Trends · data through September 2026

Japanese & Korean in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA

Iceflower tracks 226 stores from 190 Japanese & Korean chains in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA. bb.q Chicken grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Marugame Udon and Sarku Japan.

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
190
Tracked stores
226
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. bb.q Chicken and Marugame Udon sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 B bb.q Chicken logo bb.q Chicken - +14.1%
2 M Marugame Udon logo Marugame Udon - +5.9%
3 S Sarku Japan logo Sarku Japan - -0.3%
4 S SGD Tofu House - -3.5%
5 S Sushi Confidential - -5.7%
6 B Bonchon Chicken logo Bonchon Chicken - -14.4%
7 S Sizzling Lunch - -24.2%
  • Teriyaki Madness
  • Marugame Udon
  • Benihana
  • Ramen Nagi
  • Kura Revolving Sushi Bar
  • Sarku Japan
  • Sushi Confidential
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

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

  • Teriyaki Madness (4)
  • Marugame Udon (3)
  • Benihana (1)
  • Ramen Nagi (2)
  • Kura Revolving Sushi Bar (2)
  • Sarku Japan (3)
  • Sushi Confidential (3)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

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