101 Best North Carolina Retail Companies and Startups

February 6, 2023
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This article showcases our top picks for the best North Carolina based Retail companies. These startups and companies are taking a variety of approaches to innovating the Retail industry, but are all exceptional companies well worth a follow.

We tried to pick companies across the size spectrum from cutting edge startups to established brands.

We selected these startups and companies for exceptional performance in one of these categories:

  • Innovation
    • Innovative ideas
    • Innovative route to market
    • Innovative product
  • Growth
    • Exceptional growth
    • Exceptional growth strategy
  • Management
  • Societal impact

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Top North Carolina Retail Startups

Data sourced from Crunchbase and SemRush.

House of Blueberry

House of Blueberry

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House of Blueberry is a digital fashion house in the metaverse.

Soli Organic

Soli Organic

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Soli Organic is an indoor farming startup that sells fresh organic culinary herbs.

Soli Organic

Victra

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Victra an exclusive premium retailer for Verizon that connects technology to life in the most trustworthy, fun, and profitable way.

Soli Organic

GreenPlaces

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GreenPlaces all-in-one platform takes the complexity out of becoming a sustainable business

Soli Organic

ImpactKarma

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ImpactKarma is an online shopping marketplace that enables companies to quantify and improve their ESG score.

Soli Organic

Swap.com

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Swap.com leads the low-priced online pre-owned clothing consignment segment in the U.S. due to its unique deep neural network AI.

Soli Organic

Murphy’s Naturals

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Murphy’s Naturals is a celebrate nature and inspire good through natural products.

Soli Organic

ChiliSleep

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ChiliSleep offers temperature-regulated sleep products and accessories.

Soli Organic

The Looma Project

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The people & stories behind your products.

Soli Organic

Growers

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Growers develops a platform that helps ag retailers, advisors, and farmers to work better together.

Soli Organic

Windsor Circle

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Windsor Circle is a predictive lifecycle and retention marketing platform that helps retailers grow and increase customer retention.

Soli Organic

Elements Brands

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Elements Brands acquires and scales consumer products brands, with a specific focus on the household goods, personal care, and pet markets.

Soli Organic

Grocery Shopii

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Through the seamless addition of meal planning to any grocer’s e-commerce, Grocery Shopii expedites online grocery shopping.

Soli Organic

Made Trade

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The best online store for exceptionally designed, ethical and sustainable goods.

Soli Organic

ScentAir

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ScentAir is a provider of commercial scent solutions for the global hospitality, retail, healthcare, and entertainment industries.

Soli Organic

Ecomdash

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Ecomdash is an inventory management software that helps ecommerce companies automate operations, grow & sell across multiple sales channels.

Soli Organic

KURE Corp

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KURE offers and eJuice and bottled juice designed for vape and e-cigarettes.

Soli Organic

Photofy

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Photofy is a digital content creation platform that empowers collaborative content creation for individual and enterprise use.

Soli Organic

Hanesbrands

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Based in Winston-Salem, N.C., Hanesbrands Inc. (NYSE:HBI) is a global consumer goods company with more than a century of history and a

Soli Organic

SchedulePop

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SchedulePop is an easy-to-use, smart shift management platform for small to medium size businesses and enterprise level organizations.

Soli Organic

Village Juice & Kitchen

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Village Juice & Kitchen retails a variety of juices such as pressed, squeezed, ground, pureed, mixed, chopped, and crafted in-house.

Soli Organic

WoraPay

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WoraPay helps retailers to significantly increase sales whilst saving time for their clients.

Soli Organic

Ryker

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Ryker is an innovative, patent, biomechanically system for rifles and shotguns on the market today.

Soli Organic

Sheffield Financial

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Sheffield Financial, LLC provides consumer and commercial retail loans.

Soli Organic

MaxPoint Interactive

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MaxPoint Interactive is a digital advertising company that helps retailers and brands increase in-store traffic.

Soli Organic

Simple Kneads

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Simple Kneads makes artisan, gluten-free bread, made with whole food ingredients a clean label, no GMOs, and no eggs or dairy.

Soli Organic

Adam & Eve

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Adam & Eve is a privately held company that markets adult products.

Soli Organic

Point Blank Range

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Point Blank Range, Lake Norman’s premier NSSF Five-Star rated indoor shooting facility, will open a new range in Matthews, NC in response

Soli Organic

Family Dollar Stores

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Family Dollar is a neighborhood dollar discount store chain.

Soli Organic

Parata Systems

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Parata Systems provides pharmacy automation solutions in the United States.

Soli Organic

Clarkston Consulting

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Companies in life sciences, consumer products, and retail, partner with Clarkston to promote business growth and implement new technology.

Soli Organic

Fleet Feet, Incorporated

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Fleet Feet is a retail company that provides sports shoes and fitness accessories.

Soli Organic

Hanesbrands Inc.

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Hanesbrands Inc. is a manufacturer of several clothing brands including Hanes, Champion, Playtex

Soli Organic

ECRS (ECR Software Corporation)

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ECRS is an information technology company that provides retail automation solutions.

Soli Organic

4Women.com, Inc.

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4Women.com is a women’s scarf development company that designs and manufactures scarves for women going bald due to sickness.

Soli Organic

Remodeez

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Remodeez provides an odorless and non-toxic solution to remove everyday odors.

Soli Organic

Stemz

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Stemz is a built-to-work for floral creatives, flower farmers & retail clients.

Soli Organic

Luxury Shoe Club

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Luxury Shoe Club is a retail company that offers luxury shoes, sneakers, and boots to its consumers.

Soli Organic

Sunrise Technologies

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Dynamics 365 consulting, support, and implementation Microsoft Partner for retail, manufacturing, and distribution.

Soli Organic

Belk

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Belk, Inc. is the mainline department store company with 305 stores located in 16 Southern states.

Soli Organic

SASR Workforce Solutions

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SASR Workforce Solutions is a staffing and recruiting company.

Soli Organic

Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams

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Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams is a lifestyle furniture brand offers tables, storage, lighting and more.

Soli Organic

Food Lion

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Food Lion is a easy, fresh and affordable grocery store for you can count on Food Lion every day.

Soli Organic

Urban Skin Rx

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Urban Skin Rx operates as a global brand of clinical skin care products.

Soli Organic

Crossrope

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Crossrope is an online store that sells jumping ropes, apparel and fitness accessories.

Soli Organic

Leonard Buildings & Truck Accessories

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Provider of quality sheds, buildings, trailers and truck accessories

Soli Organic

botsplash

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Enterprise omni-channel conversational and messaging platform

Soli Organic

The Fresh Market

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The Fresh Market Your neighborhood food market & premium quality local produce store.

Soli Organic

Thomas Golf

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The Company believes it can develop and dominate a new market segment centered on the concepts of aim and alignment.

Soli Organic

ProVantage Corporate Solutions

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ProVantage Corporate Solutions is a merchandising service organization specializing in retail services.

Soli Organic

American & Efird Global

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World’s foremost manufacturers of sewing threads and industrial yarns

Soli Organic

Sonic Automotive

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Sonic Automotive, as a Fortune 500 company and member of the Russell 2000 Index, is among the largest automotive retailers in the United

Soli Organic

Rack Room Shoes

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Rack Room Shoes Fashionable footwear for the entire family.

Soli Organic

CandleScience

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CandleScience is an e-commerce business that develops, designs, tests and distributes wholesale candle making and soap making supplies.

Soli Organic

Ingles Markets

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Ingles Markets, Inc. is an American regional supermarket chain based in Black Mountain, North Carolina.

Soli Organic

Retail Business Services

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Retail Business Services provides expertise, insights, and analytics to local brands to support their strategies with services.

Soli Organic

Sherrill, Inc.

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Sherrill is a business supplies and equipment company offering climbing gear, product development, and onsite testing.

Soli Organic

Baker Interiors Group

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Baker Interiors Group is a furniture and retail company located in .

Soli Organic

Overton’s

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Overton’s offers watersports equipment, marine electronics, boating accessories, anchor and docks, fishing accessories, and more.

Soli Organic

MicroD

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For over 20 years, MicroD has led the way with innovative furniture merchandising solutions like EDI, catalog data, and website solutions.

Soli Organic

Impact Fulfillment Services

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Impact Fulfillment Services specializes in supply chain,display engineering, planning, packaging, warehouse, and distribution services.

Soli Organic

Nationwide Marketing Group

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Nationwide Marketing Group is a retail company specializing in appliances, furniture, and bedding items.

Soli Organic

The Cato Corporation

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The Cato Corporation (Cato) is a women’s fashion specialty retailer.

Soli Organic

Bob Barker Company

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Bob Barker Company is a wholesale company that provides detention products and jail supplies.

Soli Organic

ThunderWorks

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ThunderWorks develops and produces products to help with calming pet cats and dogs.

Soli Organic

Lowe’s Ventures

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Lowe’s has evolved from a tiny North Carolina hardware store to one of the world’s leading home improvement businesses.

Soli Organic

Hafele America

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Hafele America is a wholesale company that offers furniture fittings and architectural hardware.

Soli Organic

Replacements, Ltd.

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Replacements, Ltd. is a retail company providing dinnerware and stoneware.

Soli Organic

Diamond Dynasty Virgin Hair

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Providing the industry’s best virgin hair extensions, lace frontal wigs, 360 frontal wigs and Brazilian virgin hair bundles of human hair.

Soli Organic

Endura Products

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Endura Products is a building materials company that provides door frames, components, and accessories.

Soli Organic

Pepsi Bottling Ventures

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Pepsi Bottling Ventures is a brand of manufacturing, selling, and distributing some recognized consumer brands.

Soli Organic

House Autry Mills

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House-Autry Mills is a leading supplier to restaurant chain groups and independent operators in most states across the country.

Soli Organic

Leafio

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Designed to autonomously plan demand, execute order generation, and keep every level of the supply chain balanced.

Soli Organic

Beanstalk Data

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Beanstalk Data is the CRM Marketing Master for Consumer facing companies.

Soli Organic

JLS Trading Company

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JLS Trading Company is a retail company that specializes in packaging, trading, wholesale purchasing, and marketing new products.

Soli Organic

Tactical Gear Distributors

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Tactical Gear Distributors deals in wholesale of performance firearms, ammunition and gear for military and shooting sports retail.

Soli Organic

Spruce Natural Labs

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Spruce Natural Labs is an online store that delivers an array of CBD products such as gummies, lotions, oils, and creams.

Soli Organic

Feetures

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Feetures is an online store that retails a wide collection of sporting socks for men and women.

Soli Organic

Phoozy

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Phoozy delivers drop, float and thermal protection solutions for electronic gadgets that enable users to seek adventure without limitations.

Soli Organic

SHOE SHOW, INC.

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Shoe Show, Inc. is an American footwear retailer

Soli Organic

Legacy Classic Furniture

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Legacy Classic Furniture is a manufacturer and supplier of home furnishings.

Soli Organic

Vertical Supply Group

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Vertical Supply Group manufactures, designs, and supply a wide range of arborists, climbers, technical rescue, and work-at-height products.

Soli Organic

KLINGSPOR Abrasives

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KLINGSPOR Abrasives is a business supplies and equipment company providing laser welded and safety products.

Soli Organic

DAE Systems

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DAE Systems offers engineering products and quality management services for aerospace, marine, defence and rail industries.

Soli Organic

First Union Corporation

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First Union provides financial and investment banking , mortgage, leasing, insurance, private equity, and securities brokerage services.

Soli Organic

Amerock

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Amerock Products is a retailer or producer of a variety of home goods products.

Soli Organic

Friday POS

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cloud based restaurant management system, restaurant POS, Restaurant inventory management Software

Soli Organic

Carrot-Top Industries

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Carrot-Top Industries is an online shop that sells country flags, state flags, territory flags, military flags, flagpoles and banners.

Soli Organic

Reeds Jewelers

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Reeds Jewelers is the largest family-owned retail jewelry chain in North America.

Soli Organic

The Catholic Company

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The Catholic Company is an online and catalog seller of high quality Catholic books and gifts.

Soli Organic

International Business Concepts

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International Business Concepts is a competitive force in the retail sales and marketing industry that represents world-renowned brands!

Soli Organic

WineFetch

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WineFetch is an e-commerce and marketing platform for the retail wine and spirits industry

Soli Organic

Home Meridian International

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Home Meridian International is a furniture company offering furniture design and marketing services.

Soli Organic

Pretzel Crisps

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Pretzel Crisps is a manufacturer and distributor of snack food products.

Soli Organic

Shop

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Shop is a technology company that offers a shopping site for customers with real-time tracking of the delivery and orders.

Soli Organic

RegO Products

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RegO Products is a manufacturer and supplier of a wide range of liquid pressure controls and pressure regulating valves.

Soli Organic

Colin’s

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Colin’s is an online apparel store.

Soli Organic

Mananalu

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Mananalu sells aluminum water bottles.

Soli Organic

Araknis Networks

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Our exclusive Araknis products are expertly engineered to deliver best-in-class performance and support a wide variety of networking needs.

Soli Organic

Parrish Tire Company

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Parrish Tire Company specializes in retail, wholesale, commercial sales, and servicing automotive tires.

Soli Organic

Crown Automotive

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Crown Automotive is a car dealership that enables customers to purchase new and used cars.

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