Trends · data through September 2026

Bakeries, Donuts & Desserts in North Carolina

Iceflower tracks 912 stores from 685 bakeries, donuts & desserts in North Carolina. Nothing Bundt Cakes grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Duck Donuts and The Original New York Bagels.

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
685
Tracked stores
912
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked bakeries, donuts & desserts

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. Nothing Bundt Cakes and Duck Donuts sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 N Nothing Bundt Cakes logo Nothing Bundt Cakes - +8.3%
2 D Duck Donuts logo Duck Donuts - +2.6%
3 T The Original New York Bagels ▲2 +0.8%
4 G Great Harvest Bread Co. logo Great Harvest Bread Co. - +0.4%
5 T The Donut House ▲1 +0.2%
6 G Great American Cookies logo Great American Cookies - -4.8%
7 K Krispy Kreme logo Krispy Kreme - -8.2%
8 C Cinnabon logo Cinnabon - -8.6%
9 S Sunflour Baking Company logo Sunflour Baking Company - -8.8%
10 F Flowers Baking Co logo Flowers Baking Co ▲1 -9.5%
11 S Sweet Sensations ▲1 -10.1%
12 A Auntie Anne's logo Auntie Anne's - -10.2%
13 L La Farm Bakery logo La Farm Bakery - -11.9%
14 B Burney's Sweets & More - -12.8%
15 I Insomnia Cookies logo Insomnia Cookies - -14.6%
  • Krispy Kreme
  • Nothing Bundt Cakes
  • Auntie Anne's
  • La Farm Bakery
  • Duck Donuts
  • Tous Les Jours
  • Cinnabon
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

912 tracked store locations in North Carolina. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Krispy Kreme (29)
  • Nothing Bundt Cakes (28)
  • Auntie Anne's (25)
  • La Farm Bakery (5)
  • Duck Donuts (21)
  • Tous Les Jours (3)
  • Cinnabon (10)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

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