Chain · United States · data through September 2026

Benihana

Iceflower tracks 77 Benihana stores across 22 US states. It ranks #2 of 11,483 tracked US Japanese & Korean chains by card spend. Its share of tracked category spend moved -0.8% over the last year.

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 stores
77
States
22
Category
Japanese & Korean
Category rank
#2

Growth

Benihana against its category

The biggest tracked US Japanese & Korean chains by card spend, with year-over-year growth of category share. Share means a chain's slice of tracked category spend. It can decline while the chain's own sales grow. The chart tracks Benihana's share of the category quarter by quarter, indexed to 2024 Q4 = 100.

# Chain YoY share
1 KPOT Korean BBQ & Hot Pot +13.8%
2 Benihana -0.8%
3 Sarku Japan -7.3%
4 Sakura +0.1%
5 Kobe Japanese Steakhouse -5.3%
6 Kura Revolving Sushi Bar -
7 Bonchon Chicken -6.6%
8 Sakura Japanese Steakhouse -7.0%
9 Yamato Japanese Steakhouse +6.7%
10 Teriyaki Madness +14.3%

Share of tracked category spend, indexed

100 91.6 2024 Q4 2026 Q3

Store footprint

Store map

77 tracked Benihana locations across 22 US states. California, Florida, and Texas hold 51% of them.

Customer overlap

Who shops at Benihana

Tracked chains Benihana customers also buy from more than a similarly active shopper would, indexed to the strongest overlap (100). From real card transactions.

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