Trends · data through September 2026

Chinese in the United States

Iceflower tracks 23,263 stores from 9,141 Chinese chains in the United States. Mr. You Chinese Food grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Stir Fry 88 and Golden Star.

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
9,141
Tracked stores
23,263
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. Mr. You Chinese Food and Stir Fry 88 sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 M Mr. You Chinese Food ▲16 +18.5%
2 S Stir Fry 88 ▲21 +18.0%
3 G Golden Star ▲16 +17.9%
4 M Mr. You Express ▲22 +16.4%
5 S Steam - +13.2%
6 D Din Tai Fung logo Din Tai Fung ▲1 +11.2%
7 M Mama's Kitchen ▲27 +10.1%
8 N Noodles and Dumplings ▲26 +9.0%
9 N Noodle Man logo Noodle Man ▲22 +8.2%
10 N Ninja Grill ▲22 +7.1%
11 C China Bistro ▲13 +6.1%
12 E Eastern Carryout ▲13 +6.0%
13 C China Cottage ▲16 +5.9%
14 P Panda Express logo Panda Express - +5.3%
15 Y Yummy House ▲13 +5.2%
  • Panda Express
  • Steam
  • China Wok
  • Din Tai Fung
  • China King
  • Great Wall
  • China Garden
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

23,263 tracked store locations in the United States. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Panda Express (2,660)
  • Steam (3)
  • China Wok (469)
  • Din Tai Fung (17)
  • China King (324)
  • Great Wall (285)
  • China Garden (280)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

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