Trends · data through September 2026

Family Restaurants & Diners in Raleigh-Cary, NC

Iceflower tracks 63 stores from 31 family restaurants & diners in Raleigh-Cary, NC. IHOP grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Waffle House and Denny's.

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
31
Tracked stores
63
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked family restaurants & diners

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. IHOP and Waffle House sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 I IHOP logo IHOP - +9.4%
2 W Waffle House logo Waffle House - +7.0%
3 D Denny's logo Denny's - +6.1%
4 C Cracker Barrel Old Country Store logo Cracker Barrel Old Country Store - +4.2%
  • Waffle House
  • Cracker Barrel Old Country Store
  • IHOP
  • Denny's
  • Flavor Hills
  • Scratch Kitchen and Taproom
  • Lucky 32 Southern Kitchen
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

63 tracked store locations in Raleigh-Cary, NC. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Waffle House (22)
  • Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (3)
  • IHOP (7)
  • Denny's (3)
  • Flavor Hills (1)
  • Scratch Kitchen and Taproom (1)
  • Lucky 32 Southern Kitchen (1)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 W Waffle House logo Waffle House 22
  • 2 I IHOP logo IHOP 7
  • 3 C Cracker Barrel Old Country Store logo Cracker Barrel Old Country Store 3
  • 4 D Denny's logo Denny's 3
  • 5 B Bob Evans logo Bob Evans 2
  • 6 M Mustang Charlie's Diner 1
  • 7 R Rolesville Diner 1
  • 8 M Mazahua Azteca 1
  • 9 G Grandma's Diner 1
  • 10 N New York Diner 1
  • 11 T The Shiny Diner logo The Shiny Diner 1
  • 12 L Lornett's Southern Kitchen 1
  • 13 S Simple Twist 1
  • 14 F Farmhouse 1
  • 15 T The Serving Spoon 1
  • 16 A Angie's Restaurant 1
  • 17 M Mandolin 1
  • 18 R Rockin' Comet Diner 1
  • 19 T The Diner 1
  • 20 S Sunny's Diner 1
  • 21 I Iyla's Southern Kitchen 1
  • 22 J Joyce & Family Restaurant 1
  • 23 H Hometown Cafe 1
  • 24 I Iron Skillet 1
  • 25 B Big Ed's City Market Restaurant 1
  • 26 S Scratch Kitchen & Taproom 1
  • 27 M Metro Diner logo Metro Diner 1
  • 28 B Big Boy logo Big Boy 1
  • 29 L Lucky 32 Southern Kitchen 1
  • 30 S Scratch Kitchen and Taproom 1
  • 31 F Flavor Hills logo Flavor Hills 1

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