Aldi aspires to operate 3,000 grocery stores in the U.S. by 2028

Make no mistake, ALDI USA continues to expand on its way to have more than 3,000 locations by the end of 2028. In fact, Aldi U.S. plans to operate more grocery stores in the country than any other chain but Walmart Inc.

And this trend has been going on for quite some time. As recent as 2024, the German discount grocery chain acquired Winn-Dixie and Harveys Supermarket in the Southeast and announced a $9 billion investment to open 800 more stores. By year end in 2024, Aldi became the fastest-growing U.S. grocery chain by both new store openings and square footage, according to JLL.

In 2024, sales at Aldi U.S. topped $29 billion, putting it squarely ahead of Trader Joe's, which had as much as $20 billion in revenue, according to an analysis by Scott Moses, partner and head of grocery, pharmacy and restaurants at investment banking firm Solomon Partners.

Aldi opened ~225 new store locations in the U.S. during 2025, marking the most it has ever opened in a single year. But the low-price no-frills grocer is not only opening stores in low income areas.

Of the Aldi stores that opened in late 2025, almost two-thirds are in ZIP codes with mid-to-high incomes, according to an analysis by RetailStat LLC, which analyzes retail financial and location data.

Aldi stores as smaller than standard supermarkets, often around 12,000 sq. ft. up to around 20,000 sq. ft., depending on format and market. Yet, sometime later this year, it will open its most audacious location yet, a 25,000-sq.-ft. store on the ground floor of the Ellery, a high-rise apartment building near New York’s Times Square.

Read more: The Curious Cult of Aldi (Bloomberg Businessweek)