Trends · data through July 2026

Liquor Stores in North Carolina

Iceflower tracks 260 stores from 206 liquor stores chains in North Carolina. Total Wine & More grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Mecklenburg County ABC Store and Wake County ABC.

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
206
Tracked stores
260
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked liquor stores 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. Total Wine & More and Mecklenburg County ABC Store sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 T Total Wine & More logo Total Wine & More - +14.2%
2 M Mecklenburg County ABC Store logo Mecklenburg County ABC Store - +8.1%
3 W Wake County ABC logo Wake County ABC ▲1 -1.9%
4 O Orange County ABC Store ▲1 -3.0%
5 W Winestore logo Winestore - -4.9%
6 T Triangle Wine Company - -21.8%
7 G Greensboro Abc logo Greensboro Abc ▼2 -58.1%
  • Total Wine & More
  • Mecklenburg County ABC Store
  • ABC Store
  • Concord ABC Number 8
  • Triad Municipal ABC Board
  • Johnston county ABC store
  • Craven County ABC Board
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

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

  • Total Wine & More (14)
  • Mecklenburg County ABC Store (5)
  • ABC Store (10)
  • Concord ABC Number 8 (1)
  • Triad Municipal ABC Board (2)
  • Johnston county ABC store (1)
  • Craven County ABC Board (1)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 T Total Wine & More logo Total Wine & More 14
  • 2 A ABC Store logo ABC Store 10
  • 3 M Mecklenburg County ABC Store logo Mecklenburg County ABC Store 5
  • 4 T The Spot 5
  • 5 W Winestore logo Winestore 4
  • 6 G Greensboro Abc logo Greensboro Abc 3
  • 7 O Orange County ABC Store 3
  • 8 W Wake County ABC logo Wake County ABC 3
  • 9 T Triangle Wine Company 3
  • 10 C Cramerton ABC 2
  • 11 B Barley Market 2
  • 12 B Belville ABC 2
  • 13 S Statesville ABC Board 2
  • 14 W Wine Authorities 2
  • 15 C Chatham County ABC 2
  • 16 B Brevard ABC 2
  • 17 L Lincoln County ABC Store 2
  • 18 T The Root Cellar 2
  • 19 P Pitt County ABC 2
  • 20 R Rowan/Kannapolis ABC S 2
  • 21 H High Point ABC 2
  • 22 T Triad Municipal ABC Board 2
  • 23 L Lighthouse Beer & Wine 1
  • 24 E Edenton Bay Trading Company 1
  • 25 A Assorted Table Wine & Shop 1
  • 26 H Hickory Wine Shoppe 1
  • 27 M Metro Wines 1
  • 28 A Appalachian Vintner 1
  • 29 N Norwood ABC 1
  • 30 P Pembroke ABC Liquor Store 1
  • 31 C Custom Home Pubs 1
  • 32 T Tasty Beverage Company 1
  • 33 V Village Beverage Co 1
  • 34 C City Beverage 1
  • 35 L Lake Lure ABC 1
  • 36 S Stella Brew 1
  • 37 S Sunset & Vine 1
  • 38 C Concord ABC Number 8 1
  • 39 G Great Grapes 1
  • 40 T Tribal ABC Store 1
  • 41 L Lake Waccamaw ABC Store 1
  • 42 S Savi's Wine 1
  • 43 P Pelagic Beer and Wine 1
  • 44 S Southern Pines Growler Company 1
  • 45 R Ramseur Abc Store 1
  • 46 1 115 Craft 1
  • 47 R Red Springs ABC Store 1
  • 48 N Nash County ABC Store 1
  • 49 T Tabor City ABC Store 1
  • 50 B Bunn ABC Store 1

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