Trends · data through September 2026

Bakeries, Donuts & Desserts in Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC

Iceflower tracks 229 stores from 168 bakeries, donuts & desserts in Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC. Flowers Baking Co grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Peach Cobbler Factory and The Original New York Bagels.

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
168
Tracked stores
229
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked bakeries, donuts & desserts

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. Flowers Baking Co and Peach Cobbler Factory sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 F Flowers Baking Co logo Flowers Baking Co ▲1 +0.7%
2 P Peach Cobbler Factory logo Peach Cobbler Factory - -0.3%
3 T The Original New York Bagels - -0.5%
4 N Nothing Bundt Cakes logo Nothing Bundt Cakes ▲1 -2.3%
5 Y Your Mom's Donuts ▲2 -2.3%
6 S Sunflour Baking Company logo Sunflour Baking Company - -10.0%
7 K Krispy Kreme logo Krispy Kreme ▼1 -10.9%
8 C Cinnabon logo Cinnabon - -15.1%
9 D Duck Donuts logo Duck Donuts - -15.3%
10 A Auntie Anne's logo Auntie Anne's - -15.8%
11 S Smallcakes logo Smallcakes - -21.1%
12 C Cinnaholic logo Cinnaholic ▼3 -53.6%
  • Nothing Bundt Cakes
  • Krispy Kreme
  • Auntie Anne's
  • Tous Les Jours
  • Sunflour Baking Company
  • Cinnabon
  • Poppy's Bagels & More
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

229 tracked store locations in Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Nothing Bundt Cakes (11)
  • Krispy Kreme (9)
  • Auntie Anne's (10)
  • Tous Les Jours (2)
  • Sunflour Baking Company (3)
  • Cinnabon (3)
  • Poppy's Bagels & More (1)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 N Nothing Bundt Cakes logo Nothing Bundt Cakes 11
  • 2 A Auntie Anne's logo Auntie Anne's 10
  • 3 K Krispy Kreme logo Krispy Kreme 9
  • 4 P Peach Cobbler Factory logo Peach Cobbler Factory 5
  • 5 S Smallcakes logo Smallcakes 5
  • 6 C Cinnaholic logo Cinnaholic 4
  • 7 D Duck Donuts logo Duck Donuts 4
  • 8 F Flowers Baking Co logo Flowers Baking Co 4
  • 9 C Cinnabon logo Cinnabon 3
  • 10 Y Your Mom's Donuts 3
  • 11 S Sunflour Baking Company logo Sunflour Baking Company 3
  • 12 T The Donut House 3
  • 13 T The Original New York Bagels 3
  • 14 B Breadsmith logo Breadsmith 2
  • 15 B Bun Appetit 2
  • 16 D Dollar Cone 2
  • 17 O OMG Donuts 2
  • 18 P Panaderia El Quetzal 2
  • 19 T Tous Les Jours logo Tous Les Jours 2
  • 20 P Poppyseeds Bagels 2
  • 21 B Bake Me A Cake Charlotte LLC 1
  • 22 P Panaderia Y Pasteleria La Princesa 1
  • 23 D Destination Sweets 1
  • 24 B Bites NY Cookies 1
  • 25 W Wild Flour Sweets 1
  • 26 L La Casa De Los Churros 1
  • 27 T Tiff's Treats logo Tiff's Treats 1
  • 28 M Marilyn's Sweet Addictions 1
  • 29 C Clover Donuts 1
  • 30 D Dough New York Style Bakery 1
  • 31 P Pop-Maize-N Gourmet Popcorn 1
  • 32 A Amélie's French Bakery & Café logo Amélie's French Bakery & Café 1
  • 33 N New York Pastries & Pasteleria 1
  • 34 B Beard Papa's logo Beard Papa's 1
  • 35 C Cheesecake Carousel logo Cheesecake Carousel 1
  • 36 G Good Eats and Sweets 1
  • 37 W Wheatberry Bakeshop 1
  • 38 B Butterfly Bakeshop 1
  • 39 S Sweet Shananigans 1
  • 40 M Mrs. Fields logo Mrs. Fields 1
  • 41 C Cupcrazed Cakery 1
  • 42 S Sweetheart Baking Company 1
  • 43 H Honeybear Bake Shop 1
  • 44 F Flowers Bakery 1
  • 45 W Wentworth & Fenn 1
  • 46 S Southern Touch Bakery Coffee Shop and Cafe 1
  • 47 T Troutman Baking Co 1
  • 48 T The Bakery at Mount Pleasant 1
  • 49 D Down For Doughnuts 1
  • 50 P Pepperbox Doughnuts 1

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