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. Food Lion and Costco sit in the high-growth half.
#
Chain
YoY growth
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
F
Food Lion
|
▲4 | +13.8% |
| 2 |
C
Costco
|
▲1 | +7.5% |
| 3 |
M
Minit Mart
|
▲3 | +5.8% |
| 4 | L Liquor Outlet | ▲3 | +4.7% |
| 5 |
L
Liquor Barn
|
▲1 | +4.4% |
| 6 |
S
Sam's Club
|
- | +4.0% |
| 7 |
A
ALDI
|
- | +3.8% |
| 8 |
G
Gordon Food Service Store
|
- | +2.9% |
| 9 |
F
Food Giant
|
▲1 | +2.6% |
| 10 |
R
Ruler Foods
|
▲2 | +2.6% |
| 11 | Q Quality Quick | ▲4 | +2.0% |
| 12 |
M
Meijer
|
▼1 | -0.2% |
| 13 | H Hometown Liquor | ▲1 | -1.0% |
| 14 |
T
Trader Joe's
|
- | -1.4% |
| 15 | P Price Less IGA | ▲1 | -2.5% |
- Grocery Store
- Liquor Store
- Convenience Store
- Food or Beverage Store
- Farm
- Butcher Shop
- Warehouse Club
- Other categories
Store footprint
Store map
1,670 tracked store locations in Kentucky, colored by category.
- Grocery Store (692)
- Liquor Store (466)
- Convenience Store (351)
- Food or Beverage Store (49)
- Farm (37)
- Butcher Shop (25)
- Warehouse Club (19)
- Other categories
Top tracked chains by store count
-
1
K
Kroger 125
-
2
C
Circle K 100
-
3
S
Save A Lot 67
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4
F
FiveStar 41
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5
I
IGA 34
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6
A
-
7
F
-
8
M
-
9
L
-
10
F
Food City 13
-
11
U
United Dairy Farmers 9
-
12
S
-
13
A
Ameristop Food Mart 9
- 14 C Clarks Pump N Shop 6
- 15 C Crossroads IGA 6
-
16
R
-
17
G
- 18 L Liquor World 6
- 19 C Cox's Spirit Shoppe 6
- 20 P Price Less IGA 6
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21
D
Double Kwik 5
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22
R
Remke 5
-
23
V
ValuMarket 4
- 24 S Stop N Go 4
- 25 L Liquor King 4
- 26 B Beverage Barn 4
- 27 Q Quality Quick 4
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28
P
Publix 4
-
29
C
- 30 H Hometown Liquor 3
- 31 G Good Spirits Wine And Tobacco 3
-
32
D
Dodge's 3
-
33
F
- 34 L Liquor Outlet 3
- 35 L Liquor City 3
- 36 L Liquor Mart 3
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37
M
-
38
D
Dollar General Market 3
-
39
T
The Fresh Market 3
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40
T
- 41 C Cowboys Food Stores 3
- 42 1 1st Stop 3
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43
T
Total Wine & More 3
- 44 H Houchens Market 3
- 45 S Supermercado Aguascalientes 2
- 46 H Happy Liquors 2
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47
C
Crown Liquors 2
- 48 L Liquor Palate 2
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49
S
Sureway 2
- 50 E Evergreen Liquors 2
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