Trends · data through September 2026

Leisure & Travel trends in Durham-Chapel Hill, NC

Iceflower tracks 184 stores from 164 leisure & travel chains in Durham-Chapel Hill, NC. Hampton Inn & Suites grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Extended Stay America and GameStop.

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
164
Tracked stores
184
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked leisure & travel 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. Hampton Inn & Suites and Extended Stay America sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 H Hampton Inn & Suites logo Hampton Inn & Suites - +12.6%
2 E Extended Stay America logo Extended Stay America - -9.1%
3 G GameStop logo GameStop - -35.2%
4 R Red Roof logo Red Roof - -47.3%
  • Hotels & Rentals
  • Golf Course
  • Historic Site
  • Art Gallery
  • Entertainment Location
  • Park
  • Music Venue
  • Other categories

Store footprint

Store map

184 tracked store locations in Durham-Chapel Hill, NC, colored by category.

  • Hotels & Rentals (59)
  • Golf Course (11)
  • Historic Site (10)
  • Art Gallery (9)
  • Entertainment Location (9)
  • Park (8)
  • Music Venue (7)
  • Other categories

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 H Hampton Inn & Suites logo Hampton Inn & Suites 5
  • 2 R Red Roof logo Red Roof 4
  • 3 G GameStop logo GameStop 4
  • 4 E Extended Stay America logo Extended Stay America 4
  • 5 M Marriott logo Marriott 2
  • 6 S Sheraton logo Sheraton 2
  • 7 C Choice Hotels logo Choice Hotels 2
  • 8 L La Quinta Inn & Suites logo La Quinta Inn & Suites 2
  • 9 H Home2 Suites by Hilton logo Home2 Suites by Hilton 2
  • 10 A Aloft logo Aloft 2
  • 11 C Courtyard by Marriott logo Courtyard by Marriott 2
  • 12 R Rollingview Marina 1
  • 13 A Amtrak logo Amtrak 1
  • 14 O Occoneechee Golf Club 1
  • 15 P PlayMakers Repertory Company 1
  • 16 N New Hope Valley Railway 1
  • 17 C Carrboro Family Garden 1
  • 18 C Chapel View 1
  • 19 F Friends of Chapel Hill Parks and Recreation 1
  • 20 H Holiday Travel 1
  • 21 N NC Crafts Gallery 1
  • 22 D Durham Bulls Athletic Park 1
  • 23 V Village Lanes 1
  • 24 H Hyatt Place Chapel Hill / Southern Village 1
  • 25 H Hillsborough Arts Council 1
  • 26 W Westover Park 1
  • 27 D Durham Bull Statue 1
  • 28 S Smokehouse Tactical 1
  • 29 C Campus Walk 1
  • 30 L Liberty Arts 1
  • 31 L Lucky Strike Water Tower 1
  • 32 S State of Golf 1
  • 33 K Kenan Center 1
  • 34 Z Zeitgeist Gallery & Bar 1
  • 35 G GeerHouse 1
  • 36 B Black August in the Park 1
  • 37 A AC Hotels logo AC Hotels 1
  • 38 H Hillsborough Gallery of Arts 1
  • 39 B Big Daddy's Bar and Billiards 1
  • 40 G Glazed Expectations 1
  • 41 G Govenor's Club Golf Course 1
  • 42 T Tru by Hilton logo Tru by Hilton 1
  • 43 T Triangle Curling 1
  • 44 G Gracie Jiu Jitsu Durham 1
  • 45 C Cecy's Gallery & Studios 1
  • 46 W Wheels Fun Park 1
  • 47 D Duke Park 1
  • 48 N NC Escape 1
  • 49 B Bullcity Cab 1
  • 50 F Fearrington Village 1

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