Chain · United States · data through September 2026

Gelson's

Iceflower tracks 30 Gelson's stores across 1 US state. It ranks #23 of 2,604 tracked US upscale & natural grocers by card spend. Its share of tracked category spend moved -7.4% over the last year.

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 stores
30
States
1
Category
Upscale & Natural Grocers
Category rank
#23

Growth

Gelson's against its category

The biggest tracked US upscale & natural grocers by card spend, with year-over-year growth of category share. Share means a chain's slice of tracked category spend. It can decline while the chain's own sales grow. The chart tracks Gelson's's share of the category quarter by quarter, indexed to 2024 Q4 = 100.

# Chain YoY share
1 Trader Joe's +3.6%
2 Wegmans -2.1%
3 Whole Foods Market -1.0%
4 Sprouts Farmers Market +1.1%
5 The Fresh Market -4.2%
6 Natural Grocers -0.2%
7 Fresh Thyme Market -10.0%
8 Harmons -0.5%
9 Heinen's -2.2%
10 Sendik's -0.6%
23 Gelson's -7.4%

Share of tracked category spend, indexed

100 81.7 2024 Q4 2026 Q3

Store footprint

Store map

30 tracked Gelson's locations across 1 US state. All of them are in California.

Tracked stores by state

Customer overlap

Who shops at Gelson's

Tracked chains Gelson's customers also buy from more than a similarly active shopper would, indexed to the strongest overlap (100). From real card transactions.

Pavilions 100
Ralphs 71
Erewhon 63
Lazy Acres 46
Lazy Acres Market 42
Vons 32
Ojai Valley Inn 30
Cardiff Seaside Market 29
Lassen's Natural Foods & Vitamins 27

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