Trends · data through September 2026

Japanese & Korean in Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL

Iceflower tracks 210 stores from 185 Japanese & Korean chains in Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL. Hibachi Express grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Sarku Japan and Kobe Japanese Steakhouse.

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
185
Tracked stores
210
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. Hibachi Express and Sarku Japan sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 H Hibachi Express - +4.9%
2 S Sarku Japan logo Sarku Japan - +1.7%
3 K Kobe Japanese Steakhouse logo Kobe Japanese Steakhouse - +1.4%
4 P Poke Island Plus - -0.9%
5 E E Sushi Japanese Restaurant - -6.9%
  • Kobe Japanese Steakhouse
  • KPOT Korean BBQ & Hot Pot
  • Rock N Raw
  • Sushi Yama
  • Tori Bar
  • Hibachi Express
  • Yamato Japanese Steakhouse
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

210 tracked store locations in Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Kobe Japanese Steakhouse (4)
  • KPOT Korean BBQ & Hot Pot (2)
  • Rock N Raw (1)
  • Sushi Yama (1)
  • Tori Bar (1)
  • Hibachi Express (7)
  • Yamato Japanese Steakhouse (1)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 H Hibachi Express 7
  • 2 K Kobe Japanese Steakhouse logo Kobe Japanese Steakhouse 4
  • 3 P Poke Island Plus 3
  • 4 S Sarku Japan logo Sarku Japan 3
  • 5 E E Sushi Japanese Restaurant 3
  • 6 P Pacific Counter 2
  • 7 F Fuji Hibachi Express 2
  • 8 T Teriyaki Madness logo Teriyaki Madness 2
  • 9 D Domoishi logo Domoishi 2
  • 10 S Sushi Rock 2
  • 11 R Rock N Roll Sushi logo Rock N Roll Sushi 2
  • 12 B bb.q Chicken logo bb.q Chicken 2
  • 13 S Sake House 2
  • 14 K KPOT Korean BBQ & Hot Pot logo KPOT Korean BBQ & Hot Pot 2
  • 15 H Hibachi Japanese Express 2
  • 16 K Kyoto Ramen 1
  • 17 B BluWave Sushi 1
  • 18 K Kyoto Express 1
  • 19 S Sushi Masa logo Sushi Masa 1
  • 20 G Ginza 1
  • 21 N Nori Nori - Craft Handrolls 1
  • 22 H Happy Fish Sushi Pines 1
  • 23 T Tokyo Sushi Bar 1
  • 24 S Sip Sip 1
  • 25 R Rain Japanese Sushi Bar and Thai 1
  • 26 N Nigori Sushi & Grill 1
  • 27 P Poke Fish 1
  • 28 D Dosunco RAMEN 1
  • 29 J Jinju Korean Grill and Sushi 1
  • 30 R Rock N Raw 1
  • 31 O Old Heights Bistro 1
  • 32 K Kobe Italian 1
  • 33 P Pepper Lunch logo Pepper Lunch 1
  • 34 S Sailing Poke Bowl 1
  • 35 S Sushark 1
  • 36 P Poke Paradise 1
  • 37 B Blue Sake 1
  • 38 N Nam's Sushi 54 1
  • 39 O Oishi Sushi Bar 1
  • 40 I Ichiban Sushi 1
  • 41 S Sushi Hana 1
  • 42 K Koizi Endless Hibachi & Sushi Eatery 1
  • 43 U U Poke Spot 1
  • 44 F Fusion Bowl 1
  • 45 T Temak House logo Temak House 1
  • 46 B BG Robata logo BG Robata 1
  • 47 U Umai Sushi 1
  • 48 M Mr. Sushi 1
  • 49 I Ichiban Japanese Restaurant 1
  • 50 O One Family Korean Restaurant 1

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