Trends · data through September 2026

Supermarkets in Wilmington, NC

Iceflower tracks 67 stores from 17 supermarkets in Wilmington, NC. Harris Teeter grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Publix and Food Lion.

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
17
Tracked stores
67
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked supermarkets

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 Publix sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 H Harris Teeter logo Harris Teeter - +1.4%
2 P Publix logo Publix - -0.1%
3 F Food Lion logo Food Lion - -0.5%
4 L Lowes Foods logo Lowes Foods - -0.8%
  • Food Lion
  • Harris Teeter
  • Lowes Foods
  • Publix
  • Piggly Wiggly
  • Maritime Market
  • Surf City IGA
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

67 tracked store locations in Wilmington, NC. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Food Lion (24)
  • Harris Teeter (11)
  • Lowes Foods (12)
  • Publix (6)
  • Piggly Wiggly (2)
  • Maritime Market (1)
  • Surf City IGA (1)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

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