Trends · data through September 2026

Chinese in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH

Iceflower tracks 407 stores from 349 Chinese chains in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH. Panda Express grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Feng Shui and Hong Kong Restaurant.

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
349
Tracked stores
407
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. Panda Express and Feng Shui sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 P Panda Express logo Panda Express - +9.0%
2 F Feng Shui - +1.7%
3 H Hong Kong Restaurant - -1.1%
4 S Sichuan Gourmet - -2.1%
5 C China Star ▲1 -3.1%
6 C China Jade - -3.9%
7 C China Wok - -5.4%
8 J Jade - -9.1%
9 G Gourmet Garden - -9.7%
10 M Master Wok ▼1 -16.9%
  • Kowloon Restaurant
  • Family Chinese Restaurant
  • Yang Ming II
  • Yang Ming Restaurant
  • Sichuan Gourmet
  • Panda Express
  • The Q
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

407 tracked store locations in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Kowloon Restaurant (1)
  • Family Chinese Restaurant (1)
  • Yang Ming II (1)
  • Yang Ming Restaurant (1)
  • Sichuan Gourmet (4)
  • Panda Express (6)
  • The Q (1)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 P Panda Express logo Panda Express 6
  • 2 G Gourmet Garden 5
  • 3 C China Wok 5
  • 4 M Master Wok 5
  • 5 S Sichuan Gourmet 4
  • 6 F Feng Shui 3
  • 7 C China Jade 3
  • 8 H Hong Kong Restaurant 3
  • 9 J Jade Garden 3
  • 10 C China Star 3
  • 11 J Jade 3
  • 12 H Ho Win Palace 2
  • 13 L Lucky Corner 2
  • 14 Q Quan's Kitchen 2
  • 15 G Green Tea 2
  • 16 D Dumpling Daughter 2
  • 17 C China Gourmet 2
  • 18 L Lucky Garden 2
  • 19 M Mee King Garden 2
  • 20 C China Garden 2
  • 21 Y Yummy House 2
  • 22 N New Style Asian Food 2
  • 23 P Peking Garden 2
  • 24 D Dumpling House 2
  • 25 S Sichuan Garden 2
  • 26 C Chinatown 2
  • 27 W Wah Sang Restaurant 2
  • 28 C China Sails 2
  • 29 C China Sky 2
  • 30 D Dragon Chef 2
  • 31 I Imperial Garden 2
  • 32 H Home Taste 2
  • 33 S South Garden 2
  • 34 C China Pearl 2
  • 35 Y YGF Malatang 1
  • 36 P Pine Garden Restaurant 1
  • 37 T Tsangs Cafe 1
  • 38 M My Happy Hunan Kitchen 1
  • 39 T Tasty Dumplings 1
  • 40 N New Golden Pacific 1
  • 41 S Sun Sun Chinese Restaurant 1
  • 42 S Sugar Cane 1
  • 43 N New Moon Villa 1
  • 44 F Fen Yang House 1
  • 45 B Beverly Jade Chinese Restaurant 1
  • 46 S Shaanxi Gourmet 1
  • 47 S Shi Miao Dao Yunnan Rice Noodle 1
  • 48 G Great Chef 1
  • 49 Y Yunnan Kitchen 1
  • 50 D Dragon Bowl 1

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