Chain · United States · data through August 2026

C China Buffet

Iceflower tracks 145 China Buffet stores across 34 US states. It ranks #80 of 80,021 tracked US restaurants chains by card spend. Its share of tracked category spend moved -3.8% 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
145
States
34
Category
Restaurant
Category rank
#80

Growth

China Buffet against its category

The biggest tracked US restaurants 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 China Buffet's share of the category quarter by quarter, indexed to 2024 Q1 = 100.

# Chain YoY share
1 C Chipotle Mexican Grill logo Chipotle Mexican Grill -4.3%
2 T Texas Roadhouse logo Texas Roadhouse +2.6%
3 O Olive Garden logo Olive Garden +1.1%
4 C Chili's Grill & Bar logo Chili's Grill & Bar -
5 A Applebee's Grill + Bar logo Applebee's Grill + Bar -6.2%
6 L LongHorn Steakhouse logo LongHorn Steakhouse +5.8%
7 O Outback Steakhouse logo Outback Steakhouse +0.1%
8 C Cracker Barrel Old Country Store logo Cracker Barrel Old Country Store -1.5%
9 T The Cheesecake Factory logo The Cheesecake Factory +0.3%
10 B BJ's Restaurant & Brewhouse logo BJ's Restaurant & Brewhouse +0.5%
80 C China Buffet -3.8%

Share of tracked category spend, indexed

100 88.9 2024 Q1 2025 Q4

Store footprint

Store map

145 tracked China Buffet locations across 34 US states.

Customer overlap

Who shops at China Buffet

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

M Mid-Ohio Corporate Care 100
M Monterrey Market 84
F Fort Knox Commissary 71
E El Rey Food Mart 60
C Central Alabama Electric Cooperative logo Central Alabama Electric Cooperative 45
T Twin City Supermarket 45
K Kwik Trip logo Kwik Trip 45
S SavOn 42
B Bakers logo Bakers 42
R Rowe's IGA Supermarket logo Rowe's IGA Supermarket 37

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