Trends · data through August 2026

Grocery Stores in Ohio

Iceflower tracks 1,934 stores from 948 grocery stores chains in Ohio. Gorby's grew fastest over the last year, ahead of The Fresh Market and 1st Stop.

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
948
Tracked stores
1,934
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. Gorby's and The Fresh Market sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 G Gorby's - +16.7%
2 T The Fresh Market logo The Fresh Market - +12.7%
3 1 1st Stop ▲3 +12.1%
4 G Gordon Food Service Store logo Gordon Food Service Store - +11.6%
5 H Heinen's logo Heinen's - +10.9%
6 R Riesbeck's - +7.9%
7 M Meijer logo Meijer - +7.6%
8 S Stop & Shop logo Stop & Shop - +7.3%
9 B Buehler's Fresh Foods logo Buehler's Fresh Foods - +4.6%
10 C Chief Supermarket logo Chief Supermarket - +3.6%
11 A ALDI logo ALDI - +3.0%
12 W Whole Foods Market logo Whole Foods Market ▲1 +2.7%
13 F Fresh Thyme Market logo Fresh Thyme Market - +2.1%
14 S Sparkle Market - +1.6%
15 T Trader Joe's logo Trader Joe's - +1.4%
  • Kroger
  • Meijer
  • Giant Eagle
  • ALDI
  • Marc's
  • Heinen's
  • Whole Foods Market
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

1,934 tracked store locations in Ohio. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Kroger (243)
  • Meijer (66)
  • Giant Eagle (125)
  • ALDI (137)
  • Marc's (61)
  • Heinen's (17)
  • Whole Foods Market (13)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

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