Trends · data through August 2026

Grocery Stores in Columbia, SC

Iceflower tracks 123 stores from 57 grocery stores chains in Columbia, SC. Kroger grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Lowes Foods and Food Lion.

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
57
Tracked stores
123
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked grocery stores 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. Kroger and Lowes Foods sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 K Kroger logo Kroger - +19.7%
2 L Lowes Foods logo Lowes Foods - +8.7%
3 F Food Lion logo Food Lion - +1.9%
4 A ALDI logo ALDI - +1.9%
5 K KJ's Market logo KJ's Market - -6.4%
6 P Piggly Wiggly logo Piggly Wiggly - -7.8%
7 P Publix logo Publix - -11.8%
  • Food Lion
  • Publix
  • Kroger
  • Lowes Foods
  • ALDI
  • Trader Joe's
  • Whole Foods Market
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

123 tracked store locations in Columbia, SC. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Food Lion (35)
  • Publix (13)
  • Kroger (5)
  • Lowes Foods (5)
  • ALDI (4)
  • Trader Joe's (1)
  • Whole Foods Market (1)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 F Food Lion logo Food Lion 35
  • 2 P Publix logo Publix 13
  • 3 K Kroger logo Kroger 5
  • 4 L Lowes Foods logo Lowes Foods 5
  • 5 K KJ's Market logo KJ's Market 4
  • 6 P Piggly Wiggly logo Piggly Wiggly 4
  • 7 A ALDI logo ALDI 4
  • 8 L Lidl logo Lidl 2
  • 9 T The Fresh Market logo The Fresh Market 2
  • 10 E Earth Fare logo Earth Fare 2
  • 11 F Fakord International 1
  • 12 T Trader Joe's logo Trader Joe's 1
  • 13 C Colonel Creek Market 1
  • 14 P Padgett's Grocery 1
  • 15 8 88 Oriental Market 1
  • 16 H Halal International 1
  • 17 W Wright Way 1
  • 18 T The Store 1
  • 19 B Bethune Discount Foods and Bethune Meats 1
  • 20 C Corner Stop 1
  • 21 S Smart Stop 1
  • 22 I Indian Grocery Store 1
  • 23 G GF Food Mart 1
  • 24 A Arellanos Produce 1
  • 25 G Gadsden Community Store 1
  • 26 F Food Mart 1
  • 27 O OneLove Party Shop 1
  • 28 W World Food Marketplace 1
  • 29 E Express A One 1
  • 30 R Riveras Supermercado 1
  • 31 Y Yogi Express convenience store 1
  • 32 O One Love Two 1
  • 33 R Rosewood Mini Market 1
  • 34 B BP Shop logo BP Shop 1
  • 35 W Whole Foods Market logo Whole Foods Market 1
  • 36 D Defense Commissary Agency logo Defense Commissary Agency 1
  • 37 B Blythewood IGA 1
  • 38 I IGA logo IGA 1
  • 39 S Shumpert's IGA 1
  • 40 T The Gourmet Shop 1
  • 41 E Express Lane 1
  • 42 L Lucky Supermarkets logo Lucky Supermarkets 1
  • 43 H Hyun Dai Oriental Grocery 1
  • 44 P Patel's Convenience Store 1
  • 45 1 14 Carrot Whole Foods 1
  • 46 S Supermercado El Mariachi 1
  • 47 G Gaston IGA 1
  • 48 R Rosewood Market and Deli logo Rosewood Market and Deli 1
  • 49 C Camden IGA 1
  • 50 A Asian Market 1

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