Growth ranking
Fastest-growing tracked liquor store 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. Mecklenburg County ABC Store and Catawba County Abc sit in the high-growth half.
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mecklenburg County ABC Store | - | +8.9% |
| 2 | Catawba County Abc | ▲1 | +3.0% |
| 3 | Orange County ABC Store | ▲1 | +1.0% |
| 4 | Brew Thru | ▲1 | -1.3% |
| 5 | ABC | - | -5.9% |
| 6 | Wake County ABC Store | - | -10.1% |
| 7 | ABC Liquor Store | ▲1 | -10.8% |
| 8 | Triangle Wine Company | - | -34.7% |
| 9 | Greensboro Abc | ▼4 | -61.7% |
- Mecklenburg County ABC Store
- ABC Store
- Triad Municipal ABC Board
- Wake County ABC Store
- Johnston county ABC store
- Craven County ABC Board
- Pitt County ABC
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
389 tracked store locations in North Carolina. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted. The top 5 chains by store count run 51 of the 389 stores (13%); 279 of the 309 tracked chains have a single store here. 8% of the tracked grocery & convenience stores here are liquor stores, against 22% across the United States.
- Mecklenburg County ABC Store (5)
- ABC Store (27)
- Triad Municipal ABC Board (2)
- Wake County ABC Store (5)
- Johnston county ABC store (1)
- Craven County ABC Board (1)
- Pitt County ABC (2)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 ABC Store 27
- 2 Catawba County Abc 8
- 3 ABC 6
- 4 Mecklenburg County ABC Store 5
- 5 Wake County ABC Store 5
- 6 ABC Liquor Store 5
- 7 Brew Thru 4
- 8 Greensboro Abc 3
- 9 Asheville ABC Liquor Store 3
- 10 Orange County ABC Store 3
- 11 Triangle Wine Company 3
- 12 Barley Market 2
- 13 Lincoln County ABC Store 2
- 14 Durham County ABC 2
- 15 Statesville ABC Board 2
- 16 Wine Authorities 2
- 17 Belville ABC 2
- 18 Cramerton ABC 2
- 19 Chatham County ABC 2
- 20 The Grape & Ale 2
- 21 Brevard ABC 2
- 22 The Root Cellar 2
- 23 Wine Maestro 2
- 24 Beaufort County ABC Store 2
- 25 High Point ABC 2
- 26 Pitt County ABC 2
- 27 Rowan/Kannapolis ABC S 2
- 28 Triad Municipal ABC Board 2
- 29 Petit Philippe 1
- 30 Tribal ABC Store 1
- 31 Tasty Beverage Company 1
- 32 Asheville ABC Board 1
- 33 Norwood ABC 1
- 34 Peakway Taps 1
- 35 Washington County ABC Store 1
- 36 Savi's Wine 1
- 37 Bessemer City ABC Store 1
- 38 House Creek Beverage Company 1
- 39 Assorted Table Wine & Shop 1
- 40 Village Beverage Co 1
- 41 Boiling Spring Lakes ABC Board 1
- 42 Maggie B's Wine & Specialty Store 1
- 43 Columbus ABC Store 1
- 44 Custom Home Pubs 1
- 45 Frank's Beer Shop 1
- 46 Foxcroft Wine Co. Waverly 1
- 47 Sunset & Vine 1
- 48 Tubthumpers Beverage House 1
- 49 West Columbus ABC Store 1
- 50 Metro Wines 1
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