Chain · United States · data through August 2026

C China Chef

Iceflower tracks 73 China Chef stores across 32 US states.

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
73
States
32
Category
Restaurant

Growth

China Chef 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 Chef'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 -2.7%
2 T Texas Roadhouse logo Texas Roadhouse +4.3%
3 C Chili's Grill & Bar logo Chili's Grill & Bar -
4 O Olive Garden logo Olive Garden +2.5%
5 A Applebee's Grill + Bar logo Applebee's Grill + Bar -3.6%
6 L LongHorn Steakhouse logo LongHorn Steakhouse +6.8%
7 C Cracker Barrel Old Country Store logo Cracker Barrel Old Country Store -3.2%
8 O Outback Steakhouse logo Outback Steakhouse +0.6%
9 T The Cheesecake Factory logo The Cheesecake Factory +1.0%
10 D Denny's logo Denny's -10.4%

Share of tracked category spend, indexed

100 94.8 2024 Q1 2025 Q4

Store footprint

Store map

73 tracked China Chef locations across 32 US states.

Customer overlap

Who shops at China Chef

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

H Hop-In Food Stores 100
W Wingfingers logo Wingfingers 75
A Agave Cocina Mexicana & Tequila Bar 74
P Pelc Tire & Service 64
A Andrews Ace Home Centers 51
B Baldwin EMC logo Baldwin EMC 50
S Sammy's Drive Thru 49
S Shaw AFB Commissary logo Shaw AFB Commissary 48
I Infirmary Health logo Infirmary Health 36
T The Tavern at Your Nexton Harris Teeter logo The Tavern at Your Nexton Harris Teeter 36

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