Trends · data through August 2026

Coffee Shops in North Carolina

Iceflower tracks 1,259 stores from 577 coffee shops chains in North Carolina. The Holy Grind Coffee House grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Scooter's Coffee and Packhouse Coffee Company.

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
577
Tracked stores
1,259
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked coffee shops 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. The Holy Grind Coffee House and Scooter's Coffee sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 T The Holy Grind Coffee House - +17.4%
2 S Scooter's Coffee logo Scooter's Coffee ▲1 +14.1%
3 P Packhouse Coffee Company - +10.0%
4 B Biggby Coffee logo Biggby Coffee - +1.7%
5 B Big Buck's Homemade Ice Cream - +1.6%
6 S Summit Coffee logo Summit Coffee - -2.3%
7 W Waterbean Coffee - -3.2%
8 S Starbucks logo Starbucks - -4.6%
9 P Port City Java logo Port City Java ▼1 -9.2%
10 P Panera Bread logo Panera Bread - -10.9%
11 C Coffee House - -11.8%
12 T Talia Espresso - -14.3%
  • Starbucks
  • Panera Bread
  • Scooter's Coffee
  • Port City Java
  • Caribou Coffee
  • 7 Brew Coffee
  • Clutch Coffee Bar
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

1,259 tracked store locations in North Carolina. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Starbucks (467)
  • Panera Bread (98)
  • Scooter's Coffee (14)
  • Port City Java (6)
  • Caribou Coffee (19)
  • 7 Brew Coffee (12)
  • Clutch Coffee Bar (7)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 S Starbucks logo Starbucks 467
  • 2 P Panera Bread logo Panera Bread 98
  • 3 C Caribou Coffee logo Caribou Coffee 19
  • 4 S Scooter's Coffee logo Scooter's Coffee 14
  • 5 7 7 Brew Coffee logo 7 Brew Coffee 12
  • 6 W Waterbean Coffee 9
  • 7 C Clutch Coffee Bar logo Clutch Coffee Bar 7
  • 8 B Biggby Coffee logo Biggby Coffee 7
  • 9 P Port City Java logo Port City Java 6
  • 10 S Summit Coffee logo Summit Coffee 5
  • 11 F Front Porch Cafe 4
  • 12 B Big Buck's Homemade Ice Cream 4
  • 13 C Canal Coffee Company logo Canal Coffee Company 4
  • 14 T The Holy Grind Coffee House 3
  • 15 C Crossroads Coffee House 3
  • 16 P Packhouse Coffee Company 3
  • 17 T Talia Espresso 3
  • 18 C Coffee House 3
  • 19 B Beyu Caffe logo Beyu Caffe 2
  • 20 C Cornerstone Cafe & Coffee 2
  • 21 T The Wandering Cup 2
  • 22 J Jumpin' Java Coffee Shop 2
  • 23 S Social Coffee and Supply 2
  • 24 B Bitty & Beau's Coffee 2
  • 25 G Giddy-Up Coffee House 2
  • 26 P PennyCup Coffee 2
  • 27 T The Coffee Lodge 2
  • 28 B BREW Coffee Bar logo BREW Coffee Bar 2
  • 29 P PRESS Coffee Crepes Cocktails 2
  • 30 I Island Smoothie 2
  • 31 H Haraz Coffee House logo Haraz Coffee House 2
  • 32 N New World Cafe 2
  • 33 G Gloria Jean's Coffees logo Gloria Jean's Coffees 2
  • 34 M Milkbread logo Milkbread 2
  • 35 T The Daily Grind 2
  • 36 M Mean Mug Coffee Company 2
  • 37 T The Everyday Market 2
  • 38 C Central Coffee Co. 2
  • 39 M Midway Coffee BHI 1
  • 40 V Verb Coffee 1
  • 41 G Gray Squirrel Coffee Co. 1
  • 42 D Defined Coffee 1
  • 43 I Iris Coffee Lab 1
  • 44 O Openroad Coffee Roastery 1
  • 45 L Leclair's General Store 1
  • 46 C Creama Cafe 1
  • 47 T The Bean 1
  • 48 T The Hobbyist 1
  • 49 F Forbes Candies & Coffee 1
  • 50 J Jubala Coffee logo Jubala Coffee 1

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