Chain · United States · data through August 2026

C China Max

Iceflower tracks 27 China Max stores across 15 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
27
States
15
Category
Restaurant

Growth

China Max 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 Max'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

100 103.6 2024 Q1 2025 Q4

Store footprint

Store map

27 tracked China Max locations across 15 US states.

Customer overlap

Who shops at China Max

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

M Monterrey Market 100
H House of Lee 81
G GetGo logo GetGo 71
E El Rey Food Mart 60
E Eat'n Park logo Eat'n Park 58
R Ross Park Mall logo Ross Park Mall 54

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