Trends · data through September 2026

Japanese & Korean in Michigan

Iceflower tracks 321 stores from 279 Japanese & Korean chains in Michigan. KPOT Korean BBQ & Hot Pot grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Ichiban Japanese Steakhouse 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
279
Tracked stores
321
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 Ichiban Japanese Steakhouse 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 - +9.0%
2 I Ichiban Japanese Steakhouse - -4.2%
3 T Teriyaki Madness logo Teriyaki Madness - -7.2%
4 B Benihana logo Benihana - -7.5%
5 Y Yoshi Hibachi Grille ▲1 -21.1%
6 P Poké Fresh - -26.5%
7 K Kimchi Box ▼1 -37.5%
  • KPOT Korean BBQ & Hot Pot
  • Ichiban Japanese Steakhouse
  • Benihana
  • Sakura
  • Ginza Sushi & Ramen Bar
  • One World Market
  • Mizu Sushi
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

321 tracked store locations in Michigan. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • KPOT Korean BBQ & Hot Pot (7)
  • Ichiban Japanese Steakhouse (3)
  • Benihana (3)
  • Sakura (2)
  • Ginza Sushi & Ramen Bar (1)
  • One World Market (1)
  • Mizu Sushi (1)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

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