Trends · data through September 2026

Liquor Stores in North Carolina

Iceflower tracks 369 stores from 306 liquor store chains in North Carolina. Mecklenburg County ABC Store grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Catawba County Abc and Orange County ABC Store.

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
306
Tracked stores
369
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked liquor store 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. Mecklenburg County ABC Store and Catawba County Abc sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 M Mecklenburg County ABC Store logo Mecklenburg County ABC Store - +9.9%
2 C Catawba County Abc ▲2 +4.0%
3 O Orange County ABC Store ▲1 +1.4%
4 B Brew Thru logo Brew Thru ▲1 -2.9%
5 A ABC Liquor Store ▲1 -11.9%
6 W Wake County ABC Store logo Wake County ABC Store - -18.0%
7 T Triangle Wine Company - -34.2%
8 G Greensboro Abc logo Greensboro Abc ▼5 -61.4%
  • Mecklenburg County ABC Store
  • ABC Store
  • Triad Municipal ABC Board
  • Johnston county ABC store
  • Craven County ABC Board
  • Pitt County ABC
  • Carteret County Abc Board
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

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

  • Mecklenburg County ABC Store (5)
  • ABC Store (19)
  • Triad Municipal ABC Board (2)
  • Johnston county ABC store (1)
  • Craven County ABC Board (1)
  • Pitt County ABC (2)
  • Carteret County Abc Board (1)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 A ABC Store logo ABC Store 19
  • 2 C Catawba County Abc 8
  • 3 M Mecklenburg County ABC Store logo Mecklenburg County ABC Store 5
  • 4 B Brew Thru logo Brew Thru 4
  • 5 A ABC Liquor Store 3
  • 6 G Greensboro Abc logo Greensboro Abc 3
  • 7 T Triangle Wine Company 3
  • 8 O Orange County ABC Store 3
  • 9 W Wake County ABC Store logo Wake County ABC Store 3
  • 10 A Asheville ABC Liquor Store 3
  • 11 T The Root Cellar 2
  • 12 T The Grape & Ale 2
  • 13 B Belville ABC 2
  • 14 C Cramerton ABC 2
  • 15 C Chatham County ABC 2
  • 16 S Statesville ABC Board 2
  • 17 W Wine Authorities 2
  • 18 L Lincoln County ABC Store 2
  • 19 B Beaufort County ABC Store 2
  • 20 B Brevard ABC 2
  • 21 W Wine Maestro 2
  • 22 A ABC 2
  • 23 T Triad Municipal ABC Board 2
  • 24 R Rowan/Kannapolis ABC S 2
  • 25 P Pitt County ABC 2
  • 26 H High Point ABC 2
  • 27 B Barley Market 2
  • 28 B Brawley's Beverage 1
  • 29 T Tasty Beverage Company 1
  • 30 C Caswell County ABC 1
  • 31 N Norwood ABC 1
  • 32 A Asheville ABC Board 1
  • 33 W Washington County ABC Store 1
  • 34 N Nash County ABC Store 1
  • 35 P Peakway Taps 1
  • 36 S Savi's Wine 1
  • 37 A Assorted Table Wine & Shop 1
  • 38 B Bessemer City ABC Store 1
  • 39 V Village Beverage Co 1
  • 40 M Maggie B's Wine & Specialty Store 1
  • 41 C Columbus ABC Store 1
  • 42 C Custom Home Pubs 1
  • 43 F Frank's Beer Shop 1
  • 44 F Foxcroft Wine Co. Waverly 1
  • 45 S Sunset & Vine 1
  • 46 T Tubthumpers Beverage House 1
  • 47 R Ramseur Abc Store 1
  • 48 B Bryson City ABC Store 1
  • 49 T Tabor City ABC Store 1
  • 50 1 115 Craft 1

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