Trends · data through September 2026

Japanese & Korean in Pennsylvania

Iceflower tracks 507 stores from 438 Japanese & Korean chains in Pennsylvania. Freshido grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Kinya Ramen and KPOT Korean BBQ & Hot Pot.

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
438
Tracked stores
507
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. Freshido and Kinya Ramen sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 F Freshido ▲3 +14.3%
2 K Kinya Ramen logo Kinya Ramen ▲1 +5.4%
3 K KPOT Korean BBQ & Hot Pot logo KPOT Korean BBQ & Hot Pot - +2.3%
4 T Tokyo Diner - +1.3%
5 S Sakura ▲1 +0.2%
6 W Wasabi - -1.1%
7 B Bonchon Chicken logo Bonchon Chicken - -1.4%
8 V Vic Sushi ▼1 -5.1%
9 O Ooka logo Ooka - -7.2%
10 L Little Tokyo - -9.7%
11 N Ninja Ramen ▲1 -11.2%
12 Y Yummy Bowl - -11.4%
13 B bb.q Chicken logo bb.q Chicken ▲1 -14.6%
14 I Ichiban - -14.8%
15 T Teriyaki Madness logo Teriyaki Madness ▼1 -21.7%
  • Ichiban
  • KPOT Korean BBQ & Hot Pot
  • Mr Tokyo Japanese Restaurant
  • Sushi Bomb
  • Ooka
  • Kyuramen x TBaar
  • Benihana
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

507 tracked store locations in Pennsylvania. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Ichiban (5)
  • KPOT Korean BBQ & Hot Pot (6)
  • Mr Tokyo Japanese Restaurant (1)
  • Sushi Bomb (1)
  • Ooka (3)
  • Kyuramen x TBaar (4)
  • Benihana (2)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

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