Trends · data through September 2026

Chinese in Texas

Iceflower tracks 1,680 stores from 936 Chinese chains in Texas. Noodles and Dumplings grew fastest over the last year, ahead of China Wok and Taste of China.

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
936
Tracked stores
1,680
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. Noodles and Dumplings and China Wok sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 N Noodles and Dumplings - +10.1%
2 C China Wok ▲1 +7.5%
3 T Taste of China ▲5 +7.3%
4 D Dragon House ▲4 +7.2%
5 P Panda Express logo Panda Express - +6.7%
6 M Mala Sichuan Bistro ▲3 +5.0%
7 G Golden Pot ▲3 +2.3%
8 N New China ▲3 +1.7%
9 H Hong Kong Restaurant ▲2 +0.5%
10 C China King ▲3 -0.1%
11 C Chopsticks ▲1 -1.0%
12 C Chopstix ▲1 -1.1%
13 S Shanghai Chinese Restaurant ▲3 -1.5%
14 Q Quik Wok - -1.7%
15 R Rice House ▲1 -2.6%
  • Panda Express
  • Pei Wei
  • Noodles and Dumplings
  • 888 Chinese Restaurant
  • China Wok
  • Dragon House
  • Taste of Asia
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

1,680 tracked store locations in Texas. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Panda Express (335)
  • Pei Wei (54)
  • Noodles and Dumplings (10)
  • 888 Chinese Restaurant (4)
  • China Wok (22)
  • Dragon House (3)
  • Taste of Asia (7)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

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