Trends · data through August 2026

Liquor Stores in North Carolina

Iceflower tracks 266 stores from 205 liquor stores chains in North Carolina. Total Wine & More grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Mecklenburg County ABC Store and Brew Thru.

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
205
Tracked stores
266
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked liquor stores 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. Total Wine & More and Mecklenburg County ABC Store sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 T Total Wine & More logo Total Wine & More - +14.2%
2 M Mecklenburg County ABC Store logo Mecklenburg County ABC Store - +8.1%
3 B Brew Thru logo Brew Thru - +4.7%
4 W Wake County ABC logo Wake County ABC ▲1 -1.9%
5 O Orange County ABC Store ▲1 -2.7%
6 W Winestore logo Winestore - -5.1%
7 T Triangle Wine Company - -22.1%
8 G Greensboro Abc logo Greensboro Abc ▼2 -60.9%
  • Total Wine & More
  • Mecklenburg County ABC Store
  • ABC Store
  • Concord ABC Number 8
  • Triad Municipal ABC Board
  • Johnston county ABC store
  • Craven County ABC Board
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

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

  • Total Wine & More (16)
  • Mecklenburg County ABC Store (5)
  • ABC Store (11)
  • Concord ABC Number 8 (1)
  • Triad Municipal ABC Board (2)
  • Johnston county ABC store (1)
  • Craven County ABC Board (1)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 T Total Wine & More logo Total Wine & More 16
  • 2 A ABC Store logo ABC Store 11
  • 3 M Mecklenburg County ABC Store logo Mecklenburg County ABC Store 5
  • 4 T The Spot 5
  • 5 W Winestore logo Winestore 4
  • 6 B Brew Thru logo Brew Thru 4
  • 7 T Triangle Wine Company 3
  • 8 G Greensboro Abc logo Greensboro Abc 3
  • 9 O Orange County ABC Store 3
  • 10 W Wake County ABC logo Wake County ABC 3
  • 11 A Asheville ABC Liquor Store 2
  • 12 T The Root Cellar 2
  • 13 L Lincoln County ABC Store 2
  • 14 W Wine Authorities 2
  • 15 S Statesville ABC Board 2
  • 16 B Belville ABC 2
  • 17 C Cramerton ABC 2
  • 18 B Barley Market 2
  • 19 C Chatham County ABC 2
  • 20 B Brevard ABC 2
  • 21 P Pitt County ABC 2
  • 22 H High Point ABC 2
  • 23 R Rowan/Kannapolis ABC S 2
  • 24 T Triad Municipal ABC Board 2
  • 25 R Red Springs ABC Store 1
  • 26 C Columbus ABC Store 1
  • 27 M Metro Wines 1
  • 28 M Montgomery Municipal ABC Store 1
  • 29 A Appalachian Vintner 1
  • 30 N Norwood ABC 1
  • 31 P Pembroke ABC Liquor Store 1
  • 32 C Custom Home Pubs 1
  • 33 T Tasty Beverage Company 1
  • 34 V Village Beverage Co 1
  • 35 L Lake Lure ABC 1
  • 36 C City Beverage 1
  • 37 G Great Grapes 1
  • 38 S Stella Brew 1
  • 39 S Sunset & Vine 1
  • 40 T Tribal ABC Store 1
  • 41 L Lake Waccamaw ABC Store 1
  • 42 C Concord ABC Number 8 1
  • 43 S Savi's Wine 1
  • 44 P Pelagic Beer and Wine 1
  • 45 M Maggie B's Wine & Specialty Store 1
  • 46 N Nash County ABC Store 1
  • 47 R Ramseur Abc Store 1
  • 48 S Southern Pines Growler Company 1
  • 49 T Tabor City ABC Store 1
  • 50 B Bunn ABC Store 1

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