Trends · data through September 2026

Japanese & Korean in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX

Iceflower tracks 392 stores from 319 Japanese & Korean chains in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX. KPOT Korean BBQ & Hot Pot grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Kura Revolving Sushi Bar and Teriyaki Madness.

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 chains
319
Tracked stores
392
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked Japanese & Korean chains

Ranked by year-over-year growth of share of tracked local spend. Arrows show movement in the rankings since last year. Each dot in the chart is one tracked chain: bigger market position to the right, faster growth higher up, more tracked stores in a bigger dot. Colors match the store map below. KPOT Korean BBQ & Hot Pot and Kura Revolving Sushi Bar sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 K KPOT Korean BBQ & Hot Pot logo KPOT Korean BBQ & Hot Pot ▲1 +11.6%
2 K Kura Revolving Sushi Bar logo Kura Revolving Sushi Bar - +7.5%
3 T Teriyaki Madness logo Teriyaki Madness ▲2 +5.5%
4 S Shogun - -1.3%
5 A Akashi Asian Fusion And Sushi ▼1 -2.3%
6 S Sarku Japan logo Sarku Japan - -4.1%
7 B Bonchon Chicken logo Bonchon Chicken ▼1 -9.3%
8 B Benihana logo Benihana - -11.4%
9 R Rock N Roll Sushi logo Rock N Roll Sushi ▲2 -12.2%
10 T Two Hands Corn Dogs logo Two Hands Corn Dogs - -42.2%
11 M Masa Sushi ▼3 -57.7%
  • Benihana
  • KPOT Korean BBQ & Hot Pot
  • Akashi Asian Fusion And Sushi
  • Shogun
  • Shogun Japanese Grill & Sushi
  • Ohayo Sushi
  • Sushi Haya
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

392 tracked store locations in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Benihana (4)
  • KPOT Korean BBQ & Hot Pot (3)
  • Akashi Asian Fusion And Sushi (3)
  • Shogun (8)
  • Shogun Japanese Grill & Sushi (1)
  • Ohayo Sushi (1)
  • Sushi Haya (3)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

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