Trends · data through September 2026

Bars, Pubs & Breweries in North Carolina

Iceflower tracks 2,105 stores from 1,961 bars, pubs & breweries in North Carolina. Pantana Bob's grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Hillman Beer and The Local.

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
1,961
Tracked stores
2,105
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked bars, pubs & breweries

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. Pantana Bob's and Hillman Beer sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 P Pantana Bob's ▲2 +18.9%
2 H Hillman Beer ▲1 +13.6%
3 T The Local - +7.8%
4 B Burial Beer Co. ▲1 +1.0%
5 T The Pour House ▲1 -3.1%
6 P Ponysaurus Brewing Co. logo Ponysaurus Brewing Co. - -4.1%
7 H Hi-Wire Brewing logo Hi-Wire Brewing ▲1 -4.7%
8 B Boxcar Bar + Arcade - -8.4%
9 T The Brewer's Kettle - -10.2%
10 T The Depot ▼1 -14.4%
11 D Dram & Draught ▼1 -16.2%
12 F Foxcroft Wine Co. ▼2 -21.1%
13 A Abbey Road Tavern & Grill ▼2 -26.2%
  • The Local
  • The Angry Ginger Irish Pub
  • Luigi's Italian Chophouse and Bar
  • STIR
  • Doherty's Irish Pub & Restaurant
  • Fumee Kitchen and Cocktails
  • Duck's Grille and Bar
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

2,105 tracked store locations in North Carolina. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • The Local (4)
  • The Angry Ginger Irish Pub (1)
  • Luigi's Italian Chophouse and Bar (1)
  • STIR (2)
  • Doherty's Irish Pub & Restaurant (3)
  • Fumee Kitchen and Cocktails (1)
  • Duck's Grille and Bar (1)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 D Dram & Draught 7
  • 2 T The Brewer's Kettle 5
  • 3 T The Local 4
  • 4 H Hi-Wire Brewing logo Hi-Wire Brewing 4
  • 5 F Foxcroft Wine Co. 3
  • 6 P Ponysaurus Brewing Co. logo Ponysaurus Brewing Co. 3
  • 7 P Pantana Bob's 3
  • 8 H Hillman Beer 3
  • 9 T The Pour House 3
  • 10 A Abbey Road Tavern & Grill 3
  • 11 B Burial Beer Co. 3
  • 12 T The Depot 3
  • 13 B Boxcar Bar + Arcade 3
  • 14 F Fonta Flora Brewery 3
  • 15 D Doherty's Irish Pub & Restaurant 3
  • 16 H Heist Brewery 2
  • 17 T The Kilted Buffalo 2
  • 18 S Small Bar 2
  • 19 S Seaboard Brewing 2
  • 20 S Still Life 2
  • 21 T The Public House 2
  • 22 C Carolina Brewery logo Carolina Brewery 2
  • 23 K Kings logo Kings 2
  • 24 T The Quarter 2
  • 25 F Flying Saucer Draught Emporium logo Flying Saucer Draught Emporium 2
  • 26 T The Crunkleton 2
  • 27 W Whiskey Mill 2
  • 28 B Big Al's Pub and Grubberia 2
  • 29 F Four Corners 2
  • 30 W Wooden Nickel Pub 2
  • 31 C Copper Penny 2
  • 32 C Crave Dessert Bar 2
  • 33 B Bright Penny Brewing 2
  • 34 R Riptidez 2
  • 35 M Middle James Brewing Company 2
  • 36 V Voodoo Brewing Co. logo Voodoo Brewing Co. 2
  • 37 I Incendiary Brewing Company 2
  • 38 T The Goat logo The Goat 2
  • 39 P Postino WineCafe logo Postino WineCafe 2
  • 40 L Link & Pin 2
  • 41 S STIR 2
  • 42 W Wicked Weed Brewing 2
  • 43 T Trio 2
  • 44 J Jimmy's logo Jimmy's 2
  • 45 I Iron Thunder Saloon 2
  • 46 P Pisces Sushi Bar & Lounge 2
  • 47 H Hops Burger Bar 2
  • 48 B Brazwells Pub 1
  • 49 T Top of the Hill 1
  • 50 L Lynnwood Brewing Concern 1

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