Trends · data through September 2026

Japanese & Korean in Maryland

Iceflower tracks 385 stores from 293 Japanese & Korean chains in Maryland. Kusshi grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Japan Express and Hibachi Express.

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
293
Tracked stores
385
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. Kusshi and Japan Express sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 K Kusshi logo Kusshi - +16.4%
2 J Japan Express - +9.0%
3 H Hibachi Express - +4.5%
4 B Bonchon Chicken logo Bonchon Chicken - +2.1%
5 Y Yama Sushi - -1.2%
6 K KPOT Korean BBQ & Hot Pot logo KPOT Korean BBQ & Hot Pot - -1.3%
7 Q Quickway Japanese Hibachi logo Quickway Japanese Hibachi - -3.6%
8 S Sarku Japan logo Sarku Japan - -4.9%
9 K Kobe Japanese Steak & Seafood House - -8.9%
  • KPOT Korean BBQ & Hot Pot
  • Quickway Japanese Hibachi
  • Kobe Japanese Steak & Seafood House
  • Akira Ramen & Izakaya
  • Sakura Japanese Steakhouse
  • Sarku Japan
  • Asahi Japanese Steak and Seafood
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

385 tracked store locations in Maryland. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • KPOT Korean BBQ & Hot Pot (6)
  • Quickway Japanese Hibachi (18)
  • Kobe Japanese Steak & Seafood House (3)
  • Akira Ramen & Izakaya (10)
  • Sakura Japanese Steakhouse (2)
  • Sarku Japan (15)
  • Asahi Japanese Steak and Seafood (1)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

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