Trends · data through July 2026

Grocery Stores in Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC

Iceflower tracks 276 stores from 116 grocery stores chains in Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC. Trader Joe's grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Kroger and ALDI.

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
116
Tracked stores
276
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. Trader Joe's and Kroger sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 T Trader Joe's logo Trader Joe's ▲1 +18.1%
2 K Kroger logo Kroger - +17.5%
3 A ALDI logo ALDI - +4.5%
4 F Farm Fresh logo Farm Fresh - +4.5%
5 H Harris Teeter logo Harris Teeter - +0.2%
6 T The Fresh Market logo The Fresh Market - +0.2%
7 F Food Lion logo Food Lion - -7.4%
8 L Lidl logo Lidl ▼1 -7.8%
  • Food Lion
  • Harris Teeter
  • Kroger
  • ALDI
  • Oceana Commissary
  • Wegmans
  • Publix
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

276 tracked store locations in Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Food Lion (86)
  • Harris Teeter (25)
  • Kroger (18)
  • ALDI (9)
  • Oceana Commissary (1)
  • Wegmans (1)
  • Publix (5)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 F Food Lion logo Food Lion 86
  • 2 H Harris Teeter logo Harris Teeter 25
  • 3 K Kroger logo Kroger 18
  • 4 A ALDI logo ALDI 9
  • 5 L Lidl logo Lidl 9
  • 6 P Publix logo Publix 5
  • 7 T The Fresh Market logo The Fresh Market 5
  • 8 J Joe's Kwik Mart logo Joe's Kwik Mart 4
  • 9 F Farm Fresh logo Farm Fresh 3
  • 10 T Trader Joe's logo Trader Joe's 3
  • 11 O Organic Food Depot 2
  • 12 P Piggly Wiggly logo Piggly Wiggly 2
  • 13 W Whole Foods Market logo Whole Foods Market 2
  • 14 Y York Food Mart 1
  • 15 U ubbego African Supermarket 1
  • 16 C Chili Hill Foods & Farm 1
  • 17 B Best of British 1
  • 18 D Duttons Grocery 1
  • 19 H Hampton Seafood Market 1
  • 20 W Windsor Food Mart 1
  • 21 H Health Trail Natural Foods 1
  • 22 H Halal Food Mart 1
  • 23 C County Market logo County Market 1
  • 24 N Nuttall's Store 1
  • 25 P Park Avenue Market 1
  • 26 A Anand Bazaar 1
  • 27 S Surry Marketplace 1
  • 28 S Sheffield's Grocery 1
  • 29 A A&A Market 1
  • 30 E European Grocery Market 1
  • 31 P Peter's Market 1
  • 32 K Kielbasa European Food 1
  • 33 E Easy Go Convenience Store 1
  • 34 J J Mart Japanese Grocery 1
  • 35 P Pine Supermarket 1
  • 36 T Tokyo Market 1
  • 37 T Tindahan 1
  • 38 A Achilles Shopping Center 1
  • 39 H Holiday Food Mart 1
  • 40 T Terrace Grocery 1
  • 41 N Neighborhood Super Market 1
  • 42 W Whaleyville General 1
  • 43 M Mi Casita Tienda Latina 1
  • 44 L Little Sue 1
  • 45 M Marnes Juanita latín store 1
  • 46 B Beach Bay 1
  • 47 O Ocean Food Mart 1
  • 48 Q Quick Pick 1
  • 49 L Little E's Food Store 1
  • 50 M Mi Favorita Tienda Latino 1

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