Trends · data through September 2026

Japanese & Korean in Massachusetts

Iceflower tracks 322 stores from 281 Japanese & Korean chains in Massachusetts. Sarku Japan grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Gyu-Kaku Japanese BBQ and bb.q Chicken.

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
281
Tracked stores
322
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. Sarku Japan and Gyu-Kaku Japanese BBQ sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 S Sarku Japan logo Sarku Japan - +0.5%
2 G Gyu-Kaku Japanese BBQ logo Gyu-Kaku Japanese BBQ - -1.3%
3 B bb.q Chicken logo bb.q Chicken - -2.7%
4 S Sakura - -4.7%
5 B Bonchon Chicken logo Bonchon Chicken - -11.8%
6 T Tokyo Steakhouse - -14.2%
  • Gyu-Kaku Japanese BBQ
  • Happy Lamb Hot Pot
  • Lola 42
  • Kyoto
  • Kura Revolving Sushi Bar
  • Tokyo Steakhouse
  • Ruka
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

322 tracked store locations in Massachusetts. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Gyu-Kaku Japanese BBQ (4)
  • Happy Lamb Hot Pot (2)
  • Lola 42 (1)
  • Kyoto (1)
  • Kura Revolving Sushi Bar (3)
  • Tokyo Steakhouse (3)
  • Ruka (1)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

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