Trends · data through September 2026

Chinese in Kentucky

Iceflower tracks 198 stores from 141 Chinese chains in Kentucky. Panda Express grew fastest over the last year, ahead of China Wok and China Cafe.

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
141
Tracked stores
198
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 China Wok sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 P Panda Express logo Panda Express - +17.6%
2 C China Wok - +9.3%
3 C China Cafe - -1.5%
4 C China King - -4.1%
5 C China Star - -5.4%
6 G Great Wall - -9.5%
7 1 123 Cafe - -11.2%
  • Panda Express
  • China King
  • Oriental Wok
  • Double Dragon
  • Max Orient
  • Mandarin House
  • Double Dragon II
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

198 tracked store locations in Kentucky. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Panda Express (17)
  • China King (10)
  • Oriental Wok (2)
  • Double Dragon (2)
  • Max Orient (1)
  • Mandarin House (2)
  • Double Dragon II (1)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

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