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. Trader Joe's and ALDI sit in the high-growth half.
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Trader Joe's | - | +13.8% |
| 2 | ALDI | - | +13.4% |
| 3 | Streets Market | - | +5.7% |
| 4 | Lidl | - | +4.9% |
| 5 | Giant Food | - | +1.5% |
| 6 | Whole Foods Market | - | -0.1% |
| 7 | Harris Teeter | - | -2.9% |
| 8 | Safeway | - | -5.1% |
| 9 | Yes Organic Market | - | -13.2% |
| 10 | Wagshal’s | - | -29.7% |
- Liquor Store
- Other grocery stores
- Supermarkets
- Corner Stores & Bodegas
- Upscale & Natural Grocers
- Farmers Market
- Food & Beverage Store
- Other categories
Store footprint
Store map
464 tracked store locations in District of Columbia, colored by category. The top 5 chains by store count run 46 of the 464 stores (10%); 387 of the 403 tracked chains have a single store here. 39% of the tracked grocery & convenience stores here are liquor stores, against 22% across the United States.
- Liquor Store (181)
- Other grocery stores (96)
- Supermarkets (62)
- Corner Stores & Bodegas (39)
- Upscale & Natural Grocers (26)
- Farmers Market (13)
- Food & Beverage Store (11)
- Other categories
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Safeway 15
- 2 Streets Market 10
- 3 Whole Foods Market 8
- 4 Giant Food 7
- 5 Trader Joe's 6
- 6 Yes Organic Market 6
- 7 Harris Teeter 4
- 8 Wagshal’s 3
- 9 Lidl 3
- 10 ALDI 3
- 11 El Rey 2
- 12 Signature 2
- 13 Imperial Wine & Spirits 2
- 14 Navy Exchange 2
- 15 The Brown Bag 2
- 16 Costco 2
- 17 World Liquors 1
- 18 Sonya's Market 1
- 19 Paik Produce 1
- 20 Irving Wine and Spirits 1
- 21 Towne Wine & Liquor 1
- 22 F Street Fine Wines & Spirits 1
- 23 Chinatown Liquor 1
- 24 Capitol View Market 1
- 25 Lucky Seven Liquor 1
- 26 Northwest Liquors 1
- 27 Surprise Market 1
- 28 Brookland Market 1
- 29 7-River Mart 1
- 30 Progresso Market 1
- 31 Alabama Convenience 1
- 32 Columbia Heights Food Market 1
- 33 Batch 13 1
- 34 Potomac Tobacco Mini Market 1
- 35 Angel's Share Wines & Liquors 1
- 36 Papa's Liquor 1
- 37 Brookland Fine Wine and Spirits 1
- 38 JBAB Commissary 1
- 39 Texas Convenience Store 1
- 40 Eye Street Cellars 1
- 41 Kogod Liquors 1
- 42 Sylvia's Liquors 1
- 43 Fort Carroll Market 1
- 44 Sohal Wine & Spirits 1
- 45 Franklin Market 1
- 46 Best One Liquor 1
- 47 The Corner Market 1
- 48 Michigan Liquors 1
- 49 High Spirits 1
- 50 Chesapeake Big Market 1
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