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. Sprouts Farmers Market and Trader Joe's sit in the high-growth half.
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Chain
YoY growth
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sprouts Farmers Market | - | +9.5% |
| 2 | Trader Joe's | ▲1 | +7.8% |
| 3 | Costco | - | +6.0% |
| 4 | Whole Foods Market | ▲2 | +4.9% |
| 5 | North Park Produce | ▲1 | +4.6% |
| 6 | Northgate Gonzalez Markets | ▲1 | +3.7% |
| 7 | Barons Market | ▲1 | +2.4% |
| 8 | Party Time Liquor | - | +1.4% |
| 9 | Manolo Farmers Market | ▲1 | +1.1% |
| 10 | 99 Ranch Market | ▲1 | +1.0% |
| 11 | Restaurant Depot | - | +0.8% |
| 12 | A-Mart | - | -0.1% |
| 13 | Ralphs | - | -0.5% |
| 14 | El Super | ▲2 | -0.8% |
| 15 | Stater Bros. Markets | - | -2.3% |
- Liquor Store
- Supermarkets
- Other grocery stores
- Corner Stores & Bodegas
- Upscale & Natural Grocers
- Discount Grocers
- Food & Beverage Store
- Other categories
Store footprint
Store map
1,292 tracked store locations in San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA, colored by category. The top 5 chains by store count run 148 of the 1,292 stores (11%); 864 of the 937 tracked chains have a single store here.
- Liquor Store (368)
- Supermarkets (200)
- Other grocery stores (152)
- Corner Stores & Bodegas (107)
- Upscale & Natural Grocers (91)
- Discount Grocers (67)
- Food & Beverage Store (56)
- Other categories
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Vons 46
- 2 Albertsons 28
- 3 Sprouts Farmers Market 27
- 4 Smart & Final 26
- 5 Ralphs 21
- 6 Trader Joe's 19
- 7 BevMo! 16
- 8 Costco 15
- 9 ALDI 15
- 10 Grocery Outlet 13
- 11 Food 4 Less 11
- 12 Navy Exchange 10
- 13 Stater Bros. Markets 9
- 14 Keg N Bottle 8
- 15 Primo Water 6
- 16 Barons Market 6
- 17 Manolo Farmers Market 6
- 18 Northgate Gonzalez Markets 6
- 19 The Honey Baked Ham Company 5
- 20 El Super 5
- 21 Total Wine & More 5
- 22 North Park Produce 4
- 23 Canteen 4
- 24 Pavilions 4
- 25 Kings Liquor 3
- 26 Party Time Liquor 3
- 27 A-Mart 3
- 28 Restaurant Depot 3
- 29 Par Liquor 3
- 30 Seafood City Supermarket 3
- 31 Whole Foods Market 3
- 32 99 Ranch Market 3
- 33 Bobar Liquor 2
- 34 Main Street Liquor 2
- 35 La Posta Market 2
- 36 Crafted Selections @ Bancroft 2
- 37 Rodeos Meat Market 2
- 38 Gelson's 2
- 39 Garden Farms Market 2
- 40 Liquor Mart 2
- 41 Coca-Cola 2
- 42 Food Mart 2
- 43 Valley Farm Market 2
- 44 H Mart 2
- 45 Carnival Supermarket 2
- 46 WinCo 2
- 47 Krisp Beverages + Natural Foods 2
- 48 Marine Corps Exchange 2
- 49 Vallarta 2
- 50 Frazier Farms 2
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