Trends · data through September 2026

Mexican Restaurants & Taquerias in Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC

Iceflower tracks 330 stores from 286 Mexican restaurants & taquerias in Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC. Rey Azteca grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Azteca Mexican and El Vallarta.

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
286
Tracked stores
330
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked Mexican restaurants & taquerias

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. Rey Azteca and Azteca Mexican sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 R Rey Azteca - +7.4%
2 A Azteca Mexican logo Azteca Mexican ▲1 +3.7%
3 E El Vallarta - +2.5%
4 Q Que Onda Tacos + Tequila - +2.4%
5 C Charanda Mexican Grill & Cantina - +1.5%
6 M Monterrey Mexican Restaurant - -1.1%
7 M Margaritas Mexican Restaurant logo Margaritas Mexican Restaurant - -11.7%
8 M Mi Pueblo Mexican Grill ▼1 -18.2%
9 O On The Border Mexican Grill & Cantina logo On The Border Mexican Grill & Cantina - -58.9%
  • Rio 150 Mexican Restaurant
  • Azteca Mexican
  • Mi Pueblo Mexican Grill
  • Monterrey Mexican Restaurant
  • Superica
  • El Vallarta
  • Que Onda Tacos + Tequila
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

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

  • Rio 150 Mexican Restaurant (1)
  • Azteca Mexican (4)
  • Mi Pueblo Mexican Grill (4)
  • Monterrey Mexican Restaurant (3)
  • Superica (1)
  • El Vallarta (3)
  • Que Onda Tacos + Tequila (3)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

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