Where
Every ALDI opening, on the map
The wash is where US retail is opening overall. The dots are this brand — drag the timeline to watch them land.
The full report finds the trade areas that look like the ones ALDI already wins in — demographics, co-tenancy, traffic.
US locations
As of Q3 2026
Net new stores
8 quarters · Q4 2024 → Q3 2026
Verified new locations
8 quarters · Q4 2024 → Q3 2026
Individually verified openings, not a count difference.
Growth
8 quarters · Q4 2024 → Q3 2026
Latest quarter
1 quarter
Prior quarter not comparable — index batch.
ALDI
Indexed to 100 at the first quarter — the shape is the growth rate, not the store count.
Rankings
The fastest-growing chains in Grocery & Convenience
Ranked by acceleration — opening faster now than they were a year ago.
Placing ALDI in its category…
Rankings exclude companies whose entire rise lands in a single quarter — that pattern is a change in data coverage, not expansion.
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Click any company to compare it against ALDI — the chart, the metric table and the link at the bottom of this page all follow.
Compare
ALDI against anyone
Indexed to 100 at the first quarter, so a 300-store chain and a 3,000-store chain are the same shape. ALDI plus up to 4 others.
Who
Who to call at ALDI
The people behind this brand's growth — real estate first.
Real estate
Dan Gavin
National Vice President of Real Estate (VP, National Real Estate) · National
dan.gavin@aldi.usLinkedInLaurie Griffin
Director of Real Estate, ALDI USA · Southern Delaware; Northern Maryland & Eastern Shore; Washington DC; South Central Pennsylvania
laurie.griffin@aldi.usLinkedInKristin Campanale
Director of Real Estate, ALDI USA · Northern Delaware; Central & Southern New Jersey; Philadelphia, Chester & Delaware Counties, PA
kristin.campanale@aldi.usLinkedInJohn McLain
Director of Real Estate, ALDI USA · Indiana; Northern & Northeast Kentucky
john.mclain@aldi.usLinkedInJosh Williamson
Director of Real Estate, ALDI USA · North Carolina (Raleigh-Durham/Triad/Charlotte); Central & Eastern South Carolina; Tennessee (Johnson City/Kingsport/Bristol); Western Virginia
josh.williamson@aldi.usLinkedInAl Keeler
Director of Real Estate, ALDI · Georgia; Western North Carolina; Upstate South Carolina
al.keeler@aldi.usJason Povlick
Director of Real Estate, ALDI Inc · Northeast & Central Florida
jason.povlick@aldi.usLinkedIn
Leadership
Knowing how fast ALDI is growing is half of it. The other half is where they should open next.
We'll find the trade areas that look like the ones ALDI already wins in — demographics, co-tenancy, traffic, and the specific neighbourhoods that match.