Trends · data through September 2026

Chinese in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA

Iceflower tracks 1,007 stores from 577 Chinese chains in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA. Lucky Chinese Food grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Din Tai Fung and Dumpling House.

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
577
Tracked stores
1,007
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked Chinese 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. Lucky Chinese Food and Din Tai Fung sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 L Lucky Chinese Food ▲2 +17.5%
2 D Din Tai Fung logo Din Tai Fung - +12.1%
3 D Dumpling House ▲2 +9.6%
4 Y Yin Tang Spicy Hot Pot ▲2 +8.8%
5 H Hong Kong Restaurant ▲1 +5.3%
6 L Lunasia Dim Sum House ▲1 +4.7%
7 S Sam Woo BBQ ▲2 +4.3%
8 D Dan Modern Chinese - +4.2%
9 G Golden Bowl ▼1 +0.5%
10 C China Wok ▲1 +0.1%
11 P Panda Express logo Panda Express - -0.1%
12 M Mama Lu's Dumpling House - -0.3%
13 C China Express - -0.4%
14 B Bafang Dumpling ▲1 -1.1%
15 T The Wok Experience - -2.3%
  • Panda Express
  • Din Tai Fung
  • Northern Cafe
  • Mama Lu's Dumpling House
  • China Wok
  • Pick Up Stix
  • Thumbling
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

1,007 tracked store locations in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Panda Express (222)
  • Din Tai Fung (7)
  • Northern Cafe (12)
  • Mama Lu's Dumpling House (4)
  • China Wok (10)
  • Pick Up Stix (30)
  • Thumbling (1)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

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