Trends · data through September 2026

Chinese in Minnesota

Iceflower tracks 288 stores from 195 Chinese chains in Minnesota. China One grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Panda Express and Golden Wok.

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
195
Tracked stores
288
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. China One and Panda Express sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 C China One ▲1 +18.1%
2 P Panda Express logo Panda Express - +12.6%
3 G Golden Wok - +0.6%
4 N New China - -1.4%
5 L Leeann Chin logo Leeann Chin - -5.0%
6 C China Wok - -5.6%
7 C China King - -7.4%
8 C China Star - -9.1%
9 G Great Wall - -12.1%
10 C China Panda ▼1 -22.5%
  • Panda Express
  • Leeann Chin
  • New China
  • Mandarin Kitchen
  • New Dragon Acupressure
  • China King
  • Saturday Dumpling Co
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

288 tracked store locations in Minnesota. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Panda Express (22)
  • Leeann Chin (40)
  • New China (4)
  • Mandarin Kitchen (1)
  • New Dragon Acupressure (1)
  • China King (3)
  • Saturday Dumpling Co (1)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

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