Trends · data through July 2026

Grocery Stores in Wilmington, NC

Iceflower tracks 92 stores from 40 grocery stores chains in Wilmington, NC. Harris Teeter grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Food Lion and Publix.

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
40
Tracked stores
92
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. Harris Teeter and Food Lion sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 H Harris Teeter logo Harris Teeter - +4.8%
2 F Food Lion logo Food Lion - +4.3%
3 P Publix logo Publix - -6.9%
4 L Lowes Foods logo Lowes Foods - -10.9%
  • Food Lion
  • Harris Teeter
  • Lowes Foods
  • Publix
  • Trader Joe's
  • ALDI
  • Whole Foods Market
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

92 tracked store locations in Wilmington, NC. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Food Lion (24)
  • Harris Teeter (11)
  • Lowes Foods (12)
  • Publix (6)
  • Trader Joe's (1)
  • ALDI (2)
  • Whole Foods Market (1)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 F Food Lion logo Food Lion 24
  • 2 L Lowes Foods logo Lowes Foods 12
  • 3 H Harris Teeter logo Harris Teeter 11
  • 4 P Publix logo Publix 6
  • 5 A ALDI logo ALDI 2
  • 6 L Lidl logo Lidl 2
  • 7 P Piggly Wiggly logo Piggly Wiggly 2
  • 8 T Trader Joe's logo Trader Joe's 1
  • 9 S Safeway logo Safeway 1
  • 10 B Buffaloes watering hole 1
  • 11 H Holden Beach General Store 1
  • 12 T The Island Market 1
  • 13 A AB Food Mart 1
  • 14 I Inergy Market 1
  • 15 T The Sea Merchants 1
  • 16 D Down to Earth 1
  • 17 C Carolina Beach Market and Deli 1
  • 18 T Tienda Mis Amigos 1
  • 19 N North Side Food Market 1
  • 20 W Wrightsville Beach Nutrition 1
  • 21 V Via Mexico 1
  • 22 M Mcgee Market 1
  • 23 S Sam Supperette 2 1
  • 24 B Bob's EZ Way 1
  • 25 W Whole Foods Market logo Whole Foods Market 1
  • 26 T The Fresh Market logo The Fresh Market 1
  • 27 M Maritime Market 1
  • 28 S Surf City IGA 1
  • 29 T Tidal Creek Co-op 1
  • 30 S Salt Marsh Market 1
  • 31 H Hilltop Grocery 1
  • 32 L Lovey's Natural Foods & Cafe 1
  • 33 A Asian Life Market 1
  • 34 V Village Market 1
  • 35 M Minuteman Mart 1
  • 36 U Uptown Market 1
  • 37 T The Veggie Wagon logo The Veggie Wagon 1
  • 38 L Lucky Stop Food Mart 1
  • 39 Q Quick N Easy 1
  • 40 C Cape Fear Spice Merchants 1

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