Safeway locations map
Safeway has about 1,700 locations in the United States, spread across 17 states and Washington, D.C.. The most are in Washington (414), California (396) and Arizona (205). Per person, Washington has the most, with 5.2 locations for every 100,000 residents.
- Category
- Grocery
- US locations
- about 1,700 (1,690 mapped)
- States
- 17 + D.C.
- Founded
- 1915
- Headquarters
- California
Safeway locations by state
| State | Locations | Per 100,000 people | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washington | 414 | 5.2 | 24.5% |
| California | 396 | 1.0 | 23.4% |
| Arizona | 205 | 2.7 | 12.1% |
| Colorado | 182 | 3.1 | 10.8% |
| Oregon | 176 | 4.1 | 10.4% |
| Maryland | 103 | 1.6 | 6.1% |
| Virginia | 59 | 0.7 | 3.5% |
| Hawaii | 36 | 2.5 | 2.1% |
| Alaska | 23 | 3.1 | 1.4% |
| District of Columbia | 18 | 2.6 | 1.1% |
| Montana | 16 | 1.4 | 0.9% |
| Idaho | 12 | 0.6 | 0.7% |
| Nevada | 12 | 0.4 | 0.7% |
| Wyoming | 12 | 2.0 | 0.7% |
| Nebraska | 8 | 0.4 | 0.5% |
| South Dakota | 7 | 0.8 | 0.4% |
| Delaware | 6 | 0.6 | 0.4% |
| New Mexico | 5 | 0.2 | 0.3% |
States without a Safeway
33 states have no Safeway location in our data: Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, West Virginia and Wisconsin.
Chains with a similar footprint
These chains are spread across the country in the most similar way:
- Grocery Outlet 57% overlap
- Les Schwab 55% overlap
- Big 5 Sporting Goods 52% overlap
- Papa Murphy's 51% overlap
- 76 50% overlap
- MOD Pizza 49% overlap
More grocery maps
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- Publix
- Kroger
- Food Lion
- Trader Joe's
- Save A Lot
- Albertsons
- Whole Foods Market
- Grocery Outlet
- Sprouts Farmers Market
Locations come from All the Places, which collects them from each chain's public store locator (data from September 2026). Counts can be a little off: new stores open, old ones close, and a few locations may be missing. Population figures are Census Bureau estimates for 2024. Guess the Chain is not affiliated with Safeway.