Trends · data through September 2026

Japanese & Korean in Connecticut

Iceflower tracks 188 stores from 173 Japanese & Korean chains in Connecticut. Bonchon Chicken grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Teriyaki Madness and Hungry Pot Korean BBQ & Hot Pot.

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
173
Tracked stores
188
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked Japanese & Korean 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. Bonchon Chicken and Teriyaki Madness sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 B Bonchon Chicken logo Bonchon Chicken - +14.9%
2 T Teriyaki Madness logo Teriyaki Madness - -2.1%
3 H Hungry Pot Korean BBQ & Hot Pot - -7.3%
4 S Sushi Palace - -81.1%
  • Sakura Garden
  • Ichiban
  • Toyo Hibachi
  • Hungry Pot Korean BBQ & Hot Pot
  • Mido Sushi Bistro & Bar
  • Sushi House
  • KPOT Korean BBQ & Hot Pot
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

188 tracked store locations in Connecticut. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Sakura Garden (2)
  • Ichiban (1)
  • Toyo Hibachi (1)
  • Hungry Pot Korean BBQ & Hot Pot (3)
  • Mido Sushi Bistro & Bar (1)
  • Sushi House (2)
  • KPOT Korean BBQ & Hot Pot (2)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 T Teriyaki Madness logo Teriyaki Madness 5
  • 2 H Hungry Pot Korean BBQ & Hot Pot 3
  • 3 B Bonchon Chicken logo Bonchon Chicken 3
  • 4 S Sushi Palace 3
  • 5 S Sakura Garden 2
  • 6 G Ginza Japanese Cuisine 2
  • 7 S Sushi House 2
  • 8 K KPOT Korean BBQ & Hot Pot logo KPOT Korean BBQ & Hot Pot 2
  • 9 S Sarku Japan logo Sarku Japan 2
  • 10 S Sushi Red LLC 1
  • 11 H House of Yoshida 1
  • 12 K Kotobuki Japanese Restaurant 1
  • 13 T Tengda 1
  • 14 Y Yamasaki Teriyaki 1
  • 15 F Fusion 25 1
  • 16 S Shiki Hana 1
  • 17 L Love Meat Korean BBQ 1
  • 18 K Kira Sushi 1
  • 19 O Open Rice 1
  • 20 I I Love Sushi 1
  • 21 O OKO 1
  • 22 O Otaru Sushi Bar 1
  • 23 B Bond Grill 1
  • 24 H Housaku Asian Fusion 1
  • 25 G Guji 1
  • 26 M Mom and Pop Poke and Sushi 1
  • 27 P Pick & Mix 1
  • 28 R Reiki Sushi & Asian Bistro 1
  • 29 J Ju Sushi 1
  • 30 T Tokyo II 1
  • 31 S Sushi Soba 1
  • 32 B Blue Orchid 1
  • 33 S Su & Sa Sushi and Salad 1
  • 34 G Ginza II Japanese Restaurant 1
  • 35 A Akita 1
  • 36 H Hungry Pot Korean BBQ and Hot Pot Cajun Seafood 1
  • 37 T Toro Restaurant 1
  • 38 A Abis 1
  • 39 B Bambou Asian Tapas and Bar 1
  • 40 M Mici Asian Bistro logo Mici Asian Bistro 1
  • 41 A Asiana Bistro 1
  • 42 B Bonsai Japanese Restaurant 1
  • 43 K Kama Sushi 1
  • 44 O Oishi Sushi & Izakaya 1
  • 45 T Teriyaki Box 1
  • 46 B bb.q Chicken logo bb.q Chicken 1
  • 47 K Kumo Sushi & Lounge 1
  • 48 M Masago Sushi 1
  • 49 S Shumi Revolving Sushi 1
  • 50 M Mecha-Uma 1

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