Chain · United States · data through September 2026

I Ichiban

Iceflower tracks 40 Ichiban stores across 23 US states. It ranks #12 of 11,793 tracked US Japanese & Korean chains by card spend. Its share of tracked category spend moved -6.7% 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
40
States
23
Category
Japanese & Korean
Category rank
#12

Growth

Ichiban against its category

The biggest tracked US Japanese & Korean 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 Ichiban's share of the category quarter by quarter, indexed to 2024 Q4 = 100.

# Chain YoY share
1 K KPOT Korean BBQ & Hot Pot logo KPOT Korean BBQ & Hot Pot +13.2%
2 B Benihana logo Benihana -1.7%
3 S Sarku Japan logo Sarku Japan -7.5%
4 K Kura Revolving Sushi Bar logo Kura Revolving Sushi Bar -
5 K Kobe Japanese Steakhouse logo Kobe Japanese Steakhouse -3.1%
6 B Bonchon Chicken logo Bonchon Chicken -5.7%
7 S Sakura +15.8%
8 T Teriyaki Madness logo Teriyaki Madness +14.8%
9 Y Yummy Bowl -0.6%
10 G Gyu-Kaku Japanese BBQ logo Gyu-Kaku Japanese BBQ -9.9%
12 I Ichiban -6.7%

Share of tracked category spend, indexed

100 88.6 2024 Q4 2026 Q3

Store footprint

Store map

40 tracked Ichiban locations across 23 US states.

Customer overlap

Who shops at Ichiban

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

G Giant Eagle Market District logo Giant Eagle Market District 100
P P-Dubs Brew Pub 65
G GetGo logo GetGo 48
I Imperial Smoke Shop 46
N Noel's Market 45
H Heisler's Market logo Heisler's Market 45
W Westchester Market 33
E Eat'n Park logo Eat'n Park 31

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