Trends · data through September 2026

Retail & consumer trends in Raleigh-Cary, NC

Iceflower tracks 11,086 stores from 7,530 retail and consumer chains in Raleigh-Cary, NC. Burlington grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Culver's and Dunkin'.

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
7,530
Tracked stores
11,086
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked retail and consumer 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. Burlington and Culver's sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 B Burlington logo Burlington ▲5 +15.4%
2 C Culver's logo Culver's ▲11 +13.2%
3 D Dunkin' logo Dunkin' ▲12 +13.0%
4 H Hobby Lobby logo Hobby Lobby ▲1 +12.3%
5 S Shell logo Shell ▲1 +11.9%
6 H Holiday Inn Express & Suites logo Holiday Inn Express & Suites ▲4 +11.3%
7 C Circle K logo Circle K ▲1 +9.4%
8 E Eggs Up Grill logo Eggs Up Grill ▲4 +9.1%
9 R Ross Dress for Less logo Ross Dress for Less ▲1 +9.0%
10 E Exxon logo Exxon ▲1 +7.9%
11 M Murphy USA logo Murphy USA ▲2 +7.4%
12 S Sheetz logo Sheetz - +7.1%
13 C Costco logo Costco - +6.6%
14 R Refuel logo Refuel ▲3 +6.4%
15 U Ulta Beauty logo Ulta Beauty ▲4 +6.3%

Store footprint

Store map

11,086 tracked store locations in Raleigh-Cary, NC, colored by category group.

Top tracked chains by store count

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