Trends · data through September 2026

Buffets in North Carolina

Iceflower tracks 112 stores from 42 buffets in North Carolina. Western Sizzlin grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Golden Corral Buffet & Grill and China Buffet.

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
42
Tracked stores
112
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked buffets

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. Western Sizzlin and Golden Corral Buffet & Grill sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 W Western Sizzlin logo Western Sizzlin - +2.8%
2 G Golden Corral Buffet & Grill logo Golden Corral Buffet & Grill - +1.5%
3 C China Buffet - -10.4%
4 H Hibachi Grill & Supreme Buffet - -17.4%
  • Golden Corral Buffet & Grill
  • Cicis Pizza
  • China Buffet
  • Hibachi Grill & Supreme Buffet
  • Western Sizzlin
  • Hibachi Grill
  • River Grill & Buffet
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

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

  • Golden Corral Buffet & Grill (32)
  • Cicis Pizza (15)
  • China Buffet (12)
  • Hibachi Grill & Supreme Buffet (6)
  • Western Sizzlin (5)
  • Hibachi Grill (2)
  • River Grill & Buffet (1)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

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