Trends · data through September 2026

Sports Bars & Wings in North Carolina

Iceflower tracks 235 stores from 102 sports bars & wings in North Carolina. Dave & Buster's grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Hickory Tavern and East Coast Wings + Grill.

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
102
Tracked stores
235
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked sports bars & wings

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. Dave & Buster's and Hickory Tavern sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 D Dave & Buster's logo Dave & Buster's - +6.5%
2 H Hickory Tavern logo Hickory Tavern ▲1 +4.7%
3 E East Coast Wings + Grill logo East Coast Wings + Grill - -4.8%
4 T The Wing Company logo The Wing Company ▼1 -5.5%
5 K Kickback Jack's logo Kickback Jack's - -5.9%
6 T Twin Peaks Restaurants logo Twin Peaks Restaurants - -7.8%
7 B Buffalo Wild Wings logo Buffalo Wild Wings - -9.4%
8 C Carolina Ale House logo Carolina Ale House - -11.9%
9 T Topgolf logo Topgolf - -17.1%
10 W Wild Wing Cafe logo Wild Wing Cafe - -25.0%
11 H Hooters logo Hooters - -31.3%
  • Buffalo Wild Wings
  • Kickback Jack's
  • Bubba's 33
  • Carolina Ale House
  • Topgolf
  • Dave & Buster's
  • East Coast Wings + Grill
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

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

  • Buffalo Wild Wings (41)
  • Kickback Jack's (13)
  • Bubba's 33 (3)
  • Carolina Ale House (12)
  • Topgolf (4)
  • Dave & Buster's (5)
  • East Coast Wings + Grill (25)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 B Buffalo Wild Wings logo Buffalo Wild Wings 41
  • 2 E East Coast Wings + Grill logo East Coast Wings + Grill 25
  • 3 K Kickback Jack's logo Kickback Jack's 13
  • 4 H Hooters logo Hooters 13
  • 5 H Hickory Tavern logo Hickory Tavern 13
  • 6 C Carolina Ale House logo Carolina Ale House 12
  • 7 D Dave & Buster's logo Dave & Buster's 5
  • 8 T The Wing Company logo The Wing Company 5
  • 9 W Wild Wing Cafe logo Wild Wing Cafe 5
  • 10 T Topgolf logo Topgolf 4
  • 11 B Bubba's 33 logo Bubba's 33 3
  • 12 T Twin Peaks Restaurants logo Twin Peaks Restaurants 3
  • 13 W Walk-On's Sports Bistreaux logo Walk-On's Sports Bistreaux 2
  • 14 L Legends 2
  • 15 B Bralie's Sports Bar 2
  • 16 T The Bunker 1
  • 17 W Winner's Circle Bar 1
  • 18 R Roosters logo Roosters 1
  • 19 T The Mutiny Social Club 1
  • 20 M Mucho Bueno Mexican Street Food & Tequila 1
  • 21 G Golden Flame Hot Wings logo Golden Flame Hot Wings 1
  • 22 S Sawmill II 1
  • 23 P Par-T-Golf & Billiards 1
  • 24 C Crossroads Bar & Grill 1
  • 25 R Red Zone Sports Bar 1
  • 26 C Coco's Sports Bar and Restaurant 1
  • 27 B Bulldogs Bar and Grill 1
  • 28 T Tee Time Sports & Spirits 1
  • 29 S Slice of Heaven Pizza & Wings 1
  • 30 S Seven Horsemen Billiards 1
  • 31 P Parkside Sports Bar & Grill 1
  • 32 T Touchdown Sports Bar 1
  • 33 T The Third Place 1
  • 34 A Asheville Sports Club 1
  • 35 C Char Bar 1
  • 36 F Fat Dog Sports Bar and Grill 1
  • 37 T The Village Porch 1
  • 38 S STATS Restaurant & Bar 1
  • 39 T Tartans Sports Bar 1
  • 40 S Stadium Sports Tavern 1
  • 41 K Kumbala Sports Bar & Grill 1
  • 42 H Huske Hardware Restaurant 1
  • 43 H Hot Tin Roof 1
  • 44 H Heathens Den Axe Throwing & Ales 1
  • 45 F Fox & Hound 1
  • 46 D Draft Daze 1
  • 47 D Deja's 1
  • 48 S Sports Page Bar and Grill 1
  • 49 H Hilltop Sports Club 1
  • 50 Q Quiet Corners Sports Bar 1

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