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. Xpress Mart and O'Darby's Liquor Barn sit in the high-growth half.
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Xpress Mart | ▲3 | +17.1% |
| 2 | O'Darby's Liquor Barn | ▲1 | +12.0% |
| 3 | Sharpe Shoppe | ▲1 | +11.9% |
| 4 | Tiger Express | ▲5 | +9.4% |
| 5 | US Foods CHEF'STORE | - | +8.6% |
| 6 | Cheap Way | ▲3 | +8.4% |
| 7 | Ole Timey Meat Market | - | +5.2% |
| 8 | Kroger | - | +4.9% |
| 9 | Trader Joe's | - | +4.6% |
| 10 | Asian Market | - | +4.5% |
| 11 | Liquor Xpress | ▲3 | +4.2% |
| 12 | Stop & Shop | - | +2.7% |
| 13 | Publix | - | +2.7% |
| 14 | The Spice & Tea Exchange | ▲1 | +2.4% |
| 15 | Costco | - | +2.1% |
- Liquor Store
- Supermarkets
- Corner Stores & Bodegas
- Other grocery stores
- Farm
- Food & Beverage Store
- Discount Grocers
- Other categories
Store footprint
Store map
2,697 tracked store locations in South Carolina, colored by category. The top 5 chains by store count run 385 of the 2,697 stores (14%); 1,712 of the 1,870 tracked chains have a single store here. 18% of the tracked grocery & convenience stores here are corner stores & bodegas, against 14% across the United States.
- Liquor Store (596)
- Supermarkets (544)
- Corner Stores & Bodegas (493)
- Other grocery stores (308)
- Farm (130)
- Food & Beverage Store (115)
- Discount Grocers (78)
- Other categories
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Food Lion 178
- 2 Publix 72
- 3 ALDI 54
- 4 Piggly Wiggly 46
- 5 Ingles 35
- 6 Harris Teeter 32
- 7 KJ's Market 21
- 8 Lowes Foods 18
- 9 The Honey Baked Ham Company 17
- 10 The New York Butcher Shoppe 16
- 11 Kroger 16
- 12 Sam's Club 14
- 13 Red Bowl Asian Bistro 13
- 14 IGA 12
- 15 Lidl 12
- 16 The Fresh Market 12
- 17 Quick Stop 10
- 18 Corner Stop 10
- 19 Save A Lot 9
- 20 Country Corner 7
- 21 Quick Pantry 7
- 22 Earth Fare 7
- 23 Costco 6
- 24 The Spice & Tea Exchange 6
- 25 Stop & Shop 5
- 26 Total Wine & More 5
- 27 Whole Foods Market 5
- 28 Liquor Xpress 5
- 29 Gaz-Bah 5
- 30 Navy Exchange 4
- 31 Waves 4
- 32 Tiger Express 4
- 33 Ole Timey Meats 4
- 34 Trader Joe's 4
- 35 US Foods CHEF'STORE 4
- 36 Carolina Spirits 3
- 37 Xpress Mart 3
- 38 Charlie's Grocery 3
- 39 Rollers Wine & Spirits 3
- 40 Ole Timey Meat Market 3
- 41 Cheap Way 3
- 42 Pepsi 3
- 43 Mac's Place Spirits 3
- 44 Asian Market 3
- 45 Sharpe Shoppe 3
- 46 O'Darby's Liquor Barn 3
- 47 Shop N Go 3
- 48 Stop N Go 3
- 49 The Peach Stand 2
- 50 The Corner Store 2
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