Chain · United States · data through September 2026

Hibachi Express

Iceflower tracks 113 Hibachi Express stores across 23 US states. It ranks #13 of 11,483 tracked US Japanese & Korean chains by card spend. Its share of tracked category spend moved +7.3% 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
113
States
23
Category
Japanese & Korean
Category rank
#13

Growth

Hibachi Express 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 Hibachi Express'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%
13 Hibachi Express +7.3%

Share of tracked category spend, indexed

100 106.5 2024 Q4 2026 Q3

Store footprint

Store map

113 tracked Hibachi Express locations across 23 US states. Florida, Georgia, and Ohio hold 46% of them.

Customer overlap

Who shops at Hibachi Express

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

Homerun Foods 100
Pearl River Valley Electric 69
Albany MCLB Commissary 58
Aztecas Restaurant & Cantina 45
Robinwood One Stop, LLC 44
TCB Stop 'n Geaux 43
Neco's XP 36
Publix 33

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