Chain · United States · data through September 2026

Gyu-Kaku Japanese BBQ

Iceflower tracks 57 Gyu-Kaku Japanese BBQ stores across 18 US states. It ranks #12 of 11,483 tracked US Japanese & Korean chains by card spend. Its share of tracked category spend moved -10.3% 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
57
States
18
Category
Japanese & Korean
Category rank
#12

Growth

Gyu-Kaku Japanese BBQ 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 Gyu-Kaku Japanese BBQ'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%
12 Gyu-Kaku Japanese BBQ -10.3%

Share of tracked category spend, indexed

100 81.5 2024 Q4 2026 Q3

Store footprint

Store map

57 tracked Gyu-Kaku Japanese BBQ locations across 18 US states. California, Texas, and Hawaii hold 56% of them.

Customer overlap

Who shops at Gyu-Kaku Japanese BBQ

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

Schofield Barracks 100
Schofield Barracks Main Exchange 67
Hele 56
Zippy's 51
DON DON DONKI 50
Kaneohe MCAS Commissary 47
Pearl Harbor 44

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