Trends · data through July 2026

Bowling Alleys in North Carolina

Iceflower tracks 64 stores from 49 bowling alleys chains in North Carolina. Spare Time grew fastest over the last year, ahead of AMF Bowling Co. and Buffaloe Lanes.

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
49
Tracked stores
64
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked bowling alleys 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. Spare Time and AMF Bowling Co. sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 S Spare Time logo Spare Time - +7.7%
2 A AMF Bowling Co. logo AMF Bowling Co. - +2.1%
3 B Buffaloe Lanes - +1.4%
  • Spare Time
  • AMF Bowling Co.
  • Round1
  • Stars and Strikes Family Entertainment Centers
  • Bowlarena Lanes
  • Buffaloe Lanes
  • Strike & Barrel
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

64 tracked store locations in North Carolina. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Spare Time (3)
  • AMF Bowling Co. (5)
  • Round1 (1)
  • Stars and Strikes Family Entertainment Centers (2)
  • Bowlarena Lanes (1)
  • Buffaloe Lanes (4)
  • Strike & Barrel (1)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 B Bowlero logo Bowlero 6
  • 2 A AMF Bowling Co. logo AMF Bowling Co. 5
  • 3 B Buffaloe Lanes 4
  • 4 S Spare Time logo Spare Time 3
  • 5 S Stars and Strikes Family Entertainment Centers logo Stars and Strikes Family Entertainment Centers 2
  • 6 R Round1 logo Round1 1
  • 7 A Albemarle Lanes 1
  • 8 B Bo's Family Entertainment 1
  • 9 A AMF Boulevard Lanes logo AMF Boulevard Lanes 1
  • 10 W Woodleaf Lanes 1
  • 11 F Foxfire Lanes 1
  • 12 C Countryside Lanes 1
  • 13 W Westview Lanes 1
  • 14 S Striker's Bowling Center & Lounge 1
  • 15 L Lumberton Bowling Center 1
  • 16 T Tarheel Lanes 1
  • 17 N Northside Bowling Lanes 1
  • 18 U UltraStar Multi-tainment Center 1
  • 19 R Rocky Mount Lanes 1
  • 20 P Pla Mor Lanes 1
  • 21 T Thunder Lanes 1
  • 22 B Before the 1st Frame 1
  • 23 C Creekside Lanes 1
  • 24 N North View Lanes 1
  • 25 G Galaxy Lanes and Games 1
  • 26 M Mount Airy Bowling Lanes 1
  • 27 D District 57 logo District 57 1
  • 28 B Bowlarena Lanes 1
  • 29 S Strike & Barrel 1
  • 30 Q Queen Park Social logo Queen Park Social 1
  • 31 S Striking Results Cary Pro Shop 1
  • 32 B Bonnyman Bowling Center 1
  • 33 L Lafayette Lanes 1
  • 34 A AMF Bowling Lanes 1
  • 35 C Cardinal Lanes Beach Bowl 1
  • 36 S Sandhills Bowling Center 1
  • 37 B B & B Bowling Lanes 1
  • 38 R Rainbow Lanes 1
  • 39 O OBX Bowling 1
  • 40 B Buffalo Lanes 1
  • 41 L Laurinburg Lanes 1
  • 42 H High Point Bowling Center 1
  • 43 A AMF Centennial Lanes 1
  • 44 T Ten Pin Alley 1
  • 45 G George Pappas' Liberty Lanes 1
  • 46 T Triad Lanes 1
  • 47 S Sky Lanes Asheville 1
  • 48 F Fairwood Lanes 1
  • 49 T Textile Lanes 1

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