Trends · data through September 2026

Sports Bars & Wings in Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC

Iceflower tracks 76 stores from 39 sports bars & wings in Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC. East Coast Wings + Grill grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Carolina Ale House and Buffalo Wild Wings.

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
39
Tracked stores
76
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked sports bars & wings

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. East Coast Wings + Grill and Carolina Ale House sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 E East Coast Wings + Grill logo East Coast Wings + Grill - +10.4%
2 C Carolina Ale House logo Carolina Ale House - -0.6%
3 B Buffalo Wild Wings logo Buffalo Wild Wings - -1.4%
4 H Hickory Tavern logo Hickory Tavern - -5.8%
5 W Wing King Cafe - -5.8%
6 H Hooters logo Hooters - -39.7%
  • Buffalo Wild Wings
  • Topgolf
  • East Coast Wings + Grill
  • Dave & Buster's
  • STATS Restaurant & Bar
  • Carolina Ale House
  • Bubba's 33
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

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

  • Buffalo Wild Wings (13)
  • Topgolf (2)
  • East Coast Wings + Grill (8)
  • Dave & Buster's (2)
  • STATS Restaurant & Bar (1)
  • Carolina Ale House (3)
  • Bubba's 33 (1)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

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