Trends · data through September 2026

Cafes & Bakery-Cafes in North Carolina

Iceflower tracks 1,404 stores from 1,176 cafes & bakery-cafes in North Carolina. Packhouse Coffee Company grew fastest over the last year, ahead of The Holy Grind Coffee House and The Mill.

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
1,176
Tracked stores
1,404
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked cafes & bakery-cafes

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. Packhouse Coffee Company and The Holy Grind Coffee House sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 P Packhouse Coffee Company ▲1 +19.6%
2 T The Holy Grind Coffee House ▲1 +7.4%
3 T The Mill ▼1 +6.2%
4 W Waterbean Coffee - +0.2%
5 J Joe Van Gogh logo Joe Van Gogh - -0.6%
6 E Einstein Bros. Bagels logo Einstein Bros. Bagels - -4.8%
7 B Big Buck's Homemade Ice Cream - -6.2%
8 P Panera Bread logo Panera Bread - -7.0%
9 M Manhattan Bagel logo Manhattan Bagel - -7.7%
10 T Talia Espresso ▲1 -8.2%
11 C Coffee House ▼1 -9.6%
12 T The Daily Grind - -10.9%
13 B Bruegger's Bagels logo Bruegger's Bagels - -13.1%
14 C Crossroads Coffee House ▼1 -13.9%
  • Panera Bread
  • Bruegger's Bagels
  • Waterbean Coffee
  • Jubala Coffee
  • Haraz Coffee House
  • PRESS Coffee Crepes Cocktails
  • Riverview Cafe
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

1,404 tracked store locations in North Carolina. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Panera Bread (95)
  • Bruegger's Bagels (26)
  • Waterbean Coffee (9)
  • Jubala Coffee (1)
  • Haraz Coffee House (3)
  • PRESS Coffee Crepes Cocktails (2)
  • Riverview Cafe (2)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 P Panera Bread logo Panera Bread 95
  • 2 B Bruegger's Bagels logo Bruegger's Bagels 26
  • 3 W Waterbean Coffee 9
  • 4 E Einstein Bros. Bagels logo Einstein Bros. Bagels 9
  • 5 J Joe Van Gogh logo Joe Van Gogh 4
  • 6 M Manhattan Bagel logo Manhattan Bagel 4
  • 7 F Front Porch Cafe 4
  • 8 B Big Buck's Homemade Ice Cream 4
  • 9 T The Mill 3
  • 10 P Packhouse Coffee Company 3
  • 11 C Coffee House 3
  • 12 T Talia Espresso 3
  • 13 C Crossroads Coffee House 3
  • 14 T The Holy Grind Coffee House 3
  • 15 T The Daily Grind 3
  • 16 H Haraz Coffee House logo Haraz Coffee House 3
  • 17 R Riverview Cafe 2
  • 18 W Well-Bred Bakery & Cafe logo Well-Bred Bakery & Cafe 2
  • 19 P PRESS Coffee Crepes Cocktails 2
  • 20 B Beyu Caffe logo Beyu Caffe 2
  • 21 R River Walk Coffee Co 2
  • 22 J Jumpin' Java Coffee Shop 2
  • 23 H High Five 2
  • 24 W Washington Perk 2
  • 25 S Social Coffee and Supply 2
  • 26 L Larema Coffee House 2
  • 27 C Corner Cafe 2
  • 28 C Cornerstone Cafe & Coffee 2
  • 29 S Something's Brewing Too 2
  • 30 M Magnolia 2
  • 31 M Main Street Coffee 2
  • 32 M Moose Cafe 2
  • 33 G Green Sage Cafe 2
  • 34 G Giddy-Up Coffee House 2
  • 35 S SmacNally's 2
  • 36 T The Everyday Market 2
  • 37 M Milkbread logo Milkbread 2
  • 38 C Carolina Cafe 2
  • 39 O Over Yonder 2
  • 40 R Rise Cafe 2
  • 41 C Cup A Joe 2
  • 42 V Vittles Cafe 2
  • 43 M Morning Times 1
  • 44 P Pine Scone Cafe 1
  • 45 S Sorella Coffee 1
  • 46 M Milk Road Coffee logo Milk Road Coffee 1
  • 47 T The Belted Goat 1
  • 48 B Bittersweet 1
  • 49 B Banana Dog Cafe 1
  • 50 C Crema Brew 1

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