Metro by metro
The leading self storage facility chains in every North Carolina metro area
Tracked self storage facility chains ranked by consumer spend in each metro area, Q4 2025–Q3 2026. Extra Space Storage leads in 8 metro areas, CubeSmart Self Storage in 1 metro area, and Pinnacle Storage in 1 metro area. Against their share in North Carolina as a whole, Extra Space Storage stands out in 5 metro areas, CubeSmart Self Storage in 2 metro areas, and Public Storage in 1 metro area.
By tracked consumer spend, Q4 2025–Q3 2026
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Extra Space Storage
Relative #1 in 5 metro areas
Greensboro-High Point, NC 1.1× · Fayetteville, NC 1× · Durham-Chapel Hill, NC 1.1× · Asheville, NC 0.7× · Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC 1.5×
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CubeSmart Self Storage
Relative #1 in 2 metro areas
Winston-Salem, NC 2.2× · Wilmington, NC 1.5×
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Public Storage
Relative #1 in Charlotte, NC (NC part), 1.9× its share in North Carolina
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Ample Storage
Relative #1 in Raleigh-Cary, NC, 3× its share in North Carolina
Not enough tracked stores: Burlington, NC · Goldsboro, NC · Greenville, NC · Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC · Rocky Mount, NC · Virginia Beach, VA (NC part)
No ranked chain with 5% of the metro area's spend and 3 stores there: Jacksonville, NC
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Extra Space Storage
#1 in 8 metro areas
Charlotte, NC (NC part) · Raleigh-Cary, NC · Greensboro-High Point, NC · Fayetteville, NC · Durham-Chapel Hill, NC · Winston-Salem, NC · Asheville, NC · Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC
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CubeSmart Self Storage
#1 in Wilmington, NC
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Pinnacle Storage
#1 in Jacksonville, NC
Not enough tracked stores: Burlington, NC · Goldsboro, NC · Greenville, NC · Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC · Rocky Mount, NC · Virginia Beach, VA (NC part)
A metro area shows a ranking once it has at least 2 tracked self storage facility chains and 10 tracked stores. Relative to North Carolina compares a chain's share of the metro area's spend with its share in North Carolina as a whole. It ranks the 7 biggest chains in North Carolina and the chains that lead a metro area by spend, wherever a chain has at least 5% of the metro area's spend and 3 stores there. Metro areas are the Census Bureau's metropolitan statistical areas; the rest of North Carolina is light gray. A metro area crossing the state line counts only its stores in North Carolina. Colors match the store map; other tracked chains are gray.
Growth ranking
Fastest-growing tracked self storage facility 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. SecurCare Self Storage and StoreSmart Self-Storage sit in the high-growth half.
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
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| 1 | SecurCare Self Storage | - | +17.0% |
| 2 | StoreSmart Self-Storage | ▲1 | +11.6% |
| 3 | Save Green Self Storage | ▲1 | +10.9% |
| 4 | AAA Self Storage | ▲3 | +10.0% |
| 5 | SmartStop Self Storage | - | +8.1% |
| 6 | Extra Space Storage | - | -1.9% |
| 7 | Pinnacle Storage | - | -3.0% |
| 8 | Ample Storage | - | -5.7% |
| 9 | CubeSmart Self Storage | - | -7.6% |
| 10 | 10 Federal Storage | ▲1 | -9.3% |
| 11 | American Flag Self Storage | - | -11.4% |
| 12 | Morningstar Storage | - | -15.9% |
| 13 | AA Self Storage | ▼1 | -16.7% |
| 14 | Storage King USA | ▼1 | -16.8% |
| 15 | Storage Sense | ▼1 | -17.8% |
- Extra Space Storage
- CubeSmart Self Storage
- Public Storage
- Ample Storage
- SecurCare Self Storage
- Morningstar Storage
- SmartStop Self Storage
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
469 tracked store locations in North Carolina. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted. The top 5 chains by store count run 251 of the 469 stores (54%); 99 of the 137 tracked chains have a single store here. 4% of the tracked other stores here are self storage facilities, the same share as across the United States.
- Extra Space Storage (134)
- CubeSmart Self Storage (53)
- Public Storage (41)
- Ample Storage (13)
- SecurCare Self Storage (10)
- Morningstar Storage (4)
- SmartStop Self Storage (8)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Extra Space Storage 134
- 2 CubeSmart Self Storage 53
- 3 Public Storage 41
- 4 Ample Storage 13
- 5 SecurCare Self Storage 10
- 6 Pinnacle Storage 9
- 7 Storage King USA 9
- 8 SmartStop Self Storage 8
- 9 Prime Storage 8
- 10 Go Store It Self Storage 6
- 11 Security Self Storage 5
- 12 Cardinal Self Storage 5
- 13 American Flag Self Storage 4
- 14 10 Federal Storage 4
- 15 Morningstar Storage 4
- 16 Self Storage Plus 4
- 17 Storage Sense 3
- 18 AAA Self Storage 3
- 19 StoreSmart Self-Storage 3
- 20 Midgard Self Storage 3
- 21 AA Self Storage 3
- 22 Save Green Self Storage 3
- 23 Storage Rentals of America 3
- 24 US Storage Centers 3
- 25 Compass Self Storage 3
- 26 Mint Hill Self Storage 2
- 27 All Seasons Self Storage 2
- 28 Devon Self Storage 2
- 29 Ray Self Storage 2
- 30 Elite Storage 2
- 31 Right Fit Storage 2
- 32 All American Storage 2
- 33 Mini Mall Storage 2
- 34 Life Storage 2
- 35 Bee Safe Storage 2
- 36 Superior Storage 2
- 37 Affordable Storage 2
- 38 All About Storage 2
- 39 StorageMax 1
- 40 MyPlace Self Storage 1
- 41 Mini Storage Depot 1
- 42 Stored Away Self Storage 1
- 43 Excess Storage 1
- 44 Mobile Mini 1
- 45 Cape Fear Mini Storage 1
- 46 Ballantyne Commons Storage Centre 1
- 47 Integrity Self Storage 1
- 48 Hannah Mini Storages 1
- 49 Rutledge Mini Storage 1
- 50 Mooresville Mini Storage 1
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