Trends · data through September 2026

Japanese & Korean in New Jersey

Iceflower tracks 682 stores from 536 Japanese & Korean chains in New Jersey. Rai Rai Ramen grew fastest over the last year, ahead of bb.q Chicken and Benihana.

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
536
Tracked stores
682
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. Rai Rai Ramen and bb.q Chicken sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 R Rai Rai Ramen ▲1 +8.1%
2 B bb.q Chicken logo bb.q Chicken - +0.4%
3 B Benihana logo Benihana - 0.0%
4 S Sushi Village ▲3 -0.8%
5 N Nori Sushi - -0.8%
6 Y Yuki Hana ▲1 -2.1%
7 T Tokyo Mandarin ▼1 -3.1%
8 T Teriyaki Madness logo Teriyaki Madness ▲2 -3.4%
9 B Boom Boom Chicken - -3.7%
10 S Sushi Palace - -5.2%
11 A Ani Ramen logo Ani Ramen - -5.8%
12 S Sakura - -6.6%
13 M Miga Sushi logo Miga Sushi ▼1 -8.3%
14 M Masa Sushi ▼1 -8.7%
15 B Bonchon Chicken logo Bonchon Chicken ▲1 -8.7%
  • KPOT Korean BBQ & Hot Pot
  • Sarku Japan
  • Kura Revolving Sushi Bar
  • Sushi Kingdom
  • Sakura
  • Benihana
  • Rai Rai Ramen
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

682 tracked store locations in New Jersey. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • KPOT Korean BBQ & Hot Pot (13)
  • Sarku Japan (17)
  • Kura Revolving Sushi Bar (6)
  • Sushi Kingdom (2)
  • Sakura (3)
  • Benihana (3)
  • Rai Rai Ramen (4)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

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