Growth ranking
Fastest-growing tracked candy shop chains
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. Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory and The Fudgery sit in the high-growth half.
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory | - | +17.8% |
| 2 | The Fudgery | - | +7.9% |
| 3 | Try My Nuts | - | -10.4% |
| 4 | Sugar Kingdom | - | -11.6% |
| 5 | Rocket Fizz | - | -12.6% |
| 6 | Sugar Planet | - | -19.3% |
- Sugar Planet
- Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory
- French Broad Chocolate Lounge
- Burry Chocolates
- Try My Nuts
- Sugar Kingdom
- Candy Edventure
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
130 tracked store locations in North Carolina. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted. The top 5 chains by store count run 22 of the 130 stores (17%); 100 of the 108 tracked chains have a single store here. 0.5% of the tracked food & drink stores here are candy shops, against 0.6% across the United States.
- Sugar Planet (3)
- Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory (7)
- French Broad Chocolate Lounge (1)
- Burry Chocolates (1)
- Try My Nuts (3)
- Sugar Kingdom (4)
- Candy Edventure (1)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory 7
- 2 Rocket Fizz 5
- 3 Sugar Kingdom 4
- 4 See's Candies 3
- 5 The Fudgery 3
- 6 Try My Nuts 3
- 7 Sugar Planet 3
- 8 Tastebuds Popcorn Hickory 2
- 9 Brasstown Chocolate 1
- 10 Hometown Sweets 1
- 11 Casa La Mangonada 1
- 12 Collier Candy Company 1
- 13 Popcorn-Is-Us 1
- 14 Once Upon A Chocolate 1
- 15 Topsail Island Popcorn 1
- 16 Milltown Farm General Store 1
- 17 El Torito CLT 1
- 18 The Sweet Shoppe 1
- 19 The Secret Chocolatier 1
- 20 Dulceria El Chimuelo 1
- 21 Cotton Candy Factory 1
- 22 Laughing Lollipop 1
- 23 Matthew's Chocolates 1
- 24 Rhyme and Reason Chocolate Company 1
- 25 El Mercadito Su Tienda Hispana 1
- 26 Candy Kingdom Dulceria 1
- 27 Dulceria Estrellitas 1
- 28 Baxley's Chocolates 1
- 29 Cheesecake Creations 1
- 30 Candy Cabin 1
- 31 Bubba's Fudge and Gift Shop 1
- 32 Candy Shop 1
- 33 Noonie Doodle Sweets & Treats 1
- 34 Lolli and Pops 1
- 35 Krueger’s Candies 1
- 36 Downtown Chocolates 1
- 37 Fat & Sassy Concessions 1
- 38 Loco for Coco 1
- 39 Chocolate Fix 1
- 40 Sugar Snap Treats 1
- 41 The Candy Shoppe on Main 1
- 42 18 Main Sweets & Things 1
- 43 Heavenly Fudge Shoppe 1
- 44 Dew Drop Chocolates 1
- 45 Life is Sweet Candy Store 1
- 46 Candy Shack 1
- 47 Sugar Sugar 1
- 48 Conjure Craft Chocolate 1
- 49 The Candy Jar 1
- 50 The Candy Shoppe 1
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