Trends · data through September 2026

Cafes & Bakery-Cafes in Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC

Iceflower tracks 309 stores from 251 cafes & bakery-cafes in Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC. The Holy Grind Coffee House grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Waterbean Coffee and Panera Bread.

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
251
Tracked stores
309
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked cafes & bakery-cafes

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. The Holy Grind Coffee House and Waterbean Coffee sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 T The Holy Grind Coffee House ▲1 +6.2%
2 W Waterbean Coffee - +1.4%
3 P Panera Bread logo Panera Bread - -2.4%
4 M Manhattan Bagel logo Manhattan Bagel - -8.8%
5 K Knowledge Perk Coffee Company logo Knowledge Perk Coffee Company ▼1 -10.9%
6 B Bruegger's Bagels logo Bruegger's Bagels - -20.7%
  • Panera Bread
  • Waterbean Coffee
  • Hemp & Tea Co - CBD
  • Night Swim Coffee
  • Haraz Coffee House
  • Beatrix Market
  • Cafe Monte
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

309 tracked store locations in Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Panera Bread (30)
  • Waterbean Coffee (7)
  • Hemp & Tea Co - CBD (1)
  • Night Swim Coffee (1)
  • Haraz Coffee House (2)
  • Beatrix Market (1)
  • Cafe Monte (1)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 P Panera Bread logo Panera Bread 30
  • 2 W Waterbean Coffee 7
  • 3 B Bruegger's Bagels logo Bruegger's Bagels 5
  • 4 M Manhattan Bagel logo Manhattan Bagel 4
  • 5 K Knowledge Perk Coffee Company logo Knowledge Perk Coffee Company 3
  • 6 T The Holy Grind Coffee House 3
  • 7 H Haraz Coffee House logo Haraz Coffee House 2
  • 8 M Milkbread logo Milkbread 2
  • 9 T The Everyday Market 2
  • 10 C Central Coffee Co. 2
  • 11 B Burr & Berry Coffee logo Burr & Berry Coffee 2
  • 12 P Provided Coffee 2
  • 13 M Mean Mug Coffee Company 2
  • 14 D Daily Grind Coffee Bar 2
  • 15 R Rise Cafe 2
  • 16 T The Wandering Cup 2
  • 17 E Einstein Bros. Bagels logo Einstein Bros. Bagels 2
  • 18 F Fryeday Coffee Roasters 2
  • 19 N North Main Kava Bar 1
  • 20 C CHNO Coffee Co. logo CHNO Coffee Co. 1
  • 21 G Gilmore's Mercantile 1
  • 22 C Cakeable Cafe 1
  • 23 C Cabbella's Coffee Shop 1
  • 24 J Jebena Cafe 1
  • 25 M Mean Mug Coffee Shop 1
  • 26 Y Your Coffee Place 1
  • 27 J Jonny's Bakery 1
  • 28 J Java Jeff's Coffee & Tea 1
  • 29 B Buford Sports Cafe 1
  • 30 P Pioneer Coffee Company 1
  • 31 L La Madeleine French Café logo La Madeleine French Café 1
  • 32 B Bean Catcher 1
  • 33 W White Rabbit Cafe 1
  • 34 B Bagel Boys Cafe 1
  • 35 M Moji Teahouse 1
  • 36 F French Express Coffee House 1
  • 37 D Dunx Coffee 1
  • 38 T The Percantile at The Nook 1
  • 39 L Lowes Marketplace 1
  • 40 E Eibsee Coffee Co 1
  • 41 J Jeff's Bagel Run logo Jeff's Bagel Run 1
  • 42 C Cafe Lentz 1
  • 43 C Courtside Cafe 1
  • 44 T The Morning Glory Coffee Adventures 1
  • 45 H Harper's Cafe 1
  • 46 P Performance Coffee House 1
  • 47 B Black Powder Coffee 1
  • 48 A Archive CLT logo Archive CLT 1
  • 49 C Crane Coffee 1
  • 50 M Mon Macaron Birkdale Village 1

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