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. Harris Teeter and Food Lion sit in the high-growth half.
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harris Teeter | - | +1.0% |
| 2 | Food Lion | - | -0.1% |
| 3 | Publix | - | -0.8% |
| 4 | Lowes Foods | - | -1.8% |
| 5 | Seaview Crab Company | - | -2.7% |
| 6 | ALDI | - | -6.6% |
| 7 | Phoenix Mart | - | -19.6% |
- Supermarkets
- Corner Stores & Bodegas
- Food & Beverage Store
- Other grocery stores
- Liquor Store
- Farm
- Upscale & Natural Grocers
- Other categories
Store footprint
Store map
266 tracked store locations in Wilmington, NC, colored by category. The top 5 chains by store count run 58 of the 266 stores (22%); 192 of the 204 tracked chains have a single store here. 15% of the tracked grocery & convenience stores here are food & beverage stores, against 4% across North Carolina.
- Supermarkets (67)
- Corner Stores & Bodegas (54)
- Food & Beverage Store (39)
- Other grocery stores (24)
- Liquor Store (22)
- Farm (15)
- Upscale & Natural Grocers (11)
- Other categories
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Food Lion 24
- 2 Lowes Foods 12
- 3 Harris Teeter 11
- 4 Publix 6
- 5 Seaview Crab Company 5
- 6 ALDI 3
- 7 Phoenix Mart 3
- 8 The Grape & Ale 2
- 9 Lidl 2
- 10 Belville ABC 2
- 11 Piggly Wiggly 2
- 12 Biggers Market 2
- 13 Captain Jacks Seafood 1
- 14 Los Tres Hermanos Tienda Mexicana 1
- 15 Tienda Mexicana Azteka Wireless 1
- 16 Europa Gourmet Market 1
- 17 The Peppered Cupcake 1
- 18 Porters Neck Country Store 1
- 19 Holden Brothers Farm Market 1
- 20 Sam Supperette 2 1
- 21 Barr Evergreens Christmas Trees and Pumpkin Patch 1
- 22 Mcgee Market 1
- 23 Maria's Health Shoppe 1
- 24 The Gator Hole Country Store 1
- 25 Carol Sue Farms 1
- 26 Hickory Farms Holiday Market 1
- 27 Hill's Supermarket 1
- 28 Via Mexico 1
- 29 Carson Varnam Shellfish and More 1
- 30 Red Beard Farms 1
- 31 Kicking Mule Beverage Barn 1
- 32 Momentum Distillery 1
- 33 Green Spirit Wellness 1
- 34 Crossroads Farm 1
- 35 Four Hounds Distilling 1
- 36 Hidden Ships Distillery 1
- 37 Inergy Market 1
- 38 Down to Earth 1
- 39 Laws and Libations 1
- 40 Tienda Mis Amigos 1
- 41 Leaf and Barrel Provision Co. 1
- 42 Wrightsville Beach Nutrition 1
- 43 Civietown Mini Mart 1
- 44 Potter's Seafood 1
- 45 Bob's EZ Way 1
- 46 PureLife Wellness Center 1
- 47 City Tobacco And Vape 1
- 48 Wilmington Wine 1
- 49 Southport Cheese Shoppe 1
- 50 Surf City Farm 1
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