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. ALDI and Whole Foods Market sit in the high-growth half.
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ALDI | ▲1 | +12.0% |
| 2 | Whole Foods Market | ▼1 | -0.6% |
| 3 | Ingles | - | -2.4% |
| 4 | Publix | - | -6.5% |
| 5 | Energy Mart Stores | - | -12.3% |
- Supermarkets
- Corner Stores & Bodegas
- Other grocery stores
- Farm
- Liquor Store
- Upscale & Natural Grocers
- Food & Beverage Store
- Other categories
Store footprint
Store map
245 tracked store locations in Asheville, NC, colored by category. The top 5 chains by store count run 46 of the 245 stores (19%); 169 of the 188 tracked chains have a single store here. 7% of the tracked grocery & convenience stores here are upscale & natural grocers, against 3% across North Carolina.
- Supermarkets (47)
- Corner Stores & Bodegas (40)
- Other grocery stores (37)
- Farm (30)
- Liquor Store (24)
- Upscale & Natural Grocers (17)
- Food & Beverage Store (9)
- Other categories
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Ingles 31
- 2 ALDI 5
- 3 Energy Mart Stores 4
- 4 Publix 3
- 5 Whole Foods Market 3
- 6 The Fresh Market 3
- 7 Asheville ABC Liquor Store 3
- 8 The Honey Baked Ham Company 2
- 9 Tienda Los Nenes 2
- 10 Stop N Go 2
- 11 One Stop 2
- 12 Hendersonville ABC Store 2
- 13 United Grocery Outlet 2
- 14 CitiStop 2
- 15 SAV•MOR Foods 2
- 16 Sam's Club 2
- 17 Harris Teeter 2
- 18 Fairview Grocery 2
- 19 Food Lion 2
- 20 Eda's Hide-a-Way 1
- 21 The Farm 1
- 22 Hoopers Creek Bee Company 1
- 23 Gladheart Farm 1
- 24 Old Creek General Store 1
- 25 Bamboo Asian Grocery 1
- 26 La Catrachita 1
- 27 Gaining Ground Farm 1
- 28 Flat Rock Fresh General Store 1
- 29 Dalton Distillery 1
- 30 Coston Farm & Apple House 1
- 31 North Asheville Tailgate Market 1
- 32 Stump Farms 1
- 33 Windy Hollow Farm 1
- 34 Spice of life and Variety Tea 1
- 35 Green River Ag 1
- 36 Hillbillys Gulf 1
- 37 Ellaberry Llama Farm 1
- 38 Barry Farms 1
- 39 M & J Food Stores 1
- 40 Tobacco Road Burley & Brew 1
- 41 Fiesta Foods Number 1 Market 1
- 42 The Wild Violet 1
- 43 YZ Asian Market 1
- 44 Market Center 1
- 45 Candler 1
- 46 Oak and Grist Distilling Company 1
- 47 Fresh Local Produce 1
- 48 Tortillas La Regia 1
- 49 Dickies Half Price Foods 1
- 50 Asheville Equine Therapy 1
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