Trends · data through September 2026

Chinese in Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC

Iceflower tracks 203 stores from 158 Chinese chains in Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC. China Kitchen grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Golden China and China Express.

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 chains
158
Tracked stores
203
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked Chinese chains

Ranked by year-over-year growth of share of tracked local spend. Arrows show movement in the rankings since last year. Each dot in the chart is one tracked chain: bigger market position to the right, faster growth higher up, more tracked stores in a bigger dot. Colors match the store map below. China Kitchen and Golden China sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 C China Kitchen - +3.2%
2 G Golden China - -0.1%
3 C China Express - -0.7%
4 H Hong Kong Restaurant - -0.8%
5 C China Garden - -4.2%
6 C China II - -6.3%
7 N New China - -9.5%
8 C China Cafe - -14.3%
  • Panda Express
  • China II
  • China Garden
  • Eatabowl
  • Yeung's Lotus
  • Fu Shing
  • Ming Fu Chinese & Sushi
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

203 tracked store locations in Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Panda Express (9)
  • China II (5)
  • China Garden (5)
  • Eatabowl (1)
  • Yeung's Lotus (1)
  • Fu Shing (2)
  • Ming Fu Chinese & Sushi (1)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

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