Trends · data through September 2026

Indian & South Asian in the United States

Iceflower tracks 5,153 stores from 3,439 Indian & South Asian chains in the United States. Himalayan Flavor grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Red Fort Cuisine Of India and Curry Corner.

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
3,439
Tracked stores
5,153
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked Indian & South Asian 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. Himalayan Flavor and Red Fort Cuisine Of India sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 H Himalayan Flavor ▲5 +17.9%
2 R Red Fort Cuisine Of India logo Red Fort Cuisine Of India - +17.3%
3 C Curry Corner ▲17 +15.6%
4 S Star of India ▲6 +15.1%
5 B Botiwalla ▲15 +13.8%
6 S Saffron Indian Bistro ▲11 +13.4%
7 S Saffron Patch ▲16 +13.3%
8 S Saffron Indian Cuisine ▲4 +11.8%
9 G Gateway To India ▲16 +11.7%
10 M Maharaj Indian Grill ▲13 +10.0%
11 M Mint ▲14 +9.5%
12 S Saffron Indian Restaurant ▲11 +9.2%
13 E Everest Kitchen ▲15 +9.0%
14 D Desi District logo Desi District ▲3 +8.8%
15 S Spice of India ▲9 +8.7%
  • Morongo Band of Mission Indians
  • Taste of India
  • Red Fort Cuisine Of India
  • Taj Indian Cuisine
  • India Palace
  • Tandoor
  • Shalimar
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

5,153 tracked store locations in the United States. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Morongo Band of Mission Indians (1)
  • Taste of India (76)
  • Red Fort Cuisine Of India (4)
  • Taj Indian Cuisine (12)
  • India Palace (35)
  • Tandoor (25)
  • Shalimar (10)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

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