Trends · data through September 2026

Boba & Drink Shops in New York

Iceflower tracks 266 stores from 143 boba & drink shops in New York. Tai Chi Bubble Tea grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Gong Cha and Vivi Bubble Tea.

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
143
Tracked stores
266
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked boba & drink shops

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. Tai Chi Bubble Tea and Gong Cha sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 T Tai Chi Bubble Tea logo Tai Chi Bubble Tea - +13.0%
2 G Gong Cha logo Gong Cha - +7.5%
3 V Vivi Bubble Tea logo Vivi Bubble Tea - -11.0%
4 T Tea and Milk - -11.2%
5 I I'Milky ▲1 -19.5%
6 K Kung Fu Tea logo Kung Fu Tea - -23.5%
7 M Minogues Beverage Center - -43.2%
8 Y Yi Fang Taiwan Fruit Tea logo Yi Fang Taiwan Fruit Tea - -52.2%
9 C CoCo Fresh Tea & Juice ▼1 -54.8%
  • Tai Chi Bubble Tea
  • Minogues Beverage Center
  • Kinderhook Wine & Spirits
  • Gong Cha
  • Cake Bar
  • Kung Fu Tea
  • HEYTEA
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

266 tracked store locations in New York. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Tai Chi Bubble Tea (10)
  • Minogues Beverage Center (3)
  • Kinderhook Wine & Spirits (1)
  • Gong Cha (22)
  • Cake Bar (1)
  • Kung Fu Tea (43)
  • HEYTEA (8)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 K Kung Fu Tea logo Kung Fu Tea 43
  • 2 G Gong Cha logo Gong Cha 22
  • 3 T Tai Chi Bubble Tea logo Tai Chi Bubble Tea 10
  • 4 H HEYTEA logo HEYTEA 8
  • 5 C CoCo Fresh Tea & Juice 6
  • 6 M Mr. Wish logo Mr. Wish 5
  • 7 Y Yaya Tea logo Yaya Tea 5
  • 8 Y Yaaas Tea logo Yaaas Tea 4
  • 9 T Tea and Milk 4
  • 10 T Tiger Sugar logo Tiger Sugar 4
  • 11 V Vivi Bubble Tea logo Vivi Bubble Tea 4
  • 12 M Momo Ashi 3
  • 13 Y Yi Fang Taiwan Fruit Tea logo Yi Fang Taiwan Fruit Tea 3
  • 14 I I'Milky 3
  • 15 M Minogues Beverage Center 3
  • 16 R Rowseelee 2
  • 17 M Möge Tee logo Möge Tee 2
  • 18 B Bing Ling Tea 2
  • 19 X Xing Fu Tang 2
  • 20 B Boba Guys logo Boba Guys 2
  • 21 B Bambu logo Bambu 2
  • 22 B Black Pearl Bubble Tea 2
  • 23 J Jooy Tea Shoppe 2
  • 24 C Chun Yang Tea 2
  • 25 U U Tea 2
  • 26 M Molly Tea 2
  • 27 K Kazami 1
  • 28 L Laankee 1
  • 29 Y Yum Ice Cream & Bubble Tea 1
  • 30 H Hawa Bubble Tea 1
  • 31 C Cuppa Tea 1
  • 32 M Modern Tea Shop 1
  • 33 S Shiny Tea 1
  • 34 B Bubble Tea-Ology 1
  • 35 L Love Mi Yogurt 1
  • 36 L Lil M Bubble Tea logo Lil M Bubble Tea 1
  • 37 B Bubble Bear Tea 1
  • 38 T Teapsy 1
  • 39 T Teapulse 1
  • 40 C Corona D'oro 1
  • 41 M M Tea 1
  • 42 Y Yaya Tea Hicksville 1
  • 43 T Teazzi Tea Shop 1
  • 44 B Boba Fries 1
  • 45 F Food and Ferments logo Food and Ferments 1
  • 46 M Machi machi 1
  • 47 B Bear Bubble Tea 1
  • 48 T Ten Ren's Tea Time 1
  • 49 D Dots Pantry 1
  • 50 R Romanteac Bubble Tea Dessert 1

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