Trends · data through September 2026

Chinese in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA

Iceflower tracks 604 stores from 488 Chinese chains in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA. China Express grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Panda Express and Zhangliang Malatang Spicy Hotpot.

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
488
Tracked stores
604
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked Chinese 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. China Express and Panda Express sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 C China Express - +18.9%
2 P Panda Express logo Panda Express - +10.9%
3 Z Zhangliang Malatang Spicy Hotpot - +2.5%
4 A Asia Delight - -0.9%
5 D Dough Zone - -3.2%
6 A Asia Express - -9.3%
7 T Tasty Szechuan - -9.4%
8 C Cheung Hing Restaurant ▲1 -9.7%
9 Y Yin Ji Chang Fen - -11.6%
10 D Dumpling Kitchen ▼1 -30.1%
  • Panda Express
  • Uncle Yu's
  • 88 BaoBao
  • China Village Restaurant
  • Din Ding Dumpling House
  • Asia Delight
  • Hon's Wun-Tun House
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

604 tracked store locations in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Panda Express (62)
  • Uncle Yu's (2)
  • 88 BaoBao (2)
  • China Village Restaurant (1)
  • Din Ding Dumpling House (2)
  • Asia Delight (3)
  • Hon's Wun-Tun House (1)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 P Panda Express logo Panda Express 62
  • 2 C China Express 4
  • 3 T Tasty Szechuan 4
  • 4 Y Yin Ji Chang Fen 3
  • 5 Z Zhangliang Malatang Spicy Hotpot 3
  • 6 D Dough Zone 3
  • 7 A Asia Express 3
  • 8 D Dumpling Kitchen 3
  • 9 C Cheung Hing Restaurant 3
  • 10 A Asia Delight 3
  • 11 D Din Ding Dumpling House 2
  • 12 C China Garden 2
  • 13 S Shihlin Taiwan Street Snacks 2
  • 14 Y Yuanbao Jiaozi 2
  • 15 T Tsing Tao 2
  • 16 I Inchin's Bamboo Garden 2
  • 17 T Top Pot 2
  • 18 U United Dumplings 2
  • 19 H Hunan House 2
  • 20 H Hong Kong Restaurant 2
  • 21 G Great Wall 2
  • 22 D Dumpling Union 2
  • 23 H Happy Chef 2
  • 24 D Dumpling House 2
  • 25 S Sunflower Garden 2
  • 26 8 88 BaoBao 2
  • 27 N New Moon Restaurant 2
  • 28 L Little Hunan Restaurant 2
  • 29 S Special Noodle 2
  • 30 R Red Hot Chilli Pepper 2
  • 31 C China Kitchen 2
  • 32 D Dumpling Time 2
  • 33 C China Gourmet 2
  • 34 U Uncle Yu's logo Uncle Yu's 2
  • 35 Y Yummy House 2
  • 36 M Mamahuhu 2
  • 37 L Lee's Garden 2
  • 38 M Ming's Tasty Restaurant 1
  • 39 K King Chuan 1
  • 40 B Beijing Bowl 1
  • 41 L Little Hong Kong 1
  • 42 C City View Restaurant 1
  • 43 S Shangrila Chinese Cuisine 1
  • 44 S Saigon Harbor Restaurant 1
  • 45 C Chef's Wok 1
  • 46 U Uncle Wong Chinese Restaurant 1
  • 47 I Imperial Tea Court logo Imperial Tea Court 1
  • 48 D Dumpling and Noodle House 1
  • 49 T The Pot's 1
  • 50 B Begoni Bistro 1

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