Trends · data through August 2026

Casual Eateries in Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC

Iceflower tracks 242 stores from 121 casual eateries chains in Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC. Baskin-Robbins grew fastest over the last year, ahead of TCBY and Rita's Italian Ice & Frozen Custard.

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
121
Tracked stores
242
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked casual eateries 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. Baskin-Robbins and TCBY sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 B Baskin-Robbins logo Baskin-Robbins - +16.3%
2 T TCBY logo TCBY ▲1 +8.2%
3 R Rita's Italian Ice & Frozen Custard logo Rita's Italian Ice & Frozen Custard - +2.8%
4 P Pelican's SnoBalls logo Pelican's SnoBalls ▲1 +1.3%
5 T The Donut House ▲1 +1.1%
6 H Handel's Homemade Ice Cream logo Handel's Homemade Ice Cream ▲1 -0.8%
7 J Jeremiah's Italian Ice logo Jeremiah's Italian Ice - -1.2%
8 D Dunkin' logo Dunkin' - -4.7%
9 K Krispy Kreme logo Krispy Kreme - -7.8%
10 C Cold Stone Creamery logo Cold Stone Creamery - -8.9%
11 S sweetFrog Premium Frozen Yogurt logo sweetFrog Premium Frozen Yogurt - -10.8%
12 B Bruegger's Bagels logo Bruegger's Bagels - -11.1%
13 A Andy's Frozen Custard logo Andy's Frozen Custard ▼1 -15.6%
14 B Bruster's Real Ice Cream logo Bruster's Real Ice Cream ▼2 -28.3%
15 D Duck Donuts logo Duck Donuts ▼1 -58.5%
  • Dunkin'
  • Krispy Kreme
  • Baskin-Robbins
  • sweetFrog Premium Frozen Yogurt
  • TCBY
  • The Donut House
  • Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

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

  • Dunkin' (30)
  • Krispy Kreme (8)
  • Baskin-Robbins (18)
  • sweetFrog Premium Frozen Yogurt (11)
  • TCBY (5)
  • The Donut House (3)
  • Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams (1)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

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