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San Francisco · 3 grocers · Leader-led

the bar soaps aisle

San Francisco's bar soaps aisle is a competitive shelf with clear leaders: 40 products from 9 brands across 3 grocers. dr. bronner's owns the most shelf — 43% of SKUs, ahead of river soap company. The shelf leans organic — 13% of SKUs carry that claim. Verdict: leader-led — a clear front-runner, but not yet a lock (opportunity 79/100).

40
products
9
brands
$5.93
avg price
$3.04–$7.79
typical range

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Who owns the shelf

brands by share of the bar soaps shelf.

dr. bronner's
43% of shelf17 SKUs
rriver soap company
23% of shelf9 SKUs
sappo hill
18% of shelf7 SKUs
tthe grandpa soap company
5% of shelf2 SKUs
oone with nature
3% of shelf1 SKU
nnubian heritage
3% of shelf1 SKU
cchandrika
3% of shelf1 SKU
mmountain ocean
3% of shelf1 SKU
bbee & flower
3% of shelf1 SKU

How it's positioned

the claims products on this shelf lead with — share of SKUs carrying each.

Organic
13%

Brand positioning

every brand by share of shelf × price. bubble size = the brand's total reach across all aisles; color = positioning stance. top-right owns the premium end; bottom-right owns the mainstream.

store
scale
premium leadersmainstream leadersniche premiumvalue playersshare of shelfavg $/oz
Color:no dominant segmentation on this shelf
Size:total brand reach (SKUs across all aisles)
price normalized per oz (sizes vary)1 omitted (no oz size)

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Market structure

39
med
Brand competition
how many brands compete
38
med
Variety of offers
how differentiated the shelf is
27
low
Top-brand grip
how much a few brands dominate
79
high
Launch whitespace
room for a new brand

store-brand share: 0% · scores 0–100.

More aisles

how we measure.prices & assortment are collected from public storefronts of San Franciscogrocers, deduped to distinct products, and normalized to a per-unit price from each product's parsed size. market-structure scores come from brand shares. figures update as we re-measure. full methodology →