Trends · data through September 2026

Candy Shops in North Carolina

Iceflower tracks 126 stores from 104 candy shop chains in North Carolina. Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Try My Nuts and Rocket Fizz.

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
104
Tracked stores
126
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked candy shop 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. Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory and Try My Nuts sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 R Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory logo Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory - +15.2%
2 T Try My Nuts logo Try My Nuts - -11.3%
3 R Rocket Fizz logo Rocket Fizz - -11.9%
4 S Sugar Kingdom logo Sugar Kingdom - -13.4%
5 S Sugar Planet - -20.0%
  • Sugar Planet
  • Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory
  • French Broad Chocolate Lounge
  • Burry Chocolates
  • Try My Nuts
  • Sugar Kingdom
  • Candy Edventure
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

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

  • Sugar Planet (3)
  • Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory (7)
  • French Broad Chocolate Lounge (1)
  • Burry Chocolates (1)
  • Try My Nuts (3)
  • Sugar Kingdom (4)
  • Candy Edventure (1)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 R Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory logo Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory 7
  • 2 R Rocket Fizz logo Rocket Fizz 5
  • 3 S Sugar Kingdom logo Sugar Kingdom 4
  • 4 S Sugar Planet 3
  • 5 S See's Candies logo See's Candies 3
  • 6 T Try My Nuts logo Try My Nuts 3
  • 7 T The Sweet Shoppe 2
  • 8 T The Fudgery logo The Fudgery 2
  • 9 T Tastebuds Popcorn Hickory 2
  • 10 O Once Upon A Chocolate 1
  • 11 P Popcorn-Is-Us 1
  • 12 M Milltown Farm General Store 1
  • 13 E El Torito CLT 1
  • 14 T Topsail Island Popcorn 1
  • 15 T The Secret Chocolatier 1
  • 16 D Dulceria El Chimuelo 1
  • 17 C Collier Candy Company 1
  • 18 C Casa La Mangonada 1
  • 19 M Matthew's Chocolates 1
  • 20 C Cotton Candy Factory 1
  • 21 R Rhyme and Reason Chocolate Company 1
  • 22 E El Mercadito Su Tienda Hispana 1
  • 23 C Candy Kingdom Dulceria 1
  • 24 D Dulceria Estrellitas 1
  • 25 B Baxley's Chocolates 1
  • 26 C Cheesecake Creations 1
  • 27 T Tienda Latina Las Tres B B B 1
  • 28 C Candy Shop 1
  • 29 B Bubba's Fudge and Gift Shop 1
  • 30 C Candy Cabin 1
  • 31 L La Bonita Dulcería 1
  • 32 N Noonie Doodle Sweets & Treats 1
  • 33 L Lolli and Pops logo Lolli and Pops 1
  • 34 K Krueger’s Candies 1
  • 35 D Downtown Chocolates 1
  • 36 F Fat & Sassy Concessions 1
  • 37 L Loco for Coco 1
  • 38 C Chocolate Fix 1
  • 39 T The Sweet Fix 1
  • 40 T The Candy Shoppe on Main 1
  • 41 S Sugar Snap Treats 1
  • 42 1 18 Main Sweets & Things 1
  • 43 H Heavenly Fudge Shoppe 1
  • 44 D Dew Drop Chocolates 1
  • 45 C Candy Shack 1
  • 46 C Conjure Craft Chocolate 1
  • 47 T The Candy Shoppe 1
  • 48 T The Candy Jar 1
  • 49 O Outback Candy Store 1
  • 50 H Harbor Treatz 1

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