Chain · United States · data through September 2026

C China Chef

Iceflower tracks 73 China Chef stores across 32 US states. It ranks #20 of 9,141 tracked US Chinese chains by card spend. Its share of tracked category spend moved -8.0% over the last year.

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 stores
73
States
32
Category
Chinese
Category rank
#20

Growth

China Chef against its category

The biggest tracked US Chinese chains by card spend, with year-over-year growth of category share. Share means a chain's slice of tracked category spend. It can decline while the chain's own sales grow. The chart tracks China Chef's share of the category quarter by quarter, indexed to 2024 Q4 = 100.

# Chain YoY share
1 P Panda Express logo Panda Express +5.3%
2 S Steam +13.2%
3 C China Wok -3.6%
4 D Din Tai Fung logo Din Tai Fung +11.2%
5 C China King -1.6%
6 G Great Wall -6.5%
7 C China Garden -4.9%
8 H Hong Kong Restaurant -5.7%
9 N New China -6.5%
10 P Pei Wei logo Pei Wei -10.5%
20 C China Chef -8.0%

Share of tracked category spend, indexed

100 85.7 2024 Q4 2026 Q3

Store footprint

Store map

73 tracked China Chef locations across 32 US states.

Customer overlap

Who shops at China Chef

Tracked chains China Chef customers also buy from more than a similarly active shopper would, indexed to the strongest overlap (100). From real card transactions.

H Hop-In Food Stores 100
A Agave Cocina Mexicana & Tequila Bar 74
W Wingfingers logo Wingfingers 74
P Pelc Tire & Service 63
B Baldwin EMC logo Baldwin EMC 49
A Andrews Ace Home Centers 49
S Sammy's Drive Thru 49
S Shaw AFB Commissary logo Shaw AFB Commissary 48
I Infirmary Health logo Infirmary Health 38
T The Tavern at Your Nexton Harris Teeter logo The Tavern at Your Nexton Harris Teeter 37

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