Trends · data through September 2026

Japanese & Korean in New York

Iceflower tracks 1,231 stores from 1,023 Japanese & Korean chains in New York. Bondi Sushi grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Mitsuba and Kura Revolving Sushi Bar.

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
1,023
Tracked stores
1,231
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. Bondi Sushi and Mitsuba sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 B Bondi Sushi ▲2 +17.1%
2 M Mitsuba - +9.6%
3 K Kura Revolving Sushi Bar logo Kura Revolving Sushi Bar - +0.9%
4 M Mizu Sushi ▲1 +0.5%
5 S Sushi King logo Sushi King - -0.6%
6 S Sakura ▲2 -1.8%
7 O Osaka Japanese Restaurant ▲1 -2.2%
8 S SUGARFISH by sushi nozawa ▲3 -2.8%
9 R Raku ▼1 -4.0%
10 M Mikado - -4.1%
11 S Sarku Japan logo Sarku Japan ▲1 -4.1%
12 K KPOT Korean BBQ & Hot Pot logo KPOT Korean BBQ & Hot Pot - -4.5%
13 B Benihana logo Benihana - -5.0%
14 K Kumo Sushi - -8.2%
15 P Pelicana Chicken - -8.3%
  • KPOT Korean BBQ & Hot Pot
  • Fuji Grill
  • Akina Sushi & Hibachi
  • Azuma Sushi Bistro
  • Sake Bomb
  • Saika Sushi
  • Mitsuba
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

1,231 tracked store locations in New York. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • KPOT Korean BBQ & Hot Pot (12)
  • Fuji Grill (2)
  • Akina Sushi & Hibachi (1)
  • Azuma Sushi Bistro (1)
  • Sake Bomb (1)
  • Saika Sushi (1)
  • Mitsuba (4)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

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