Trends · data through September 2026

Chinese in Colorado

Iceflower tracks 416 stores from 305 Chinese chains in Colorado. Panda Express grew fastest over the last year, ahead of South Garden and Ho Mei.

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
305
Tracked stores
416
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. Panda Express and South Garden sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 P Panda Express logo Panda Express - +6.9%
2 S South Garden ▲1 -1.2%
3 H Ho Mei - -9.8%
4 B Bamboo Garden ▲4 -20.8%
5 N New Panda ▲1 -23.1%
6 H Heaven Dragon Chinese Restaurant - -23.7%
7 C China Gourmet - -25.9%
8 C China Wok ▼1 -32.1%
9 C Coal Mine Dragon - -33.0%
10 C China Garden ▼2 -34.7%
11 M Mason's Dumpling Shop ▼3 -40.7%
  • Panda Express
  • Nana's Dim Sum & Dumplings
  • Heaven Dragon Chinese Restaurant
  • Hot Pot Spot
  • Pepper Asian Bistro
  • China Gourmet
  • Ho Mei
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

416 tracked store locations in Colorado. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Panda Express (64)
  • Nana's Dim Sum & Dumplings (5)
  • Heaven Dragon Chinese Restaurant (3)
  • Hot Pot Spot (1)
  • Pepper Asian Bistro (2)
  • China Gourmet (3)
  • Ho Mei (4)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 P Panda Express logo Panda Express 64
  • 2 N Nana's Dim Sum & Dumplings 5
  • 3 C China Garden 4
  • 4 H Ho Mei 4
  • 5 B Bamboo Garden 3
  • 6 N New Panda 3
  • 7 C Coal Mine Dragon 3
  • 8 M Mason's Dumpling Shop 3
  • 9 C China Wok 3
  • 10 S South Garden 3
  • 11 H Heaven Dragon Chinese Restaurant 3
  • 12 C China Gourmet 3
  • 13 C China Pantry 2
  • 14 M Ming's Cafe 2
  • 15 B Blue Bay Asian Cafe 2
  • 16 J Jade Cafe 2
  • 17 D Dragon Treasure 2
  • 18 G Great Wall Chinese 2
  • 19 C China Cafe 2
  • 20 C China Village 2
  • 21 P Pei Wei logo Pei Wei 2
  • 22 C College Cafe 2
  • 23 O Ocean Pearl 2
  • 24 W Wonderful House 2
  • 25 P Pepper Asian Bistro 2
  • 26 G Great Wall Chinese Restaurant 2
  • 27 N New China Cafe 2
  • 28 E Egg Roll King 2
  • 29 C China Kitchen 2
  • 30 L Little Ollie's 2
  • 31 H Hunan Chinese Restaurant 2
  • 32 Z Zoe Ma Ma 2
  • 33 J John Holly's Asian Bistro 2
  • 34 K Karma Asian 1
  • 35 Y Yummy Station 1
  • 36 F Family Wok 1
  • 37 I Imperial Dragon 1
  • 38 R Rose Garden Chinese Restaurant 1
  • 39 C China Cottage 1
  • 40 F Fortune City 1
  • 41 C Crystal Island 1
  • 42 H Ho Wei Chinese Restaurant 1
  • 43 C City Wok logo City Wok 1
  • 44 N New Peking Restaurant 1
  • 45 J Jin's Asian Bistro 1
  • 46 S Szechuan Panda 1
  • 47 S Sunflower Asian Cafe 1
  • 48 M Mayflower Chinese Restaurant 1
  • 49 E East China Asian Cuisine 1
  • 50 C Chopsticks Asian Bistro 1

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