Growth ranking
Fastest-growing tracked barbecue 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. Haywood Smokehouse and City Barbeque sit in the high-growth half.
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Chain
YoY growth
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | H Haywood Smokehouse | - | +13.2% |
| 2 |
C
City Barbeque
|
- | +11.1% |
| 3 | H Hannah's BBQ South | ▲3 | +0.2% |
| 4 |
M
Mission BBQ
|
▲1 | -1.4% |
| 5 |
S
Sonny's BBQ
|
▲1 | -3.1% |
| 6 | F Fuller's BBQ | - | -3.9% |
| 7 |
M
Midwood Smokehouse
|
▲1 | -9.8% |
| 8 |
M
Moore's Olde Tyme Barbeque Chicken & Seafood
|
- | -10.0% |
| 9 |
M
Moe's Original BBQ
|
▼1 | -11.1% |
| 10 |
D
Dickey's Barbecue Pit
|
▲1 | -16.9% |
| 11 | M Mac's Speed Shop | ▼2 | -24.3% |
| 12 |
S
Shane's Rib Shack
|
▲1 | -37.3% |
| 13 | C Crave Hot Dogs & BBQ | ▼1 | -41.2% |
| 14 |
R
Red Hot & Blue
|
▼1 | -56.1% |
| 15 |
S
Smokey Bones
|
▼3 | -78.8% |
- The Smoke Pit
- Midwood Smokehouse
- Mission BBQ
- Mac's Speed Shop
- City Barbeque
- The Pickled Onion
- Fuller's BBQ
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
373 tracked store locations in North Carolina. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.
- The Smoke Pit (6)
- Midwood Smokehouse (3)
- Mission BBQ (4)
- Mac's Speed Shop (7)
- City Barbeque (11)
- The Pickled Onion (2)
- Fuller's BBQ (3)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
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1
C
- 2 M Mac's Speed Shop 7
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3
D
- 4 T The Smoke Pit 6
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5
M
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6
H
Hursey's Bar-B-Q 4
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7
M
- 8 B Big Mike's BBQ 4
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9
M
- 10 H Haywood Smokehouse 3
- 11 H Hannah's BBQ South 3
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12
S
-
13
M
- 14 F Fuller's BBQ 3
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15
S
- 16 C Crave Hot Dogs & BBQ 3
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17
S
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18
R
- 19 B Big Nick's BBQ 2
- 20 C Carolina BBQ 2
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21
L
Lancaster's BBQ & Wings 2
- 22 M MeMa's Chick'n' & Ribs 2
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23
H
Hog Heaven 2
- 24 A Aunt Bea's Barbecue 2
- 25 D Danny's Bar-B-Que 2
- 26 R Rib Country BBQ 2
- 27 L Lawrence Barbecue 2
- 28 B Black Powder Smokehouse 2
- 29 C Cape Fear BBQ 2
- 30 B Bar-B-Q King 2
- 31 T The Pickled Onion 2
- 32 S Sam Jones BBQ 2
- 33 C Currituck BBQ Company 2
- 34 H Hendrix Barbecue 2
- 35 S Stamey's Barbecue 2
- 36 T The Pedalin' Pig 2
- 37 S Sixty Six Grill & Tap House 2
- 38 A Abrams Bar-B-Q 2
- 39 C Country Barbecue 1
- 40 B Brushy Mountain Smokehouse and Creamery 1
- 41 B Bum's Restaurant 1
- 42 T Thelma Lou BBQ and Grill 1
- 43 S Speedy Lohr's Barbecue 1
- 44 S Stormin Norman's Barbeque 1
- 45 S S & S Halal Pizza & BBQ 1
- 46 P Papa Bill's BBQ 1
- 47 B Bernie's Barbecue 1
- 48 O Ole NC BBQ Catering 1
- 49 G Gary's BBQ 1
- 50 P Prissy Polly's BBQ 1
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