Trends · data through September 2026

Chinese in Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI

Iceflower tracks 224 stores from 156 Chinese chains in Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI. Panda Express grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Golden Wok and Leeann Chin.

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
156
Tracked stores
224
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 Golden Wok sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 P Panda Express logo Panda Express - +10.9%
2 G Golden Wok - +3.2%
3 L Leeann Chin logo Leeann Chin - -3.9%
  • Panda Express
  • Leeann Chin
  • Mandarin Kitchen
  • New Dragon Acupressure
  • Saturday Dumpling Co
  • Big Bowl
  • China Wok
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

224 tracked store locations in Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Panda Express (20)
  • Leeann Chin (39)
  • Mandarin Kitchen (1)
  • New Dragon Acupressure (1)
  • Saturday Dumpling Co (1)
  • Big Bowl (2)
  • China Wok (2)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 L Leeann Chin logo Leeann Chin 39
  • 2 P Panda Express logo Panda Express 20
  • 3 G Golden Wok 3
  • 4 C China Panda 2
  • 5 C China Moon 2
  • 6 A Asian Express 2
  • 7 H Hong Kong Restaurant 2
  • 8 W Wong's Kitchen 2
  • 9 E Eddie Cheng 2
  • 10 S Skyway Wok 2
  • 11 C China Wok 2
  • 12 B Big Bowl logo Big Bowl 2
  • 13 M Mandarin Kitchen 1
  • 14 C China King 1
  • 15 S Star Dragon 1
  • 16 L Lucky Dragon Restaurant 1
  • 17 T Tea House St. Paul 1
  • 18 R Rainbow Chinese Restaurant 1
  • 19 N New Hong Kong Wok 1
  • 20 L Lucky Kitchen 1
  • 21 R Red Dragon 1
  • 22 N New China Royal Restaurant 1
  • 23 B Bamboo Village 1
  • 24 C China City 1
  • 25 R Red Moon Asian Cuisine 1
  • 26 T Tasty Asia Take-Out 1
  • 27 A Annie's Wok 1
  • 28 L Lucky Panda 1
  • 29 J Jade 88 Chinese Restaurant 1
  • 30 S So Good China Restaurant 1
  • 31 S Sky Dragon 1
  • 32 G Great Dragon 1
  • 33 K Keng's Chow Mein 1
  • 34 H House of Kirin Chinese Restaurant 1
  • 35 Z Zen Asia 1
  • 36 N New Asia 1
  • 37 G Golden Crown Chinese Restaurant 1
  • 38 C China House Restaurant 1
  • 39 M Mei Inn 1
  • 40 L Lakeville Chinese Restaurant 1
  • 41 F Far East Restaurant 1
  • 42 C Chin Yuen 1
  • 43 N No 1 China 1
  • 44 C Chinese Express 1
  • 45 C China Star 1
  • 46 U U Garden Restaurant and Event Center 1
  • 47 R Rising Dragon 1
  • 48 G Global Wok 1
  • 49 H Hana Bistro 1
  • 50 K King's City 1

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