 3
  • 7 V Vons logo Vons 3
  • 8 B BevMo! logo BevMo! 3
  • 9 M Mercado y Carniceria Su Mesa 2
  • 10 A ALDI logo ALDI 2
  • 11 I Isla Vista Food Co-op 2
  • 12 S Santa Cruz Market 2
  • 13 V Vallarta Supermarkets logo Vallarta Supermarkets 2
  • 14 L La Favorita Plaza 2
  • 15 F FoodMaxx logo FoodMaxx 2
  • 16 F Foods Co logo Foods Co 2
  • 17 S Sprouts Farmers Market logo Sprouts Farmers Market 2
  • 18 R Ralphs logo Ralphs 2
  • 19 S Santa Maria Liquors 1
  • 20 C Chapala Market 1
  • 21 B Beef Jerky Experience logo Beef Jerky Experience 1
  • 22 L Lompoc Liquor Wine & Spirits 1
  • 23 E El Rey Santa Barbara Carniceria 1
  • 24 W Woody's Butcher Block 1
  • 25 C Crown Liquors logo Crown Liquors 1
  • 26 C Carniceria la mexicana 1
  • 27 L Little Corner Store 1
  • 28 H High Seas Mead 1
  • 29 E El Gallo Market 1
  • 30 L La Puerta Del Sol Mercado 1
  • 31 W Westside Market & Liquor 1
  • 32 M Mi Rancho Market 1
  • 33 L La Chapala Market 1
  • 34 A Azteca Market 1
  • 35 L L & K Liquor Store 1
  • 36 M Mi Fiesta Liquor 1
  • 37 M Magnolia Liquors 1
  • 38 S SB Liquor and Crafts 1
  • 39 A AlchePharma Naturals 1
  • 40 L Lane Farms 1
  • 41 R Romo's Market 1
  • 42 R Red Eye Liquor 1
  • 43 O Ocean Avenue Liquors 1
  • 44 L Lobo Butcher Shop 1
  • 45 O Olive + Lavender Farms 1
  • 46 R Riviera Market 1
  • 47 E European Deli & Market 1
  • 48 D De Bu Food Mart 1
  • 49 H Highway 1 Liquor 1
  • 50 C Central Market logo Central Market 1

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