Trends · data through July 2026

Coffee Shops in North Carolina

Iceflower tracks 1,257 stores from 576 coffee shops chains in North Carolina. The Holy Grind Coffee House grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Scooter's Coffee and Packhouse Coffee Company.

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
576
Tracked stores
1,257
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked coffee shops 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. The Holy Grind Coffee House and Scooter's Coffee sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 T The Holy Grind Coffee House - +18.0%
2 S Scooter's Coffee logo Scooter's Coffee ▲1 +14.4%
3 P Packhouse Coffee Company - +9.6%
4 B Biggby Coffee logo Biggby Coffee - +1.8%
5 B Big Buck's Homemade Ice Cream - +1.8%
6 S Summit Coffee logo Summit Coffee - -1.9%
7 W Waterbean Coffee - -3.0%
8 S Starbucks logo Starbucks - -5.2%
9 P Port City Java logo Port City Java ▼1 -9.1%
10 C Coffee House - -11.2%
11 P Panera Bread logo Panera Bread - -11.5%
12 T Talia Espresso - -15.3%
  • Starbucks
  • Panera Bread
  • Scooter's Coffee
  • Port City Java
  • Caribou Coffee
  • 7 Brew Coffee
  • Clutch Coffee Bar
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

1,257 tracked store locations in North Carolina. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Starbucks (464)
  • Panera Bread (98)
  • Scooter's Coffee (14)
  • Port City Java (6)
  • Caribou Coffee (19)
  • 7 Brew Coffee (12)
  • Clutch Coffee Bar (7)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 S Starbucks logo Starbucks 464
  • 2 P Panera Bread logo Panera Bread 98
  • 3 C Caribou Coffee logo Caribou Coffee 19
  • 4 S Scooter's Coffee logo Scooter's Coffee 14
  • 5 7 7 Brew Coffee logo 7 Brew Coffee 12
  • 6 W Waterbean Coffee 9
  • 7 C Clutch Coffee Bar logo Clutch Coffee Bar 7
  • 8 B Biggby Coffee logo Biggby Coffee 7
  • 9 P Port City Java logo Port City Java 6
  • 10 S Summit Coffee logo Summit Coffee 5
  • 11 F Front Porch Cafe 4
  • 12 B Big Buck's Homemade Ice Cream 4
  • 13 C Canal Coffee Company logo Canal Coffee Company 4
  • 14 C Crossroads Coffee House 3
  • 15 T Talia Espresso 3
  • 16 C Coffee House 3
  • 17 P Packhouse Coffee Company 3
  • 18 T The Holy Grind Coffee House 3
  • 19 T The Coffee Lodge 2
  • 20 B Beyu Caffe logo Beyu Caffe 2
  • 21 P PRESS Coffee Crepes Cocktails 2
  • 22 C Cornerstone Cafe & Coffee 2
  • 23 J Jumpin' Java Coffee Shop 2
  • 24 B Bitty & Beau's Coffee 2
  • 25 P PennyCup Coffee 2
  • 26 N New World Cafe 2
  • 27 C Central Coffee Co. 2
  • 28 M Mean Mug Coffee Company 2
  • 29 I Island Smoothie 2
  • 30 M Milkbread logo Milkbread 2
  • 31 G Giddy-Up Coffee House 2
  • 32 T The Corner 2
  • 33 T The Wandering Cup 2
  • 34 S Social Coffee and Supply 2
  • 35 G Gloria Jean's Coffees logo Gloria Jean's Coffees 2
  • 36 T The Mill 2
  • 37 T The Daily Grind 2
  • 38 B BREW Coffee Bar logo BREW Coffee Bar 2
  • 39 H Haraz Coffee House logo Haraz Coffee House 2
  • 40 T The Everyday Market 2
  • 41 F Foxtail Coffee logo Foxtail Coffee 1
  • 42 T The Jumping Bean 1
  • 43 T The Collective Cafe 1
  • 44 G Gray Squirrel Coffee Co. 1
  • 45 S Salvation Coffee Company 1
  • 46 B Boba Cafe 1
  • 47 C Coffey Creek Cafe 1
  • 48 V Verb Coffee 1
  • 49 D Defined Coffee 1
  • 50 O OKI Coffee House 1

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