Trends · data through July 2026

Coffee Shops in Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC

Iceflower tracks 337 stores from 120 coffee shops chains in Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC. Summit Coffee grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Scooter's Coffee and Waterbean Coffee.

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
120
Tracked stores
337
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked coffee shops 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. Summit Coffee and Scooter's Coffee sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 S Summit Coffee logo Summit Coffee ▲1 +8.3%
2 S Scooter's Coffee logo Scooter's Coffee - +7.4%
3 W Waterbean Coffee ▼1 +1.2%
4 S Starbucks logo Starbucks - -5.6%
5 P Panera Bread logo Panera Bread - -13.4%
  • Starbucks
  • Panera Bread
  • Clutch Coffee Bar
  • Summit Coffee
  • Waterbean Coffee
  • Scooter's Coffee
  • Caribou Coffee
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

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

  • Starbucks (148)
  • Panera Bread (31)
  • Clutch Coffee Bar (4)
  • Summit Coffee (4)
  • Waterbean Coffee (7)
  • Scooter's Coffee (8)
  • Caribou Coffee (7)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 S Starbucks logo Starbucks 148
  • 2 P Panera Bread logo Panera Bread 31
  • 3 S Scooter's Coffee logo Scooter's Coffee 8
  • 4 W Waterbean Coffee 7
  • 5 C Caribou Coffee logo Caribou Coffee 7
  • 6 C Clutch Coffee Bar logo Clutch Coffee Bar 4
  • 7 S Summit Coffee logo Summit Coffee 4
  • 8 C Canal Coffee Company logo Canal Coffee Company 3
  • 9 T The Holy Grind Coffee House 3
  • 10 B Biggby Coffee logo Biggby Coffee 2
  • 11 K Knowledge Perk Coffee Company logo Knowledge Perk Coffee Company 2
  • 12 D Daily Grind Coffee Bar 2
  • 13 T The Wandering Cup 2
  • 14 F Fryeday Coffee Roasters 2
  • 15 M Mean Mug Coffee Company 2
  • 16 C Central Coffee Co. 2
  • 17 P Provided Coffee 2
  • 18 B Burr & Berry Coffee logo Burr & Berry Coffee 2
  • 19 T The Everyday Market 2
  • 20 M Milkbread logo Milkbread 2
  • 21 P Performance Coffee House 1
  • 22 7 77 Grounds Coffee 1
  • 23 B Bagel Boys Cafe 1
  • 24 C Crane Coffee 1
  • 25 J Javesca Coffee 1
  • 26 C Cafe Lentz 1
  • 27 A Archive CLT logo Archive CLT 1
  • 28 C Cocobean Coffee and Boba Tea 1
  • 29 Q Qamaria Yemeni Coffee Co. logo Qamaria Yemeni Coffee Co. 1
  • 30 Q Queen City Grounds 1
  • 31 N North Main Kava Bar 1
  • 32 H Haven Bakery and Coffee 1
  • 33 T The Morning Glory Coffee Adventures 1
  • 34 M Mattie Ruth's Coffee House logo Mattie Ruth's Coffee House 1
  • 35 C Coffin House Coffee 1
  • 36 E Enderly Coffee Co. Cafe & Coffee Roaster 1
  • 37 W Wildroots Coffee 1
  • 38 Y Your Coffee Place 1
  • 39 T Tega Cay Coffee Co. 1
  • 40 F Fausto Coffee 1
  • 41 C Catawba Coffee Co. 1
  • 42 B Babaloo Coffee Club 1
  • 43 F Floyd & Blackie's 1
  • 44 U Uptown Coffee Company 1
  • 45 B Bean Catcher 1
  • 46 H High Grounds Coffee logo High Grounds Coffee 1
  • 47 P Pioneer Coffee Company 1
  • 48 C Cafe Moka 1
  • 49 E Eibsee Coffee Co 1
  • 50 C Coffee House 1

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