Trends · data through September 2026

Seafood & Cajun in North Carolina

Iceflower tracks 450 stores from 349 seafood & Cajun chains in North Carolina. Skrimp Shack grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Red Crab and Shake Shake Seafood Monroe.

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
349
Tracked stores
450
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked seafood & Cajun 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. Skrimp Shack and Red Crab sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 S Skrimp Shack logo Skrimp Shack - +7.0%
2 R Red Crab logo Red Crab ▲2 +4.9%
3 S Shake Shake Seafood Monroe - +0.8%
4 H Harbor Inn Seafood Restaurant - +0.6%
5 C Captain D's logo Captain D's - -1.1%
6 B Blue Bay Seafood Restaurant - -3.0%
7 H Hook & Reel Cajun Seafood & Bar logo Hook & Reel Cajun Seafood & Bar - -4.8%
8 C Crafty Crab logo Crafty Crab - -5.4%
9 T The Full Moon Oyster Bar - -6.2%
10 C Crab Du Jour logo Crab Du Jour - -7.0%
11 M Mayflower Seafood Restaurant ▼2 -8.7%
12 T Topsail Steamer - -18.4%
13 M Mason's Famous Lobster Rolls logo Mason's Famous Lobster Rolls - -49.0%
  • Hook & Reel Cajun Seafood & Bar
  • Cape Fear Seafood Company
  • Red Crab
  • Crab Du Jour
  • Mayflower Seafood Restaurant
  • Shuckin' Shack Oyster Bar
  • Captain D's
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

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

  • Hook & Reel Cajun Seafood & Bar (4)
  • Cape Fear Seafood Company (4)
  • Red Crab (4)
  • Crab Du Jour (5)
  • Mayflower Seafood Restaurant (19)
  • Shuckin' Shack Oyster Bar (9)
  • Captain D's (25)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 C Captain D's logo Captain D's 25
  • 2 M Mayflower Seafood Restaurant 19
  • 3 S Shuckin' Shack Oyster Bar logo Shuckin' Shack Oyster Bar 9
  • 4 T The Full Moon Oyster Bar 6
  • 5 C Crab Du Jour logo Crab Du Jour 5
  • 6 T The Juicy Crab logo The Juicy Crab 5
  • 7 H Hook & Reel Cajun Seafood & Bar logo Hook & Reel Cajun Seafood & Bar 4
  • 8 C Cape Fear Seafood Company 4
  • 9 R Red Crab logo Red Crab 4
  • 10 C Crafty Crab logo Crafty Crab 4
  • 11 S Skrimp Shack logo Skrimp Shack 4
  • 12 H Harbor Inn Seafood Restaurant 3
  • 13 T Topsail Steamer 3
  • 14 M Mason's Famous Lobster Rolls logo Mason's Famous Lobster Rolls 3
  • 15 S Shake Shake Seafood Monroe 3
  • 16 B Blue Bay Seafood Restaurant 3
  • 17 C Cousins Maine Lobster logo Cousins Maine Lobster 2
  • 18 S Something Fishy 2
  • 19 T The Pearl 2
  • 20 P Peaden's Seafood & Catering 2
  • 21 S Saltwater Grill 2
  • 22 S Skipper's Seafood Restaurant 2
  • 23 L Locals Seafood 2
  • 24 R Razzoo's Cajun Cafe logo Razzoo's Cajun Cafe 2
  • 25 C Cape Fear Boil Company 2
  • 26 Y Yummy Crab 2
  • 27 T The Mad Crabber 1
  • 28 F Forest City Fish Camp 1
  • 29 F Flying Legs 1
  • 30 O Ocean Grill & Tiki Bar 1
  • 31 T Tidewater Oyster Bar 1
  • 32 R Riverside Steak & Seafood 1
  • 33 B Brent's Bistro 1
  • 34 S Saltbox Seafood Joint 1
  • 35 F Friday's 1890 Seafood 1
  • 36 J JJ Fish & Chicken 1
  • 37 C Castaways Raw Bar & Grill 1
  • 38 K King of the Sea Seafood Restaurant 1
  • 39 P Po Boy's Low Country Seafood 1
  • 40 T The Captain's Cap-Belmont 1
  • 41 F Fisherman's Galley 1
  • 42 S Sanibel's 1
  • 43 C Captain Nance's Calabash Seafood Restaurant 1
  • 44 M Maggie's Galley 1
  • 45 T The Island Grille & Raw Bar 1
  • 46 1 1618 West Seafood Grill 1
  • 47 B Beaufort Grocery 1
  • 48 D Dock House Restaurant 1
  • 49 J Jinks Creek Waterfront Grille 1
  • 50 C Captain Jerry's 1

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