Growth
China Express against its category
The biggest tracked US restaurants 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 Express's share of the category quarter by quarter, indexed to 2024 Q1 = 100.
| # | Chain | YoY share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
C
Chipotle Mexican Grill
|
-4.3% |
| 2 |
T
Texas Roadhouse
|
+2.6% |
| 3 |
O
Olive Garden
|
+1.1% |
| 4 |
C
Chili's Grill & Bar
|
- |
| 5 |
A
Applebee's Grill + Bar
|
-5.8% |
| 6 |
L
LongHorn Steakhouse
|
+5.8% |
| 7 |
O
Outback Steakhouse
|
+0.1% |
| 8 |
T
The Cheesecake Factory
|
+0.4% |
| 9 |
C
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store
|
-1.5% |
| 10 |
B
BJ's Restaurant & Brewhouse
|
+0.9% |
| 178 | C China Express | -3.1% |
Share of tracked category spend, indexed
Store footprint
Store map
106 tracked China Express locations across 22 US states.
Tracked stores by state
- Georgia 14
- Florida 11
- Texas 11
- California 9
- North Carolina 8
- Maryland 7
- New Jersey 6
- South Carolina 6
- Virginia 5
- Michigan 4
- Pennsylvania 4
- Illinois 3
- Indiana 3
- Ohio 3
- Connecticut 2
- Kentucky 2
- New York 2
- Tennessee 2
- Delaware 1
- Missouri 1
- New Mexico 1
- Utah 1
Customer overlap
Who shops at China Express
Tracked chains China Express customers also buy from more than a similarly active shopper would, indexed to the strongest overlap (100). From real card transactions.
B
Barnwell IGA
100
Barnwell IGA
100
S
Sport's Convience Store
88
C
China Lake NAWS Commissary
27
W
Walnut Hill Cemetery
19
K
Kirt's Cleaners Corporate office
18
H
Heisler's Market
15
Heisler's Market
15
C
Corporate Custom Rentals
14
T
Truett's Grill
13
Truett's Grill
13
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