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. New Leaf Community Markets and Restaurant Depot sit in the high-growth half.
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Leaf Community Markets | ▲3 | +16.4% |
| 2 | Restaurant Depot | ▲3 | +14.6% |
| 3 | Samco Food Store | ▲2 | +12.8% |
| 4 | Erewhon | ▲4 | +12.1% |
| 5 | Village Market | ▲5 | +11.0% |
| 6 | Nugget Markets | ▲3 | +10.7% |
| 7 | Bi-Rite Market | ▲3 | +10.4% |
| 8 | La Superior Mercados | ▲4 | +10.2% |
| 9 | Holiday Market | - | +9.9% |
| 10 | 168 Market | ▲4 | +8.7% |
| 11 | Vallarta Supermarkets | ▲1 | +7.6% |
| 12 | Marine Corps Exchange | ▲2 | +7.3% |
| 13 | Tokyo Central | ▲4 | +6.5% |
| 14 | Costco | - | +6.5% |
| 15 | Pavilions | ▲1 | +6.4% |
- Liquor Store
- Supermarkets
- Other grocery stores
- Corner Stores & Bodegas
- Upscale & Natural Grocers
- Discount Grocers
- Hispanic Supermarkets
- Other categories
Store footprint
Store map
15,131 tracked store locations in California, colored by category. The top 5 chains by store count run 1,162 of the 15,131 stores (8%); 8,306 of the 9,377 tracked chains have a single store here. 8% of the tracked grocery & convenience stores here are corner stores & bodegas, against 14% across the United States.
- Liquor Store (3,648)
- Supermarkets (2,602)
- Other grocery stores (2,545)
- Corner Stores & Bodegas (1,175)
- Upscale & Natural Grocers (948)
- Discount Grocers (852)
- Hispanic Supermarkets (650)
- Other categories
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Safeway 252
- 2 Smart & Final 250
- 3 Grocery Outlet 236
- 4 Trader Joe's 212
- 5 Ralphs 212
- 6 Vons 189
- 7 Stater Bros. Markets 176
- 8 Costco 155
- 9 Sprouts Farmers Market 153
- 10 BevMo! 147
- 11 Albertsons 141
- 12 Raley's 114
- 13 Whole Foods Market 107
- 14 ALDI 105
- 15 Food 4 Less 104
- 16 Save Mart 84
- 17 Superior Grocers 74
- 18 Lucky Supermarkets 65
- 19 Vallarta Supermarkets 58
- 20 FoodMaxx 56
- 21 Cardenas Markets 55
- 22 El Super 54
- 23 Total Wine & More 47
- 24 99 Ranch Market 40
- 25 WinCo 40
- 26 Northgate Gonzalez Markets 39
- 27 Sam's Club 36
- 28 Pavilions 34
- 29 The Honey Baked Ham Company 32
- 30 Gelson's 30
- 31 Seafood City Supermarket 24
- 32 Restaurant Depot 22
- 33 Bonfare Market 21
- 34 Village Market 21
- 35 H Mart 20
- 36 Foods Co 19
- 37 Navy Exchange 18
- 38 La Carniceria Meat Market 18
- 39 US Foods CHEF'STORE 17
- 40 Stop N Save 17
- 41 Holiday Market 16
- 42 Island Pacific Seafood Market 16
- 43 Food Mart 15
- 44 Bristol Farms 14
- 45 Nugget Markets 13
- 46 Erewhon 12
- 47 Super King Markets 12
- 48 Kings Liquor 11
- 49 Ray's Food Place 11
- 50 Chavez Supermarket 11
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