Trends · data through September 2026

Chinese in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA

Iceflower tracks 188 stores from 142 Chinese chains in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA.

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
142
Tracked stores
188
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 King Eggroll sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 P Panda Express logo Panda Express - +1.7%
2 K King Eggroll - -9.0%
  • Panda Express
  • Din Tai Fung
  • King Eggroll
  • Chef Chu's
  • Home Eat
  • Dough Zone
  • Shihlin Taiwan Street Snacks
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

188 tracked store locations in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Panda Express (30)
  • Din Tai Fung (1)
  • King Eggroll (3)
  • Chef Chu's (1)
  • Home Eat (2)
  • Dough Zone (2)
  • Shihlin Taiwan Street Snacks (2)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 P Panda Express logo Panda Express 30
  • 2 K King Eggroll 3
  • 3 C Chinese Gourmet Express 2
  • 4 T Top Cafe 2
  • 5 G Great Wall 2
  • 6 N Noodle Talk 2
  • 7 O O2 Valley logo O2 Valley 2
  • 8 C Chick & Tea 2
  • 9 G Ginger Cafe 2
  • 10 I Inchin's Bamboo Garden 2
  • 11 R Red Hot Wok 2
  • 12 C China Delight 2
  • 13 H Home Eat 2
  • 14 D Dough Zone 2
  • 15 J Jade China 2
  • 16 T Tai Pan 2
  • 17 S Shihlin Taiwan Street Snacks 2
  • 18 F First Wok 1
  • 19 T Tai Kee Won Ton 1
  • 20 N New Hwong Kok 1
  • 21 T Taste Good Beijing Cuisine 1
  • 22 Y Yummy Kitchen 1
  • 23 F Flaming Ox 1
  • 24 S Shanghai 1
  • 25 U Ume Chinese Food 1
  • 26 K Kitchen of Grace 1
  • 27 C China Inn 1
  • 28 T Tao Tao 1
  • 29 M Mr. Chau's 1
  • 30 C Cooking Papa 1
  • 31 F Fu Kee 1
  • 32 B Best Taste Chinese Restaurant 1
  • 33 K King Wah 1
  • 34 C China Wok 1
  • 35 X XLB Kitchen 1
  • 36 T Tong Soon Garden 1
  • 37 M Mandarin House 1
  • 38 C China Chen 1
  • 39 J Jin Jin Gourmet 1
  • 40 R Red Chili 1
  • 41 T Taste of China 1
  • 42 J Joy Dumpling 1
  • 43 M Mr. Hong's 1
  • 44 M Mr. Hong's Chinese Fast Food 1
  • 45 C China Stix 1
  • 46 T Tong Dumpling 1
  • 47 E Edna Ray Chinese Restaurant 1
  • 48 S Sifu Wong Kitchen 1
  • 49 F Fat Wok 1
  • 50 K Kingwuu 1

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