Trends · data through September 2026

Japanese & Korean in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ

Iceflower tracks 1,529 stores from 1,210 Japanese & Korean chains in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ. Sakura grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Osaka Sushi and SUGARFISH by sushi nozawa.

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
1,210
Tracked stores
1,529
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. Sakura and Osaka Sushi sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 S Sakura - +3.3%
2 O Osaka Sushi - +1.7%
3 S SUGARFISH by sushi nozawa ▲2 +1.7%
4 K KPOT Korean BBQ & Hot Pot logo KPOT Korean BBQ & Hot Pot - +1.4%
5 S Sushi Village ▲2 +1.3%
6 N Nori Sushi ▲1 +1.1%
7 R Raku ▲2 +0.5%
8 Y Yuki Hana ▲2 -0.2%
9 A Arirang Hibachi Steakhouse - -1.7%
10 P Pelicana Chicken ▲1 -2.4%
11 C Cast Iron Pot Signature - -3.1%
12 N Nami Nori logo Nami Nori ▲1 -3.4%
13 K Kotobuki Japanese Restaurant - -3.5%
14 B Benihana logo Benihana - -3.5%
15 A Ani Ramen logo Ani Ramen - -3.7%
  • KPOT Korean BBQ & Hot Pot
  • Sarku Japan
  • Ichiran
  • Kura Revolving Sushi Bar
  • Benihana
  • Arirang Hibachi Steakhouse
  • Wagamama
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

1,529 tracked store locations in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • KPOT Korean BBQ & Hot Pot (20)
  • Sarku Japan (31)
  • Ichiran (2)
  • Kura Revolving Sushi Bar (9)
  • Benihana (5)
  • Arirang Hibachi Steakhouse (4)
  • Wagamama (1)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

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