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. Publix and Country Corner sit in the high-growth half.
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Publix | - | +10.0% |
| 2 | Country Corner | ▲3 | +4.3% |
| 3 | Fresh World | ▲1 | +4.1% |
| 4 | Sam's Club | - | +3.9% |
| 5 | Trader Joe's | - | +3.9% |
| 6 | Tinee Giant | - | +3.0% |
| 7 | Lotte Plaza Market | ▲3 | +2.5% |
| 8 | The Spice & Tea Exchange | - | +2.4% |
| 9 | Rahama African Restaurant | ▲3 | +2.3% |
| 10 | Costco | - | +2.1% |
| 11 | Whole Foods Market | ▲1 | +1.0% |
| 12 | Farm Fresh | ▲1 | -0.0% |
| 13 | H Mart | ▲1 | -0.9% |
| 14 | Earth Fare | - | -1.8% |
| 15 | Americana Grocery | ▲1 | -2.4% |
- Supermarkets
- Other grocery stores
- Corner Stores & Bodegas
- Liquor Store
- Farm
- Farmers Market
- Upscale & Natural Grocers
- Other categories
Store footprint
Store map
3,944 tracked store locations in Virginia, colored by category. The top 5 chains by store count run 923 of the 3,944 stores (23%); 2,237 of the 2,397 tracked chains have a single store here. 12% of the tracked grocery & convenience stores here are liquor stores, against 22% across the United States.
- Supermarkets (843)
- Other grocery stores (682)
- Corner Stores & Bodegas (617)
- Liquor Store (492)
- Farm (297)
- Farmers Market (147)
- Upscale & Natural Grocers (142)
- Other categories
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Virginia ABC 411
- 2 Food Lion 291
- 3 Kroger 81
- 4 ALDI 75
- 5 Giant Food 65
- 6 Harris Teeter 59
- 7 Safeway 42
- 8 Lidl 36
- 9 Food City 25
- 10 Edible Arrangements 25
- 11 Publix 25
- 12 Total Wine & More 23
- 13 Navy Exchange 20
- 14 Costco 20
- 15 Whole Foods Market 19
- 16 Trader Joe's 17
- 17 Sam's Club 17
- 18 The Honey Baked Ham Company 17
- 19 BJ's Wholesale Club 16
- 20 Wegmans 15
- 21 The Fresh Market 13
- 22 Weis Markets 10
- 23 Tinee Giant 9
- 24 Food Country USA 7
- 25 H Mart 7
- 26 Lotte Plaza Market 7
- 27 MARTIN’S 6
- 28 Stop & Go 5
- 29 MOM's Organic Market 5
- 30 Happy Shopper 5
- 31 Corner Market 5
- 32 US Foods CHEF'STORE 4
- 33 New Grand Mart 4
- 34 Fresh World 4
- 35 Shoppers Food & Pharmacy 4
- 36 Bestway 4
- 37 Farm Fresh 4
- 38 Quick Stop 4
- 39 Restaurant Depot 4
- 40 Coast Guard Exchange 4
- 41 Grants Supermarket 3
- 42 Country Corner 3
- 43 The Market 3
- 44 Earth Fare 3
- 45 The Spice & Tea Exchange 3
- 46 Americana Grocery 3
- 47 El Rey 3
- 48 Amazon Fresh 3
- 49 Rahama African Restaurant 3
- 50 Piggly Wiggly 3
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