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. Asian Kitchen and Happy Wok sit in the high-growth half.
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Chain
YoY growth
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Asian Kitchen | ▲1 | +18.1% |
| 2 | H Happy Wok | ▲2 | +14.3% |
| 3 | C China Kitchen | ▲1 | +13.3% |
| 4 | W Wing Wah | ▲2 | +6.2% |
| 5 | F Fortune House | ▲2 | +4.6% |
| 6 | M MingHin Cuisine | - | +3.8% |
| 7 | Y Yu's Mandarin | - | +1.2% |
| 8 |
P
Panda Express
|
- | +0.8% |
| 9 | C China Express | ▲1 | +0.6% |
| 10 | L Lao Sze Chuan | ▲2 | +0.5% |
| 11 | C China Wok | - | +0.3% |
| 12 | C China Garden | ▼1 | -1.2% |
| 13 | C China Chef | ▼1 | -1.5% |
| 14 | S See Thru Chinese Kitchen | - | -3.0% |
| 15 | G Great Wall | ▲1 | -3.9% |
- Panda Express
- MingHin Cuisine
- Manchu Wok
- New Star
- China Wok
- See Thru Chinese Kitchen
- Shabu Plus Rotary Hot Pot
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
659 tracked store locations in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.
- Panda Express (109)
- MingHin Cuisine (3)
- Manchu Wok (1)
- New Star (1)
- China Wok (13)
- See Thru Chinese Kitchen (6)
- Shabu Plus Rotary Hot Pot (2)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
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1
P
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2
W
Wow Bao 14
- 3 C China Wok 13
- 4 C China Garden 9
- 5 C China House 8
- 6 L Lao Sze Chuan 6
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7
B
Big Bowl 6
- 8 S See Thru Chinese Kitchen 6
- 9 C China Kitchen 5
- 10 H Hong Kong Restaurant 5
- 11 E East China Inn 4
- 12 G Great Wall 4
- 13 C China Chef 4
- 14 N New China Restaurant 3
- 15 L Little Wok 3
- 16 W Wing Wah 3
- 17 K King's Wok 3
- 18 M MingHin Cuisine 3
- 19 J Jade Garden 3
- 20 H Happy Wok 3
- 21 C China King 3
- 22 Y Yen Ching 3
- 23 H Hello Jasmine 3
- 24 A Asian Kitchen 3
- 25 C China Star 3
- 26 Y Yu's Mandarin 3
- 27 C China House Restaurant 3
- 28 F Fortune House 3
- 29 C China Express 3
- 30 S Szechwan Palace 2
- 31 G Golden Bowl 2
- 32 S Shabu Plus Rotary Hot Pot 2
- 33 P Panda Chinese Restaurant 2
- 34 G Golden Wok 2
- 35 K King Wok 2
- 36 G Golden Dragon 2
- 37 N New China 2
- 38 N Number 1 Chop Suey 2
- 39 F First Wok 2
- 40 H Hunan Palace 2
- 41 F Furama Restaurant 2
- 42 L Lucky Wok 2
- 43 C China Cook 2
- 44 R Rising Sun 2
- 45 R Rice Garden 2
- 46 C China One 2
- 47 S Shang Noodle 2
- 48 N New China Hut 2
- 49 C Chinese Wok 2
- 50 N New Hong Kong Restaurant 2
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