Trends · data through August 2026

Retail & consumer trends in Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC

Iceflower tracks 10,486 stores from 5,393 retail and consumer chains in Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC. Chili's Grill & Bar grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Five Below and Dollar General.

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
5,393
Tracked stores
10,486
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked retail and consumer chains

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. Chili's Grill & Bar and Five Below sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 C Chili's Grill & Bar logo Chili's Grill & Bar ▲6 +18.9%
2 F Five Below logo Five Below ▲14 +17.3%
3 D Dollar General logo Dollar General ▲7 +14.8%
4 N Novant Health logo Novant Health ▲13 +14.0%
5 B Burlington logo Burlington ▲6 +13.3%
6 L Lowes Foods logo Lowes Foods ▲7 +13.0%
7 C Culver's logo Culver's ▲5 +12.8%
8 T Total Wine & More logo Total Wine & More ▲4 +11.4%
9 O O'Reilly Auto Parts logo O'Reilly Auto Parts ▲8 +11.3%
10 H Hobby Lobby logo Hobby Lobby ▲9 +10.7%
11 M Mecklenburg County ABC Store logo Mecklenburg County ABC Store ▲9 +10.5%
12 A Atrium Health logo Atrium Health ▲7 +10.4%
13 O Ollie's Bargain Outlet logo Ollie's Bargain Outlet ▲5 +10.3%
14 H Hilton logo Hilton ▲5 +9.4%
15 F Firebirds Wood Fired Grill logo Firebirds Wood Fired Grill ▲15 +9.3%

Store footprint

Store map

10,486 tracked store locations in Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC, colored by category group.

Top tracked chains by store count

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