Trends · data through August 2026

Casual Eateries in Wilmington, NC

Iceflower tracks 77 stores from 63 casual eateries chains in Wilmington, NC. Dunkin' grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Pelican's SnoBalls and Celtic Creamery.

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
63
Tracked stores
77
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked casual eateries 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. Dunkin' and Pelican's SnoBalls sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 D Dunkin' logo Dunkin' - +8.4%
2 P Pelican's SnoBalls logo Pelican's SnoBalls - +3.8%
3 C Celtic Creamery - -12.8%
  • Dunkin'
  • Kilwins
  • Boombalatti's Homemade Ice Cream
  • Beach Bagels
  • The Bagel Bakery
  • Sunset Slush
  • Krispy Kreme
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

77 tracked store locations in Wilmington, NC. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Dunkin' (3)
  • Kilwins (1)
  • Boombalatti's Homemade Ice Cream (2)
  • Beach Bagels (2)
  • The Bagel Bakery (1)
  • Sunset Slush (5)
  • Krispy Kreme (1)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 S Sunset Slush 5
  • 2 P Pelican's SnoBalls logo Pelican's SnoBalls 3
  • 3 C Celtic Creamery 3
  • 4 D Dunkin' logo Dunkin' 3
  • 5 W Wake N Bake Donuts 2
  • 6 B Bagel Dock Express 2
  • 7 B Beach Bagels 2
  • 8 B Boombalatti's Homemade Ice Cream 2
  • 9 T The Original Ice Cream Stand 1
  • 10 F Fun Time Ice Cream 1
  • 11 O Ocean Isle Creamery 1
  • 12 B Blondiez Donuts 1
  • 13 J Jeremiah's Italian Ice logo Jeremiah's Italian Ice 1
  • 14 G Gelarto 1
  • 15 B Baskin-Robbins logo Baskin-Robbins 1
  • 16 L Lil & John's Sweetreat Ice Cream Parlor 1
  • 17 E Empire Deli and Bagel 1
  • 18 M Mimi & Papa's 1
  • 19 P P.O.D. Market 1
  • 20 M Milly's Ice Cream 1
  • 21 S Summer Sips 1
  • 22 T Tropical Treats 1
  • 23 I Island Ice Factory 1
  • 24 S Spike's Dairy Bar 1
  • 25 M MooTown 1
  • 26 C Chuck’s Homemade Ice Cream 1
  • 27 T The Daily Scoop 1
  • 28 E Einstein Bros. Bagels logo Einstein Bros. Bagels 1
  • 29 C Calabash Sweets & Ice Cream 1
  • 30 S Scoops Ice Cream Parlor 1
  • 31 B Beach Break Donuts 1
  • 32 H Haley's Ice Cream Store 1
  • 33 F Frosty's Ice Cream 1
  • 34 G Grumpy’s Soft Serve at The Bend 1
  • 35 P Peach Cobbler Factory logo Peach Cobbler Factory 1
  • 36 K Kilwins logo Kilwins 1
  • 37 T The Bagel Bakery 1
  • 38 K Krispy Kreme logo Krispy Kreme 1
  • 39 B Beach Bunny 1
  • 40 T The Original Famous Bagel Dock Cafe 1
  • 41 S Seaside Bagels 1
  • 42 S Sweet Alicious 1
  • 43 T The Donut Inn 1
  • 44 C Calabash Creamery 1
  • 45 R Round Bagels & Donuts 1
  • 46 F Flava's Ice Cream Shop 1
  • 47 O OKI Scoop Shop and Donuts 1
  • 48 B Bagel King and Donuts 1
  • 49 T The Fuzzy Peach logo The Fuzzy Peach 1
  • 50 B Bagels On Pointe 1

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