Trends · data through September 2026

Business & Industrial Supplies in Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC

Iceflower tracks 92 stores from 28 business & industrial supplies in Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC. SouthernCarlson grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Baker Distributing Company and Airgas Store.

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
28
Tracked stores
92
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked business & industrial supplies

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. SouthernCarlson and Baker Distributing Company sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 S SouthernCarlson logo SouthernCarlson ▲2 +16.3%
2 B Baker Distributing Company logo Baker Distributing Company ▲1 +15.1%
3 A Airgas Store logo Airgas Store ▲2 +14.3%
4 J Johnstone Supply logo Johnstone Supply - +2.6%
5 R R.E. Michel Company logo R.E. Michel Company ▲2 +2.2%
6 C City Electric Supply logo City Electric Supply ▲1 -1.0%
7 F Ferguson Plumbing Supply logo Ferguson Plumbing Supply - -3.4%
8 S Sunbelt Rentals logo Sunbelt Rentals ▼1 -11.2%
9 C Carolina Cat ▼2 -50.2%
10 U United Refrigeration Inc logo United Refrigeration Inc ▼5 -91.0%
  • Johnstone Supply
  • Ferguson Plumbing Supply
  • HD Supply Waterworks
  • City Electric Supply
  • QXO
  • Sunbelt Rentals
  • White Cap
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

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

  • Johnstone Supply (5)
  • Ferguson Plumbing Supply (7)
  • HD Supply Waterworks (2)
  • City Electric Supply (11)
  • QXO (4)
  • Sunbelt Rentals (10)
  • White Cap (5)
  • Other tracked chains

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