Trends · data through August 2026

Grocery Stores in Iowa

Iceflower tracks 495 stores from 171 grocery stores chains in Iowa. Natural Grocers grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Fareway and ALDI.

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
171
Tracked stores
495
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. Natural Grocers and Fareway sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 N Natural Grocers logo Natural Grocers - +6.6%
2 F Fareway logo Fareway - +2.2%
3 A ALDI logo ALDI - +2.2%
4 P Price Chopper logo Price Chopper - -0.1%
5 H Hy-Vee logo Hy-Vee - -2.4%
6 H Hometown Foods - -3.8%
7 J Jeff's Market - -8.4%
8 B Brothers Market - -30.4%
  • Hy-Vee
  • Fareway
  • ALDI
  • Trader Joe's
  • Cash Saver
  • Natural Grocers
  • Price Chopper
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

495 tracked store locations in Iowa. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Hy-Vee (155)
  • Fareway (106)
  • ALDI (33)
  • Trader Joe's (2)
  • Cash Saver (2)
  • Natural Grocers (6)
  • Price Chopper (4)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 H Hy-Vee logo Hy-Vee 155
  • 2 F Fareway logo Fareway 106
  • 3 A ALDI logo ALDI 33
  • 4 N Natural Grocers logo Natural Grocers 6
  • 5 H Hometown Foods 5
  • 6 B Brothers Market 5
  • 7 P Price Chopper logo Price Chopper 4
  • 8 S Sunshine Foods logo Sunshine Foods 4
  • 9 J Jeff's Market 3
  • 10 Q Quillin's 2
  • 11 H Hy-Vee Pharmacy logo Hy-Vee Pharmacy 2
  • 12 F Freeman Foods 2
  • 13 F Family Fare Supermarket logo Family Fare Supermarket 2
  • 14 E El Mercadito 2
  • 15 W West Forty Market 2
  • 16 H Hometown Market 2
  • 17 T Trader Joe's logo Trader Joe's 2
  • 18 N New Pioneer Co-op 2
  • 19 C Cash Saver 2
  • 20 F Fresh Thyme Market logo Fresh Thyme Market 2
  • 21 M Metro Mart 2
  • 22 B Benders Foods 1
  • 23 B Balkan Grocery 1
  • 24 A Abarrotes Carrillo 1
  • 25 N New Hampton Mart & Vape Shop 1
  • 26 F Farmboy Market 1
  • 27 F Food Pride Market 1
  • 28 S Super convenient store 1
  • 29 C Chamling Food and Liquor Store 1
  • 30 B Balkan Foods 1
  • 31 F Food Land Missouri Valley 1
  • 32 D Deep Supermarket 1
  • 33 P Prairie City Foods 1
  • 34 C Chin Land Store 1
  • 35 S Starlight Market 1
  • 36 S Stop & Shop logo Stop & Shop 1
  • 37 T Trunck's Country Food 1
  • 38 H Here's What's Poppin 1
  • 39 V Vytyl 1
  • 40 N New Oriental Food Store 1
  • 41 W Wang's Asian Market 1
  • 42 T The Grateful Chef 1
  • 43 W World Food Market 1
  • 44 V Valley Fresh Market 1
  • 45 L La Michoacana Grocery and Catering 1
  • 46 T The Baker's Pantry 1
  • 47 I Iowa City Halal Food and Grocery 1
  • 48 W Wood's Super Market & Deli 1
  • 49 T The Spice & Tea Exchange logo The Spice & Tea Exchange 1
  • 50 N Newton Market 1

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