Trends · data through September 2026

Upscale & Natural Grocers in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN

Iceflower tracks 172 stores from 96 upscale & natural grocers in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN. Whole Foods Market grew fastest over the last year, ahead of The Fresh Market and Trader Joe's.

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
96
Tracked stores
172
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. Whole Foods Market and The Fresh Market sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 W Whole Foods Market logo Whole Foods Market - +1.9%
2 T The Fresh Market logo The Fresh Market - +1.9%
3 T Trader Joe's logo Trader Joe's - -0.9%
4 H Heinen's logo Heinen's - -1.9%
5 S Sunrise Health Foods - -2.0%
6 F Fresh Thyme Market logo Fresh Thyme Market - -12.1%
  • Whole Foods Market
  • Trader Joe's
  • Fresh Thyme Market
  • The Fresh Market
  • Heinen's
  • Fresh Market
  • Eataly
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

172 tracked store locations in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Whole Foods Market (32)
  • Trader Joe's (23)
  • Fresh Thyme Market (8)
  • The Fresh Market (8)
  • Heinen's (4)
  • Fresh Market (2)
  • Eataly (1)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 W Whole Foods Market logo Whole Foods Market 32
  • 2 T Trader Joe's logo Trader Joe's 23
  • 3 F Fresh Thyme Market logo Fresh Thyme Market 8
  • 4 T The Fresh Market logo The Fresh Market 8
  • 5 H Heinen's logo Heinen's 4
  • 6 S Sunrise Health Foods 4
  • 7 F Fresh Market logo Fresh Market 2
  • 8 B Baums Natural Foods 2
  • 9 B Back To Nature 2
  • 10 A American Health Foods 1
  • 11 F Fit Foundation 1
  • 12 U Urban Apothecary 1
  • 13 N Natural Choices Health Food 1
  • 14 H Healthy Life 1
  • 15 T Temple Fuel 1
  • 16 L Lakefront Nutrition and Fitness 1
  • 17 H Hygea Natural Products 1
  • 18 W Workshop Apothecary 1
  • 19 X Xtreme Nutrition Club 1
  • 20 L Lean Kitchen logo Lean Kitchen 1
  • 21 S SunKissed Greenz 1
  • 22 T The Pure Juice and Vegan Food Joint 1
  • 23 E Essential Kitchen 1
  • 24 T The Natural Branches logo The Natural Branches 1
  • 25 B Botanica La Luz 1
  • 26 I Indo-Pak Meat & Grocery 1
  • 27 V Villages Nutrition 1
  • 28 B Bewitching Brews 1
  • 29 B Biovita Natural Inc 1
  • 30 A Argyle'El Grocery 1
  • 31 A Amish & Healthy Foods 1
  • 32 M Mercado La Casita 1
  • 33 K KMT Health Food Store 1
  • 34 H Herbalife Nutrition 1
  • 35 C Craveit 1
  • 36 B Bonne Sante Health Foods 1
  • 37 B Blue Island Produce 1
  • 38 A Apple Valley Natural Foods 1
  • 39 A Angborki Doe Designs 1
  • 40 L Legacy Nutrition 1
  • 41 S Supermercado Buenavista 1
  • 42 C Capitol Nutrition and Supplements 1
  • 43 W Woodland Foods 1
  • 44 W WSC Natural Healing 1
  • 45 R Rise Up Nutrition 1
  • 46 R Rogers Park Nutrition Spot 1
  • 47 M Mom's Health Land 1
  • 48 N Natural 1
  • 49 W Wheeling Hub 1
  • 50 S Supreme Groceries 1

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