Industry landscapes
The companies, capital and talent shaping online grocery and food retail in the United States. Find the leaders. Understand the segments. See where the activity is.
An industry ecosystem,
measured in context.
24 featured companies from the funding, hiring, revenue and team-size leaderboards.
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93 of 2,629 tracked companies have open roles.
388 of 2,629 tracked companies have a recorded round.
Share of disclosed capital received by the three largest recorded recipients.
Midpoint of 575 rounds with a disclosed amount.
Scale is concentrated. Opportunity is broader. The three largest funding recipients hold 59.9% of disclosed capital, while 85.2% of tracked companies have no recorded funding round.
Explore the segments →Recorded company formation and disclosed funding across the complete annual series shown.
Sum of recorded funding rounds · USD
| Year | Funding (USD) | Founded | Raising |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | $972.41M | 135 | 50 |
| 2017 | $750.75M | 152 | 41 |
| 2018 | $2.47B | 163 | 50 |
| 2019 | $2.05B | 183 | 40 |
| 2020 | $1.71B | 264 | 40 |
| 2021 | $6.28B | 183 | 62 |
| 2022 | $819.99M | 159 | 91 |
| 2023 | $317.07M | 71 | 57 |
| 2024 | $481.48M | 39 | 31 |
| 2025 | $246.24M | 10 | 34 |
Share of all disclosed company funding.
665 recorded rounds since 2016
Recorded participation in online grocery and food retail company rounds since 2016.
Backed by Sparks Asset Management and Carbon EX and others.
Backed by VMG Partners and Lamolisana and others.
Backed by Cherryrock Capital and Greylock Partners and others.
Backed by Main Street Advisors and Great Circle Ventures and others.
Backed by .
Backed by .
Backed by .
Backed by Main Post Partners.
Backed by Guggenheim Partners.
Backed by Fidelity Investments and Eldridge Industries and others.
Backed by Guggenheim Investments and Hedosophia and others.
Backed by SoftBank Vision Fund.
Backed by Coatue and Dragoneer Investment Group and others.
Backed by D1 Capital Partners.
Backed by Sequoia Capital and GIC and others.
Backed by SoftBank Vision Fund and Greyhound Capital.
Backed by Sequoia Capital and Y Combinator and others.
Backed by Durable Partners and Fidelity Investments and others.
Annual accounts for reporting companies linked to this landscape, on like-for-like currency and reporting bases.
Display conversions use the dated reference rates above. Where a verified rate is unavailable, figures retain their source currency. Each reporting cohort keeps its currency and accounting basis separate.
FY2025 · company accounts; aggregate reporting threshold not met · 1 reporting entities from 5 eligible matches.
Sum of reporting-entity revenue; not the United States market sales.
Combined result for the same cohort.
Combined net income ÷ combined revenue.
The middle covered reporting entity.
None of 1 covered entities.
Share of covered revenue from the five largest entities.
Reported cohort totals by year; coverage is stated for every period.
Bar height shows revenue. Changes in coverage can affect totals.
FY2025 · 1 reporting entities
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| Company / reporting entity | Revenue | Net profit / loss | Net margin | Revenue growth | Total assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DoorDash ↗1792789 | $13,717.0m | $935.0m | +6.8% | — | — |
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Filed annual accounts for exact designated national identifiers. Every aggregate and peer pair uses one fiscal year, source currency and reporting basis; periods, coverage and overlap are explicit; 2026 partials are excluded.
The same up to eight reporting entities remain open across years, filters and sorts. Other company figures are available in Radar.
Source currencies and accounting bases stay separate. Missing accounts are excluded rather than treated as zero. Exact reporting periods appear on company previews. Annual totals can change with coverage and do not measure growth of a fixed company cohort.
How the the United States companies on this page show up online: the sites people visit, the apps they install, and how often those apps ship.
59 of the 2,629 companies on this page carry a measured traffic record (2.2%); these are the largest of those, by monthly visits. The median among them is 268,341 visits.
| Company | Monthly visits | Authority | Mobile |
|---|---|---|---|
| DoorDashdoordash.com | 105,760,180 | 87 | 78.4% |
| UberEATSubereats.com | 55,205,966 | 92 | 58% |
| Instacartinstacart.com | 46,011,830 | 76 | 78.1% |
| Shiptshipt.com | 7,603,910 | 52 | 96.2% |
| Vivinovivino.com | 4,451,866 | 52 | 73.3% |
| King Arthur Baking Companykingarthurbaking.com | 4,131,391 | 67 | 71.8% |
| Thrive Marketthrivemarket.com | 3,927,352 | 57 | 84% |
| Gopuffgopuff.com | 3,713,505 | 55 | 89.7% |
| Misfitmisfitsmarket.com | 3,468,658 | 58 | 93.9% |
| Hungryroothungryroot.com | 2,941,106 | 50 | 88.6% |
Visits and authority are third-party web estimates, not company-reported figures.
144 of these companies (5.5%) publish at least one Android app — 199 apps in all, carrying 506.8M installs between them.
| App | Installs | Rating | Store category |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uber Eats: Food and GroceryUberEATS | 288.2M | 4.6 | Food & Drink |
| DoorDash: Food, Grocery, MoreDoorDash | 87.2M | 4.7 | Food & Drink |
| DoorDash - DasherDoorDash | 31.8M | 4 | Business |
| Vivino: Drink the Right WineVivino | 28.9M | 4.7 | Food & Drink |
| Instacart: Get Food DeliveryInstacart | 27.7M | 4.7 | Food & Drink |
| Instacart Shopper: Earn moneyInstacart | 10.8M | 4.2 | Shopping |
| Gopuff - Grocery DeliveryGopuff | 8.3M | 4.5 | Food & Drink |
| Shipt: Order Grocery DeliveryShipt | 3.7M | 4.6 | Food & Drink |
| Shipt: Shopper and DriverShipt | 3M | 4.2 | Business |
| Weee! Asian Grocery DeliverySayWeee | 1.5M | 4.9 | Food & Drink |
Installs are lifetime totals to date at the June 2026 store reading — a measure of reach, not of people using an app today.
The busiest app inside each of this page’s own segments, with the quarterly release trend behind it (2024Q1–2026Q2).
| Segment | Apps | Installs | Leading app | Release trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Online Grocery | 199 | 506.8M | Uber Eats: Food and Grocery 288.2M | |
| Food Tech | 15 | 409M | DoorDash: Food, Grocery, More 87.2M | |
| Nutraceuticals Tech | 4 | 1.3M | Green Chef: Healthy Recipes 926.8K | |
| Food Retailers | 2 | 689.7K | Schnucks Rewards 687.3K | |
| Crop Tech | 12 | 180.9K | Farmish 125.1K | |
| B2B E-Commerce | 7 | 45.4K | นาดี 32.4K | |
| Logistics Tech | 8 | 30.1K | Buncha: Affordable Delivery 12.4K | |
| Livestock Tech | 5 | 21K | البراري للذبائح واللحوم 16K |
A company can carry several segment tags, so these rows overlap and should not be added together. Trend lines are zero-based and share one quarter grid, so a flat line is a quiet segment, not a missing one.
New apps published, beside apps whose most recent update landed in that quarter — the second bar is how much of the shelf is still being maintained.
Darker bars are new releases, lighter bars apps updated. 194 of 199 apps carry a release date. The series ends at 2026Q1, the last quarter that closed before the June 2026 reading.
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Companies can sit in several segments. Counts and funding overlap.
The largest measured segment in this report snapshot.
85 companies hiring · $17.4B disclosed funding
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Recorded corporate activity linked to companies in this landscape.
Main Post Partners has acquired a minority stake in better-for-you pretzel maker Stellar Snacks.
Grocery technology company Instacart has acquired Instaleap.
ReserveBar acquired AccelPay to enhance its digital commerce and fintech capabilities.
Clinical AI platform Avo has raised a $10M Series A financing round. The round was led by Noro-Moseley Partners, with participation from AlleyCorp and other strategic investors.
Sous, an Amsterdam, The Netherlands-based developer of an AI-driven growth platform for the hospitality industry, raised €4m in seed funding. The investment was led by Seed + Speed Ventures, with participation from PeakBridge, āltitude, Gekko Capital, and angel investors.
Fenwick represented DoorDash (Nasdaq: DASH), a local commerce platform, in its acquisition of Metis, an applied-research and product lab building the post-training and continual-learning layer for enterprise agents.
Alice, a Belgium-based AI-driven platform for legal workflows, has raised €1 million in pre-Seed funding.
Reborn Coffee, Inc. today released a comprehensive shareholder update following the premium-priced equity today announced that it has received $6.5 million in gross proceeds from an equity investment priced at $5.45 per share.
The announcement comes after Gorgie closed a $24.5 million funding round led by Notable Capital in April, bringing its lifetime funding total to $37 million.
Instant‑delivery veteran Gopuff has raised $250 million in fresh funding at a reduced $8.5 billion valuation, as the company doubles down on turning rapid convenience delivery into a durable, profitable business.
Top 10 categories among 562 recorded events in the 24-month window.
3 companies with recorded IPO activity
IPO · New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)6 reports
IPO · NASDAQ3 reports
IPO · NYSE3 reports
14 tracked people moves
Appointment Chief Executive Officer
Resignation Board Member
Appointment Chief Operating Officer
Appointment Vice President of Sales
Appointment Advisory Board Member
Appointment Head of Social
Appointment Co-Chief Executive Officer
Resignation Previously Chief Marketing Officer
Products, platforms and features in the recorded window
E-commerce, On-Demand Delivery
Feature
Retail technology
Logistics
Online Grocery
Wine retail
Convenience goods delivery
Delivery
12 recorded customer wins
Customer: empireRetail
Customer: city of columbiaFood Access
Customer: Engie UK and EquitixRenewable Energy
Customer: Engie UK, EquitixWind Energy
Customer: Société des alcools du Québec
Customer: UFCW Local 2013Logistics and Delivery
7 companies with reported reductions
73 rolescost reduction
165 rolescost reduction
250 rolescost reduction
1,250 rolescost reduction
100 rolesbusiness downturn
243 roles
10 recorded events
approvedEuropean Commission
approved for saleEuropean Commission
probable approvalEuropean Commission
European Commission
12 tracked suits
delivery driver pay agreementCivil · Settled
blocking law requiring tipping optionCivil · Ongoing
Reported company results in the recorded window.
Median across 83 reported growth observations; companies may contribute multiple periods.
Company-linked deal reports; status is preserved as recorded.
| Acquirer → target | Status | Date | Value / context |
|---|---|---|---|
| DoorDash→Na | Announced | 2026-05-06 | Not stated in snapshot |
| DoorDash→Na | Announced | 2026-05-06 | Not stated in snapshot |
| DoorDash→Na | Announced | 2026-05-06 | Not stated in snapshot |
| DoorDash→Na | Announced | 2026-05-06 | Not stated in snapshot |
| DoorDash→Na | Announced | 2026-05-06 | Not stated in snapshot |
| DoorDash→Na | Announced | 2026-05-06 | Not stated in snapshot |
A discussion or rumour is not a completed transaction. An unstated value is not zero.
10,686 postings in the preceding 12 months. The full 14,215-posting snapshot covers 124 employers.
29 tracked postings mention remote work.
3,483 postings specify a level.
Top skills across 14,215 tracked postings in the available jobs snapshot.
Median across 378 postings with pay data, expressed in USD.
Advertised posting medians do not describe all employees or roles.
| Company | Open roles |
|---|---|
| DoorDash ↗ | 13 |
| Everyday Dose ↗ | 11 |
| Shipt ↗ | 11 |
| Gopuff ↗ | 11 |
| Schwan\'s ↗ | 10 |
| Festival Foods ↗ | 9 |
| Home Chef ↗ | 9 |
| Bigelow Tea ↗ | 9 |
| Company | Employees |
|---|---|
| DoorDash ↗ | 19,300 |
| Schwan\'s ↗ | 3,857 |
| Instacart ↗ | 3,380 |
| Festival Foods ↗ | 2,617 |
| Gopuff ↗ | 2,367 |
| TomThumb ↗ | 1,591 |
| Sun Basket ↗ | 696 |
| ONEHOPE ↗ | 687 |
1,121 founders and chief executives across 865 companies.
Ex-Joe The Jeweler. Drexel University 2015
Ex-Location Labs by Avast, Volly, Schematic. University of Southern California BS
Doordash, ex-Matrix Partners, ex-Square, University of California, Berkeley, 1970
Ex-Founder Happitail, Atmel, Brocade. Shanghai Jiao Tong University BS, UC Davis Graduate School of Management MBA 2008
Founder & CEO Misfits Market, Co-Founder Horizons School of Technology, Altair Prep, Co-Founder TrendBent. The Wharton School BS
Ex-Founder Siddhartha Technologies, Pose, Co-FounderLittle Black Bag, Microsoft. Stanford University BS 2003
Co-Founder Biome Body, Owner FWD.DJ, ex-Founder Obi Probiotic Soda.
Philadelphia University
Daily Harvest, ex-Vita Coco, ex-Pepsico, New York University, Stern School of Business, 2014
Ex-CVS Health, Bain, Grant Thornton. Wharton School MBA
Advisor - Junction Venture Partners. Georgetown University Bachelor of Science
University of California, Berkeley 1989, Northwestern University 1995
133 profiles with education records.
30 profiles with prior-work records.
Profiles cover recorded founders and leaders; contact details remain in Radar.
281,249 articles in the measured 12-month window.
Online Grocery and Food Retail coverage across United States · articles per complete quarter
| Quarter | Articles |
|---|---|
| 2021Q2 | 53,596 |
| 2021Q3 | 55,796 |
| 2021Q4 | 52,515 |
| 2022Q1 | 56,872 |
| 2022Q2 | 55,290 |
| 2022Q3 | 53,233 |
| 2022Q4 | 56,883 |
| 2023Q1 | 58,912 |
| 2023Q2 | 63,309 |
| 2023Q3 | 66,851 |
| 2023Q4 | 61,784 |
| 2024Q1 | 76,960 |
| 2024Q2 | 69,448 |
| 2024Q3 | 67,400 |
| 2024Q4 | 70,359 |
| 2025Q1 | 142,177 |
| 2025Q2 | 62,298 |
| 2025Q3 | 85,613 |
| 2025Q4 | 57,480 |
| 2026Q1 | 68,249 |
Article volume measures coverage, not market sales.
889 recorded company events across 80 companies; percentages use that event total.
Online Grocery and Food Retail coverage across United States · ranked by full-period article count.
Recent and prior counts use the source comparison windows.
Online Grocery and Food Retail coverage across United States
| Keyword | Recent | Prior | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| artemis program | 3,716 | 241 | 1442% |
| shrimp aquaculture | 1,469 | 979 | 50% |
| land-frozen seafood | 1,378 | 790 | 74% |
| shrimp harvest | 1,132 | 643 | 76% |
| shrimp | 1,126 | 686 | 64% |
| crab availability | 963 | 648 | 49% |
| fresh shellfish | 908 | 583 | 56% |
| tuna steak | 902 | 539 | 67% |
| flash-frozen seafood | 894 | 483 | 85% |
| shrimp ceviche | 873 | 361 | 142% |
| food safety modernization | 233 | 1,623 | -86% |
| poultry health | 306 | 800 | -62% |
| organic standards enforcement | 84 | 791 | -89% |
| food hub operations | 319 | 789 | -60% |
| asteroid characterization | 342 | 708 | -52% |
Online Grocery and Food Retail coverage across United States
satellite telecommunication, food safety modernization, inter-satellite links
31.8% critical · 44.1% positivesatellite telecommunication, satellite ground stations, satellite telemetry
31.9% critical · 55.6% positivecannabis policy reform discussions, earnings report, legal cannabis sales
19.0% critical · 52.5% positiveOnline Grocery and Food Retail coverage across United States. Topic labels describe recorded classifications and can include broad context.
4,142 papers in the recorded india scope.
Tone counts: 3,174 positive · 193 neutral · 775 negative.
Landmark: Ultra‐processed products are becoming dominant in the global food system
Landmark: Caffeine (1, 3, 7‐trimethylxanthine) in Foods: A Comprehensive Review on Consumption, Functionality, Safety, and Regulatory Matters
Landmark: The current application of nanotechnology in food and agriculture
Common problems researchers identify · 0117.8% of this theme group
Researchers highlight limited consumer knowledge and practices that increase food safety risks at home.
Food safety (186) · Food safety risk analysis (21) · Environmental health (36) · Risk analysis (23)
Food Safety
HOUSEHOLD FOOD SAFETY: AN IN-DEPTH LOOK AT CONSUMER KNOWLEDGE AND PRACTICES
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 1167.5 |
| 2023 | 1100.6 |
| 2024 | 989.3 |
| 2025 | 678.0 |
Common problems researchers identify · 0216.4% of this theme group
Studies flag persistent contamination by mycotoxins, salmonella, and other pathogens in meat and seafood supplies.
Mycotoxin (27) · Outbreak (36) · Salmonella (24) · Food safety (96)
Meat, Poultry, and Seafood
Practice and Progress: Updates on Outbreaks, Advances in Research, and Processing Technologies for Low-moisture Food Safety
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 190.9 |
| 2023 | 157.6 |
| 2024 | 144.3 |
| 2025 | 130.6 |
Common problems researchers identify · 0315.7% of this theme group
Work points to climate change threatening agricultural productivity and worsening undernutrition.
Food security (169) · Food systems (86) · Agriculture (84) · Climate change (29)
Climate Change and Global Food Systems: Potential Impacts on Food Security and Undernutrition
Food security and sustainable resource management
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 2823.8 |
| 2023 | 2942.2 |
| 2024 | 2925.1 |
| 2025 | 2894.8 |
Common problems researchers identify · 0414.3% of this theme group
Analyses reveal uncertainties around new processing methods and biotechnologies for food quality and safety.
Food processing (81) · Food industry (32) · Food science (30) · Biotechnology (29)
Nanotechnology-based approaches for food sensing and packaging applications
Effect of Innovative Food Processing Technologies on the Physicochemical and Nutritional Properties and Quality of Non-Dairy Plant-Based Bev
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 1007.3 |
| 2023 | 996.2 |
| 2024 | 950.3 |
| 2025 | 657.0 |
Common problems researchers identify · 0512.7% of this theme group
Research shows uneven food environments limiting consumption of nutritious options.
Food insecurity (23) · Consumption (27) · Healthy food (12) · Food consumption (10)
The food environment, its effects on dietary consumption, and potential for measurement within agriculture-nutrition interventions
Competitive Food Policy and Food Behavior and Health Metrics in K-12 Students: A Scoping Review
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 75.9 |
| 2023 | 71.7 |
| 2024 | 70.2 |
| 2025 | 69.0 |
Common problems researchers identify · 0612.6% of this theme group
Papers discuss expanding land use and aquaculture strains on environmental health and food availability.
Agriculture (86) · Production (35) · Aquaculture (14) · Food processing (38)
Trends in Global Agricultural Land Use: Implications for Environmental Health and Food Security
Economic growth, convergence, and world food demand and supply
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 2753.0 |
| 2023 | 2861.6 |
| 2024 | 2813.3 |
| 2025 | 2725.9 |
Common problems researchers identify · 0710.5% of this theme group
Studies identify high food loss and waste as barriers to sustainable supply chains.
Sustainability (60) · Food waste (30) · Food systems (54) · Supply chain (21)
Reducing Food Loss and Waste to Enhance Food Security and Environmental Sustainability
Review of the sustainability of food systems and transition using the Internet of Food
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 577.1 |
| 2023 | 647.5 |
| 2024 | 713.2 |
| 2025 | 885.0 |
Cautions · 0120.5% of this theme group
Authors urge caution over aflatoxin and nanoparticle residues affecting human health.
Food safety (25) · Contamination (9) · Aflatoxin (5) · Human health (5)
Caffeine (1, 3, 7‐trimethylxanthine) in Foods: A Comprehensive Review on Consumption, Functionality, Safety, and Regulatory Matters
Is nano safe in foods? Establishing the factors impacting the gastrointestinal fate and toxicity of organic and inorganic food-grade nanopar
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 600.6 |
| 2023 | 598.8 |
| 2024 | 609.2 |
| 2025 | 588.3 |
Cautions · 0219.9% of this theme group
Research warns that marketing strategies may compromise food safety while addressing insecurity.
Food safety (29) · Food security (21) · Food insecurity (6) · Marketing (4)
Ecosystem Services and Food Security: Economic Perspectives on Environmental Sustainability
Case Studies of Small-Medium Food Enterprises around the World: Major Constraints and Benefits from the Implementation of Food Safety Manage
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 582.7 |
| 2023 | 621.6 |
| 2024 | 627.6 |
| 2025 | 684.7 |
Cautions · 0317.7% of this theme group
Analyses caution that intensified land and water use could undermine long‑term food security.
Agriculture (27) · Food security (29) · Natural resource economics (16) · Production (24)
How Could Agricultural Land Systems Contribute to Raise Food Production Under Global Change?
The Role of Latin America’s Land and Water Resources for Global Food Security: Environmental Trade-Offs of Future Food Production Pathways
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 2920.8 |
| 2023 | 3041.0 |
| 2024 | 3011.8 |
| 2025 | 2929.5 |
Cautions · 0413.0% of this theme group
Studies highlight difficulties in managing salmonella and listeria without reliable antimicrobial measures.
Salmonella (14) · Listeria monocytogenes (14) · Food safety (17) · Antimicrobial (5)
Alternative approaches to the risk management of Listeria monocytogenes in low risk foods
Prevalence of Salmonella in Eggs from Conventional and Cage-Free Egg Production Systems and the Role of Consumers in Reducing Household Cont
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 248.3 |
| 2023 | 253.8 |
| 2024 | 254.4 |
| 2025 | 268.8 |
Cautions · 0510.9% of this theme group
Researchers flag unknown impacts of plant‑based and nanotech approaches on livestock and aquaculture.
Production (11) · Fish <Actinopterygii> (5) · Aquaculture (5) · Livestock (6)
Plant-based and cell-based approaches to meat production
Nanotechnology Considerations for Poultry and Livestock Production Systems – A Review
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 142.3 |
| 2023 | 141.1 |
| 2024 | 134.4 |
| 2025 | 119.7 |
Cautions · 0610.2% of this theme group
Work points to limited effectiveness of added‑sugar reduction and fortification strategies.
Added sugar (4) · Food intake (5) · Food processing (9) · Sugar (3)
Reducing Food Loss And Waste While Improving The Public’s Health
Challenges and opportunities for increasing the effectiveness of food reformulation and fortification to improve dietary and nutrition outco
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 150.4 |
| 2023 | 161.0 |
| 2024 | 152.7 |
| 2025 | 181.8 |
Cautions · 077.8% of this theme group
Papers caution about the reliability of new shelf‑life extensions and cold‑storage techniques.
Shelf life (9) · Food spoilage (6) · Cold storage (4) · Food preservation (4)
The Challenges of Eliminating or Substituting Antimicrobial Preservatives in Foods
Storage Temperature Effects on <i>Bacillus</i> Spores and <i>Lactobacillus acidophilus</i> Viability
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 117.8 |
| 2023 | 112.6 |
| 2024 | 102.1 |
| 2025 | 110.1 |
Opportunities · 0119.6% of this theme group
Research highlights agroforestry and waste valorization as routes to resilient food production.
Agriculture (120) · Sustainability (69) · Sustainable agriculture (36) · Food security (72)
Sustainable Food Production and Valorization of Food and Agricultural Waste: Recent Advances and Future Prospects
Agroforestry: a key land use system for sustainable food production and public health
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 2960.4 |
| 2023 | 3105.2 |
| 2024 | 3086.4 |
| 2025 | 3100.3 |
Opportunities · 0216.9% of this theme group
Studies explore machine‑learning‑driven processing to improve food safety and quality.
Food processing (64) · Food safety (68) · Risk analysis (18) · Food industry (29)
Machine learning‐based modeling in food processing applications: State of the art
Leveraging artificial intelligence and advanced food processing techniques for enhanced food safety, quality, and security: a comprehensive
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 323.4 |
| 2023 | 339.7 |
| 2024 | 344.8 |
| 2025 | 377.4 |
Opportunities · 0314.4% of this theme group
Work emphasizes health benefits of fermented products and novel processing to retain nutrition.
Health benefits (22) · Functional food (18) · Fermentation (24) · Food processing (48)
Novel food processing technologies for retaining nutrition of horticultural food products
Exploring the health benefits, mechanisms of action, and emerging safety concerns of fermented foods with emphasis on African foods
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 161.7 |
| 2023 | 154.0 |
| 2024 | 153.2 |
| 2025 | 138.2 |
Opportunities · 0414.1% of this theme group
Research suggests psychological and informational strategies can reduce risky food‑handling behaviors.
Food safety (70) · Food insecurity (21) · Food security (37) · Psychological intervention (15)
Food safety risk behavior and social Co-governance in the food supply chain
Impact of reliable news information on consumers' perceptions and information seeking intentions from a food safety risk
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 582.7 |
| 2023 | 621.6 |
| 2024 | 627.6 |
| 2025 | 684.7 |
Opportunities · 0512.0% of this theme group
Papers present nano‑emulsions and edible coatings to extend fresh produce shelf life.
Shelf life (52) · Postharvest (22) · Active packaging (16) · Preservative (12)
Nanoemulsions as Edible Coatings: A Potential Strategy for Fresh Fruits and Vegetables Preservation
Combining Non-Thermal Processing Techniques with Edible Coating Materials: An Innovative Approach to Food Preservation
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 107.4 |
| 2023 | 100.1 |
| 2024 | 91.6 |
| 2025 | 102.4 |
Opportunities · 0611.8% of this theme group
Studies investigate bacteriophages and plant extracts as alternatives to chemical preservatives.
Salmonella (31) · Listeria monocytogenes (21) · Antimicrobial (27) · Salmonella enterica (13)
Using lytic bacteriophages to eliminate or significantly reduce contamination of food by foodborne bacterial pathogens
Plant Antimicrobials for Food Quality and Safety: Recent Views and Future Challenges
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 672.6 |
| 2023 | 649.1 |
| 2024 | 617.5 |
| 2025 | 653.3 |
Opportunities · 0711.1% of this theme group
Research advances low‑limit detection methods for rapid food contamination monitoring.
Food safety (73) · Biosensor (13) · Detection limit (16) · Contamination (18)
Food Safety Analysis Using Electrochemical Biosensors
Review of Electrochemical Biosensors for Food Safety Detection
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 221.9 |
| 2023 | 229.8 |
| 2024 | 235.1 |
| 2025 | 251.0 |
Orientation shares compared with 25,000 papers in the reference sample.
| Research orientation | This field | Reference sample |
|---|---|---|
| Problem-identifying | 30.2% | 9.3% |
| Promising | 25.3% | 37.8% |
| Descriptive | 24.5% | 17.3% |
| Cautionary | 8.5% | 4.7% |
| Breakthrough | 6.8% | 26.0% |
| Comparative | 3.1% | 4.0% |
| Critical | 1.6% | 0.9% |
Counts and shares refer to the stated research pool. A low count describes how much of that research is recorded here, not the absence of a real-world concern.
| Concern / example paper | Papers | Share | Raised as a problem | Worldwide share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Privacy & surveillanceGenomic Epidemiology: Whole-Genome-Sequencing–Powered Surveillance and Outbreak Investigation of Foodborne Bacterial Pat | 27 | 0.72% | 8 (29.6%) | 0.53% |
| Hardware, e-waste & supply chainFUNCTIONAL PROPERTIES OF SOLUBLE HYDROCOLLOIDS EXTRACTED FROM <i>THEOBROMA BICOLOR</i><i> </i>(MACAMBO) PROCESSING WASTE | 13 | 0.35% | 1 (7.7%) | 0.29% |
| Labour & data workHigher food prices can reduce poverty and stimulate growth in food production | 2 | 0.05% | 2 (100.0%) | 0.03% |
| Energy & datacenter footprintSustainable AI-based production agriculture: Exploring AI applications and implications in agricultural practices | 1 | 0.03% | 0 (0.0%) | 0.01% |
| Safety & misuse369 Use of infographics to influence consumer perceptions of sustainability within the U.S. beef industry. | 1 | 0.03% | 1 (100.0%) | 0.03% |
| Concentration of compute powerExploring processed common beans market in Kenya: Implications for the business community | 1 | 0.03% | 1 (100.0%) | 0.02% |
| Water use | 0 | 0.0% | 0 (%) | 0.0% |
| Carbon & emissions of compute | 0 | 0.0% | 0 (%) | 0.0% |
| Bias & fairness | 0 | 0.0% | 0 (%) | 0.03% |
Institution and researcher rankings use citations to their covered work. Research scope: United States. This may be broader than the company geography.
Compare demand signals in the United States’s newsflow with the online grocery and food retail categories mapped to each signal.
Signal percentile − supply percentile = gap in percentile points. Positive gaps highlight questions to investigate. A high signal can reflect spending pressure or access friction, as well as potential demand.
The comparison is relative to the signal families on this page. A supply percentile of zero means the lowest relative reading, not zero companies. It is a prioritisation clue, not measured market size or unmet demand.
Signal and mapped-supply percentiles, their gap, and change in the signal’s article share.
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| Signal family | Signal percentile | Supply percentile | Relative gap | Gap (points) | Signal share vs prior year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Consumer grievances & trust ↗Trust Friction | 75.0 | 22.2 | +52.8 | +92.6% | |
| Highways & expressways ↗Connectivity Build-Out | 45.0 | 0.0 | +45.0 | +23.5% | |
| Tourism footfall ↗Demand Driver | 55.0 | 11.1 | +43.9 | +35.3% | |
| Layoffs & income shocks ↗Spending Pressure | 85.0 | 55.6 | +29.4 | +57.7% | |
| Rail & metro connectivity ↗Connectivity Build-Out | 35.0 | 33.3 | +1.7 | +36.8% | |
| Congestion & traffic friction ↗Access Friction | 40.0 | 44.4 | -4.4 | +2.5% | |
| Housing & urban expansion ↗Demand Driver | 55.0 | 72.2 | -17.2 | +49.2% | |
| Inflation & spending pressure ↗Spending Pressure | 55.0 | 72.2 | -17.2 | +18.9% | |
| E-commerce & quick delivery ↗Channel Shift | 55.0 | 94.4 | -39.4 | +67.2% | |
| Industrial parks & warehousing ↗Investment Build-Out | 35.0 | 94.4 | -59.4 | +28.1% | |
| Airports & air links ↗Connectivity Build-Out | 15.0 | — | No matching category | — | +23.9% |
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All 12 city readings for these demand families in the comparison geography. the United States is highlighted.
Each city’s reading is a share of its own coverage.
Congestion & traffic friction · Layoffs & income shocks · Highways & expressways
Inflation & spending pressure · Layoffs & income shocks · Congestion & traffic friction
Congestion & traffic friction · Layoffs & income shocks · Consumer grievances & trust
Congestion & traffic friction · Highways & expressways · Layoffs & income shocks
Congestion & traffic friction · Layoffs & income shocks · Inflation & spending pressure
Inflation & spending pressure · Layoffs & income shocks · Congestion & traffic friction
Congestion & traffic friction · Highways & expressways · Layoffs & income shocks
Congestion & traffic friction · Highways & expressways · Layoffs & income shocks
Layoffs & income shocks · Congestion & traffic friction · Inflation & spending pressure
Congestion & traffic friction · Highways & expressways · Housing & urban expansion
Congestion & traffic friction · Layoffs & income shocks · Highways & expressways
Congestion & traffic friction · Layoffs & income shocks · Inflation & spending pressure
Trust friction can reward whoever fixes service, complaints and fraud handling.
Companies can appear in multiple categories; these counts are not a unique-company total.
Mentions per 10,000 articles · zero baseline
| Quarter | Mentions | Per 10,000 articles |
|---|---|---|
| 2024Q3 | 700 | 4.11 |
| 2024Q4 | 575 | 3.24 |
| 2025Q1 | 674 | 2.69 |
| 2025Q2 | 566 | 3.55 |
| 2025Q3 | 1058 | 3.88 |
| 2025Q4 | 636 | 5.27 |
| 2026Q1 | 1740 | 12.05 |
| 2026Q2 | 496 | 6.44 |
Corridor build-out can collapse travel time, widening every catchment.
Companies can appear in multiple categories; these counts are not a unique-company total.
Mentions per 10,000 articles · zero baseline
| Quarter | Mentions | Per 10,000 articles |
|---|---|---|
| 2024Q3 | 1087 | 6.38 |
| 2024Q4 | 1071 | 6.04 |
| 2025Q1 | 1090 | 4.36 |
| 2025Q2 | 923 | 5.79 |
| 2025Q3 | 1985 | 7.28 |
| 2025Q4 | 631 | 5.23 |
| 2026Q1 | 965 | 6.68 |
| 2026Q2 | 597 | 7.76 |
Visitor flows can convert into discretionary spend where they land.
Companies can appear in multiple categories; these counts are not a unique-company total.
Mentions per 10,000 articles · zero baseline
| Quarter | Mentions | Per 10,000 articles |
|---|---|---|
| 2024Q3 | 889 | 5.22 |
| 2024Q4 | 884 | 4.98 |
| 2025Q1 | 930 | 3.72 |
| 2025Q2 | 1039 | 6.52 |
| 2025Q3 | 1801 | 6.61 |
| 2025Q4 | 934 | 7.74 |
| 2026Q1 | 722 | 5.0 |
| 2026Q2 | 650 | 8.44 |
Layoff cycles can pull discretionary spend back toward value offerings.
Companies can appear in multiple categories; these counts are not a unique-company total.
Mentions per 10,000 articles · zero baseline
| Quarter | Mentions | Per 10,000 articles |
|---|---|---|
| 2024Q3 | 2692 | 15.79 |
| 2024Q4 | 2657 | 14.98 |
| 2025Q1 | 3457 | 13.81 |
| 2025Q2 | 3055 | 19.17 |
| 2025Q3 | 6687 | 24.54 |
| 2025Q4 | 3761 | 31.16 |
| 2026Q1 | 2843 | 19.69 |
| 2026Q2 | 1885 | 24.49 |
Where rail and metro build out, station-area demand can follow the footfall.
Companies can appear in multiple categories; these counts are not a unique-company total.
Mentions per 10,000 articles · zero baseline
| Quarter | Mentions | Per 10,000 articles |
|---|---|---|
| 2024Q3 | 221 | 1.3 |
| 2024Q4 | 185 | 1.04 |
| 2025Q1 | 279 | 1.11 |
| 2025Q2 | 218 | 1.37 |
| 2025Q3 | 491 | 1.8 |
| 2025Q4 | 183 | 1.52 |
| 2026Q1 | 202 | 1.4 |
| 2026Q2 | 126 | 1.64 |
Congestion friction can push footfall toward nearby formats and toward delivery.
Companies can appear in multiple categories; these counts are not a unique-company total.
Mentions per 10,000 articles · zero baseline
| Quarter | Mentions | Per 10,000 articles |
|---|---|---|
| 2024Q3 | 2790 | 16.37 |
| 2024Q4 | 3697 | 20.85 |
| 2025Q1 | 3562 | 14.23 |
| 2025Q2 | 2881 | 18.08 |
| 2025Q3 | 4705 | 17.27 |
| 2025Q4 | 2433 | 20.16 |
| 2026Q1 | 1860 | 12.88 |
| 2026Q2 | 1751 | 22.75 |
New residential catchments can pull everyday demand with them.
Companies can appear in multiple categories; these counts are not a unique-company total.
Mentions per 10,000 articles · zero baseline
| Quarter | Mentions | Per 10,000 articles |
|---|---|---|
| 2024Q3 | 513 | 3.01 |
| 2024Q4 | 557 | 3.14 |
| 2025Q1 | 752 | 3.01 |
| 2025Q2 | 759 | 4.76 |
| 2025Q3 | 1345 | 4.94 |
| 2025Q4 | 681 | 5.64 |
| 2026Q1 | 745 | 5.16 |
| 2026Q2 | 354 | 4.6 |
Sustained price pressure can shift spending toward value formats.
Companies can appear in multiple categories; these counts are not a unique-company total.
Mentions per 10,000 articles · zero baseline
| Quarter | Mentions | Per 10,000 articles |
|---|---|---|
| 2024Q3 | 4668 | 27.39 |
| 2024Q4 | 4283 | 24.15 |
| 2025Q1 | 5369 | 21.46 |
| 2025Q2 | 7757 | 48.67 |
| 2025Q3 | 8074 | 29.63 |
| 2025Q4 | 6012 | 49.81 |
| 2026Q1 | 4421 | 30.63 |
| 2026Q2 | 2791 | 36.26 |
Online and quick-commerce adoption can migrate spend across channels faster than networks adapt.
Companies can appear in multiple categories; these counts are not a unique-company total.
Mentions per 10,000 articles · zero baseline
| Quarter | Mentions | Per 10,000 articles |
|---|---|---|
| 2024Q3 | 160 | 0.94 |
| 2024Q4 | 235 | 1.33 |
| 2025Q1 | 183 | 0.73 |
| 2025Q2 | 212 | 1.33 |
| 2025Q3 | 439 | 1.61 |
| 2025Q4 | 294 | 2.44 |
| 2026Q1 | 228 | 1.58 |
| 2026Q2 | 111 | 1.44 |
Parks and warehousing can add the jobs and fulfilment capacity that reach depends on.
Companies can appear in multiple categories; these counts are not a unique-company total.
Mentions per 10,000 articles · zero baseline
| Quarter | Mentions | Per 10,000 articles |
|---|---|---|
| 2024Q3 | 291 | 1.71 |
| 2024Q4 | 291 | 1.64 |
| 2025Q1 | 430 | 1.72 |
| 2025Q2 | 278 | 1.74 |
| 2025Q3 | 457 | 1.68 |
| 2025Q4 | 294 | 2.44 |
| 2026Q1 | 424 | 2.94 |
| 2026Q2 | 166 | 2.16 |
If new terminals and routes pull business and tourist inflow, demand tends to follow the passenger.
This signal has no matching category in the page’s online grocery and food retail market map, so no supply percentile or gap is assigned.
Mentions per 10,000 articles · zero baseline
| Quarter | Mentions | Per 10,000 articles |
|---|---|---|
| 2024Q3 | 106 | 0.62 |
| 2024Q4 | 109 | 0.61 |
| 2025Q1 | 150 | 0.6 |
| 2025Q2 | 162 | 1.02 |
| 2025Q3 | 202 | 0.74 |
| 2025Q4 | 132 | 1.09 |
| 2026Q1 | 122 | 0.85 |
| 2026Q2 | 74 | 0.96 |
the United States online grocery and food retail coverage
The Quarterly Journal of Economics
391 citations in the snapshot
The Quarterly Journal of Economics
241 citations in the snapshot
Energies
81 citations in the snapshot
The Review of Economics and Statistics
71 citations in the snapshot
the United States coverage of this page's demand families
| Keyword | Recent articles | Prior articles | Share change |
|---|---|---|---|
| patent infringement | 394 | 24 | 1923.3% |
| cyber liability | 254 | 25 | 1152.2% |
| privacy policies | 207 | 24 | 963.0% |
| arbitration clause | 170 | 22 | 852.3% |
| ip litigation | 547 | 72 | 836.3% |
| antitrust investigations | 635 | 87 | 799.5% |
Share changes describe coverage in the stated comparison periods, not search demand or market size.
Company counts, hiring and disclosed funding across the recorded hubs.
26.4% across the displayed hubs
5 companies hiring · $1.3B disclosed funding
Explore companies in New York City ↗18.7% across the displayed hubs
8 companies hiring · $561.3M disclosed funding
Explore companies in Los Angeles ↗17.1% across the displayed hubs
6 companies hiring · $7.3B disclosed funding
Explore companies in San Francisco ↗
10.6% across the displayed hubs
5 companies hiring · $282.1M disclosed funding
Explore companies in Chicago ↗
8.4% across the displayed hubs
3 companies hiring · $77.1M disclosed funding
Explore companies in Brooklyn ↗
7.0% across the displayed hubs
2 companies hiring · $125.6M disclosed funding
Explore companies in Austin ↗
6.7% across the displayed hubs
1 companies hiring · $12.5M disclosed funding
Explore companies in Miami ↗
5.1% across the displayed hubs
0 companies hiring · $10.2M disclosed funding
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It measures the tracked company ecosystem, recorded funding, hiring and other available evidence. It is not a market-size estimate.
No. A company can belong to several segments, so segment counts and funding can overlap.
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Company ecosystem snapshot: 30 August 2026. Funding is recorded in USD; filed accounts retain their stated currency and reporting basis. Each section identifies its own coverage. The news and research behind these sections is explorable in Prism.
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