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Top 25 Grocery chains based in the United States

RevenueBase identified 1,406 grocery chains headquartered in the United States as of September 2026 and tracks 582,610 professional contacts across them, including 52,426 with verified work emails. Chicago is the largest hub.

This list covers grocery chains headquartered in the United States, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 19, 2026.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.

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1,406Companies
582,610Contacts tracked
52,426Verified emails
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The 25 largest grocery chains based in the United States

Ranked by team size
Top 25 of 1,406 grocery chains based in the United States, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 19, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to grocery chains: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#CompanyRevenueBase Smart SearchHeadquartersEmployeesContacts
1Indirect evidenceCincinnati, OH, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202610001+70,439 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“At Kroger, we believe no matter who you are or how you like to shop, everyone deserves affordable, easy-to-enjoy, fresh food.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
2Partial evidenceLakeland, FL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202610001+60,447 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Founded in 1930, Publix Super Markets is the largest and fastest-growing employee-owned supermarket chain in the United States.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
3Indirect evidencePleasanton, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202610001+41,107 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Safeway operates as a banner of Albertsons Companies.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
4Indirect evidenceChesapeake, VA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202610001+30,845 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“When it comes to getting value for everyday items for the entire family in an easy to shop, neighborhood location, Family Dollar is the best place to go.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
5Strong evidenceMonrovia, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202610001+20,321 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Trader Joe’s is a national chain of neighborhood grocery stores.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
6Indirect evidenceBoise, ID, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202610001+19,954 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Albertsons Companies is one of the largest food and drug retailers in the United States, with over 2,200 stores in 34 states and the District of Columbia.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
7Partial evidenceRochester, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202610001+17,461 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Wegmans Food Markets is a family-owned regional supermarket chain and one of the largest private companies in the US.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
8Indirect evidenceSalisbury, NC, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202610001+16,027 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Food Lion, based in Salisbury, N.C, and its associates have a longstanding history of serving its customers and communities through 10 Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic states.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
9Indirect evidenceWest Des Moines, IA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202610001+12,693 contacts →

Indirect evidence

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
10Indirect evidencePhoenix, AZ, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202610001+11,757 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Sprouts is the place where goodness grows.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
11Indirect evidenceQuincy, MA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202610001+11,558 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Stop & Shop has been around for more than 100 years.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
12Indirect evidenceCranberry Township, PA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202610001+11,265 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“At Giant Eagle, we believe in nourishing life’s moments, big and small, because they matter.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
13Indirect evidenceMatthews, NC, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202610001+11,189 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Founded in 1960 in North Carolina, Harris Teeter has been enriching the lives of our customers and our communities for decades.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
14Partial evidenceJacksonville, FL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202610001+10,195 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Founded in 1925, Winn-Dixie grocery stores and liquor stores serve communities throughout Florida and southern Georgia.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
15Indirect evidenceItasca, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202610001+8,658 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Proudly serving our customers in the Chicagoland area since 1899, Jewel-Osco provides friendly service, quality products and great value.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
16Indirect evidencePortland, OR, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202610001+8,564 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“The Kroger Co, together with its subsidiaries, operates as a food retailer in the United States.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
17Indirect evidenceTemple, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202610001+7,938 contacts →

Indirect evidence

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
18Indirect evidenceEden Prairie, MN, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202610001+6,400 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“SUPERVALU INC.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
19Partial evidenceScarborough, ME, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202610001+6,379 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Hannaford Supermarkets is a leading regional grocer operating in stores across Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York and Vermont, most with full-service pharmacies.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
20Partial evidenceKeene, NH, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202610001+5,890 contacts →

Partial evidence

“C&S Wholesale Grocers, LLC is a leader in food solutions across the United States.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
21Strong evidenceSunbury, PA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202610001+5,837 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Weis Markets is a large regional grocery chain headquartered in Sunbury, PA.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
22Partial evidenceBoise, ID, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202610001+5,276 contacts →

Partial evidence

“WinCo Foods is a family of employee-owned grocery stores, with its own distribution and transportation network.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
23Strong evidenceSt Ann, MO, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 20261,001-5,0005,172 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Founded in 1977, Save A Lot is one of the largest value-focused grocery store chains in the U.S, with approximately 700 stores in 30 states.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
24Indirect evidenceGreensboro, NC, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202610001+5,119 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Since 1982, The Fresh Market, Inc.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
25Indirect evidenceHyattsville, MD, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202610001+5,048 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“At Giant Food, we are always striving to be better.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026

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Grocery chains based in the United States at a glance

As of Sep 19, 2026
9.0%Verified-email coverage
414.4Average contacts per company
11-50Median size (employees)
1.8%Largest-city concentration · Chicago
Sep 19, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
499
11-50
384
51-200
170
201-500
98
501-1,000
56
1,001-5,000
100
5,001-10,000
27
10001+
65

Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for United States, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for United States, over 1,406 companies.

How this list was built

Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among grocery chains, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.

Source
The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
What qualifies
Companies headquartered in the United States whose own description of what they do matches “grocery chains”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names grocery chains), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
What we exclude
Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among grocery chains, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside United States are excluded even when they keep an office there.
Match quality
In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
Ranking
Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
Verification
Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 52,426 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
Refresh
This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 19, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections
Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.

Grocery chains by metro

  • Grocery chains in Chicago26
  • Grocery chains in New York25

Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase Smart Search?

RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names grocery chains, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.

How many grocery chains are there based in the United States?

RevenueBase identified 1,406 grocery chains headquartered in the United States as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.

What is the largest company on this list?

Kroger, headquartered in Cincinnati, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most grocery chains?

Chicago leads with 26 headquartered companies, followed by New York (25) and Houston (20).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 52,426 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 1,406 companies.

How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 19, 2026.

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About this data

RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.