Restaurants in North Carolina
13,165 active restaurants tracked in North Carolina. Vendor-facing rankings by review count and growth velocity, plus verified owner contacts. Refreshed weekly.
across North Carolina
67% of tracked restaurants
chain-influenced
9% of North Carolina
Available rankings
Browse the North Carolina restaurant market by total reviews or by current growth, with verified owner contacts behind each ranking.
Fastest growing North Carolina restaurants
Active restaurants opening new locations and picking up new reviews in the last 90 days.
Largest North Carolina restaurants
#1 Zaxbys · 849,135 reviews
About the North Carolina restaurant market
Orbital tracks 13,165 active restaurants across North Carolina, 1131 of which operate multiple locations. The top 25 by review count account for 23% of all reviews in the market, a concentrated leadership tier with strong brand equity.
The remaining 12,034 restaurants are single-location independents, the long tail that B2B vendors typically need higher-volume prospecting motions to reach.
Common questions
How many restaurants are in North Carolina?
Orbital tracks 13,165 active restaurants across North Carolina. 1,131 of them operate multiple locations; 12,034 are single-location independents.
Which North Carolina restaurant has the most reviews?
Zaxbys leads North Carolina restaurants with 849,135 total reviews across all locations. See the full Largest 25 ranking above for the rest of the leaders.
How concentrated is the North Carolina restaurant market?
The top 25 restaurants hold 23% of all review volume in North Carolina. 8,761 restaurants have 100+ reviews; the long tail is dominated by single-location independents under 100 reviews.
Are most North Carolina restaurants independent or chains?
91% of North Carolina restaurants are single-location independents. The remaining 9% (1,131 businesses) operate two or more locations , these are the most common targets for B2B vendors selling into expanding restaurant chains.
Where can I get verified contact info for North Carolina restaurant owners?
Every restaurant in the Largest 25 and Fastest Growing rankings above unlocks verified owner / GM contacts: mobile phones, work emails, and decision-maker titles. Contacts come from a separate 20+ source scan and refresh monthly.
Methodology
This restaurant directory tracks active businesses across North Carolina and rolls them up by business name. Records refresh weekly from 12+ public and private data sources, independently verified against at least two of them. Owner contacts come from a separate 20+ source scan and refresh monthly.
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About Orbital
Orbital is the Zoominfo for companies selling to SMBs. Our platform enables companies to get their whole TAM (total addressable market) in a box, find contacts not on LinkedIn, and score accounts with custom ICP attributes. The restaurant directory you're reading right now is one slice of that platform, covering every US metro and state. See why companies including Instacart, Classpass, and Jobber are using Orbital today.
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