Chain · United States · data through August 2026

C China Chef

Iceflower tracks 51 China Chef stores across 24 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
51
States
24
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 -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%

Share of tracked category spend, indexed

100 93.9 2024 Q1 2025 Q4

Store footprint

Store map

51 tracked China Chef locations across 24 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.

S Sunshine Canoes 100
A Alabama Iron Works 92
W Wingfingers logo Wingfingers 76
A Agave Cocina Mexicana & Tequila Bar 73
S Saraland First Assembly of God 66
P Pelc Tire & Service 61
A Alabama Air 54
A Andrews Ace Home Centers 51
S Sammy's Drive Thru 48
B Baldwin EMC logo Baldwin EMC 47

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