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Japanese & Korean in Knoxville, TN

Iceflower tracks 48 stores from 42 Japanese & Korean chains in Knoxville, TN.

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
42
Tracked stores
48
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. Nama Sushi Bar and Hibachi Factory sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 N Nama Sushi Bar - -14.2%
2 H Hibachi Factory - -51.0%
  • Wasabi Japanese Steakhouse
  • Nama Sushi Bar
  • KPOT Korean BBQ & Hot Pot
  • Kabuki Restaurant
  • Yummy Bowl
  • Bella Hibachi & Sushi
  • Kyuramen x TBaar
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

48 tracked store locations in Knoxville, TN. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Wasabi Japanese Steakhouse (2)
  • Nama Sushi Bar (3)
  • KPOT Korean BBQ & Hot Pot (1)
  • Kabuki Restaurant (1)
  • Yummy Bowl (1)
  • Bella Hibachi & Sushi (1)
  • Kyuramen x TBaar (1)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 N Nama Sushi Bar 3
  • 2 H Hibachi Factory 3
  • 3 K Kazoku Hibachi Express 2
  • 4 W Wasabi Japanese Steakhouse 2
  • 5 K KOKO Sips and Bites 1
  • 6 T Tomo Poke Bowl 1
  • 7 C CM Chicken logo CM Chicken 1
  • 8 A Akita Hibachi Sushi 1
  • 9 T The S.E.A 1
  • 10 I I Heart Sushi 1
  • 11 T Tokyo Grill 1
  • 12 K Kaya Korean Restaurant 1
  • 13 B BENGY Sushi & Poke 1
  • 14 H Hungry Sumo Hibachi House 1
  • 15 O Osaka Hibachi and Sushi 1
  • 16 N Ninja Hibachi Grill 1
  • 17 H Hibachi Grill Express 1
  • 18 O Oishii Knox 1
  • 19 S Shono's Japanese Grill 1
  • 20 K Kabuki 1
  • 21 S Sakura Sushi & Grill 1
  • 22 K Koko Japanese Grill 1
  • 23 K KPOT Korean BBQ & Hot Pot logo KPOT Korean BBQ & Hot Pot 1
  • 24 K Kabuki Restaurant 1
  • 25 Y Yummy Bowl 1
  • 26 B Bella Hibachi & Sushi 1
  • 27 K Kyuramen x TBaar logo Kyuramen x TBaar 1
  • 28 T Tokyo Sushi and Steak House 1
  • 29 K Kobe Japanese Grill 1
  • 30 K Kume Japanese Cuisine 1
  • 31 A Asahi Japanese Grill 1
  • 32 M Mikata Japanese Grill and Sushi 1
  • 33 L Little Tokyo Cafe 1
  • 34 A Anaba Japanese Cuisine 1
  • 35 S Sarku Japan logo Sarku Japan 1
  • 36 F Fuji Japanese Grill logo Fuji Japanese Grill 1
  • 37 Q Q Korean Steakhouse 1
  • 38 I Ichiban Japanese Grill 1
  • 39 F Fin-Two Japanese Ale House 1
  • 40 O Osaka Japanese Grill 1
  • 41 K Kaizen 1
  • 42 T Tangerine Japanese Cuisine 1

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