Trends · data through September 2026

Buffets in Kentucky

Iceflower tracks 58 stores from 31 buffets in Kentucky. China Buffet grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Golden Corral Buffet & Grill and King Buffet.

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
31
Tracked stores
58
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked buffets

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. China Buffet and Golden Corral Buffet & Grill sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 C China Buffet - +0.8%
2 G Golden Corral Buffet & Grill logo Golden Corral Buffet & Grill - -2.1%
3 K King Buffet - -2.1%
4 G Gatti's Pizza - -9.1%
  • Golden Corral Buffet & Grill
  • King Buffet
  • China Buffet
  • New China Buffet
  • Yoki Buffet
  • Golden Buffet
  • Jumbo Buffet
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

58 tracked store locations in Kentucky. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Golden Corral Buffet & Grill (10)
  • King Buffet (5)
  • China Buffet (6)
  • New China Buffet (2)
  • Yoki Buffet (1)
  • Golden Buffet (1)
  • Jumbo Buffet (2)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

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