Trends · data through September 2026

Family Restaurants & Diners in Asheville, NC

Iceflower tracks 33 stores from 18 family restaurants & diners in Asheville, NC. IHOP grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Waffle House and Cracker Barrel Old Country Store.

Rankings come from real card and bank transactions across a panel of 130M+ US and EU consumers. We publish relative growth and rankings, never revenue figures. About the data

Tracked chains
18
Tracked stores
33
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked family restaurants & diners

Ranked by year-over-year growth of share of tracked local spend. Arrows show movement in the rankings since last year. Each dot in the chart is one tracked chain: bigger market position to the right, faster growth higher up, more tracked stores in a bigger dot. Colors match the store map below. IHOP and Waffle House sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 I IHOP logo IHOP - +9.7%
2 W Waffle House logo Waffle House - +3.2%
3 C Cracker Barrel Old Country Store logo Cracker Barrel Old Country Store - -8.6%
  • Cracker Barrel Old Country Store
  • Waffle House
  • Rockys Hot Chicken Shack
  • IHOP
  • Campfire Grill
  • Five Points Restaurant
  • The Local Joint
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

33 tracked store locations in Asheville, NC. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (4)
  • Waffle House (10)
  • Rockys Hot Chicken Shack (2)
  • IHOP (3)
  • Campfire Grill (1)
  • Five Points Restaurant (1)
  • The Local Joint (1)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 W Waffle House logo Waffle House 10
  • 2 C Cracker Barrel Old Country Store logo Cracker Barrel Old Country Store 4
  • 3 I IHOP logo IHOP 3
  • 4 R Rockys Hot Chicken Shack 2
  • 5 T Tastee Diner 1
  • 6 H Hilltop Cafe 1
  • 7 H Hoopers Creek Cafe 1
  • 8 M Mustang Cafe 1
  • 9 D Dixie Diner 1
  • 10 W Wynn's Diner 1
  • 11 D Denny's logo Denny's 1
  • 12 C CA's Diner 1
  • 13 P Pop's Diner 1
  • 14 S Salty Goat Grill 1
  • 15 T Tommy’s Family Restaurant 1
  • 16 T The Local Joint 1
  • 17 F Five Points Restaurant 1
  • 18 C Campfire Grill 1

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