Trends · data through September 2026

Upscale & Natural Grocers in Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC

Iceflower tracks 37 stores from 22 upscale & natural grocers in Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC. Trader Joe's grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Whole Foods Market and The Fresh Market.

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
22
Tracked stores
37
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked upscale & natural grocers

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 Whole Foods Market sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 T Trader Joe's logo Trader Joe's - +3.2%
2 W Whole Foods Market logo Whole Foods Market - +0.8%
3 T The Fresh Market logo The Fresh Market - +0.5%
4 E Earth Fare logo Earth Fare - -42.0%
  • Trader Joe's
  • Whole Foods Market
  • The Fresh Market
  • Sprouts Farmers Market
  • Earth Fare
  • Savi Provisions
  • Berrybrook Farm Natural Foods
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

37 tracked store locations in Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Trader Joe's (3)
  • Whole Foods Market (4)
  • The Fresh Market (6)
  • Sprouts Farmers Market (2)
  • Earth Fare (5)
  • Savi Provisions (1)
  • Berrybrook Farm Natural Foods (1)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 T The Fresh Market logo The Fresh Market 6
  • 2 E Earth Fare logo Earth Fare 5
  • 3 W Whole Foods Market logo Whole Foods Market 4
  • 4 T Trader Joe's logo Trader Joe's 3
  • 5 S Sprouts Farmers Market logo Sprouts Farmers Market 2
  • 6 D Delgado's Fuego 1
  • 7 P Pineville Nutrition 1
  • 8 Q QC Healthy Vending 1
  • 9 N Nina’s Olivar 1
  • 10 L Lake Norman Nutrition 1
  • 11 O One Love Botanicals 1
  • 12 C Central Market logo Central Market 1
  • 13 K Kushi World Bazaar 1
  • 14 L La Michoacana Supermercado 1
  • 15 T The Bradford Store 1
  • 16 S Simply Good Natural Foods 1
  • 17 G Genesis Herb Garden 1
  • 18 C Carolina Smoothies 1
  • 19 V Vitasmart 1
  • 20 O Organic Marketplace 1
  • 21 B Berrybrook Farm Natural Foods 1
  • 22 S Savi Provisions logo Savi Provisions 1

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