Trends · data through September 2026

Chinese in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV

Iceflower tracks 621 stores from 413 Chinese chains in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV. Dumpling District grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Eastern Carryout and Hunan Cafe.

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
413
Tracked stores
621
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. Dumpling District and Eastern Carryout sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 D Dumpling District ▲3 +11.7%
2 E Eastern Carryout ▲1 +10.3%
3 H Hunan Cafe - +8.2%
4 P Panda Express logo Panda Express - +6.9%
5 T Top's China ▲5 +6.7%
6 Y Yu Noodles ▲4 +4.9%
7 C China Garden - +2.1%
8 E Eddie's Carryout ▲2 +2.0%
9 C China Express ▲3 +1.5%
10 H Hunan Delight ▲2 -0.5%
11 K Kenny's Sub Shop - -0.8%
12 Y Yum's Carryout ▼1 -0.9%
13 P Panda Cafe ▲2 -1.4%
14 C China King - -3.0%
15 Y Young Chow Cafe ▼2 -3.2%
  • Panda Express
  • Hunan Cafe
  • Grace's Mandarin
  • China King
  • Ugly Dumpling
  • Grace's Steak & Seafood
  • China Garden
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

621 tracked store locations in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Panda Express (51)
  • Hunan Cafe (14)
  • Grace's Mandarin (1)
  • China King (5)
  • Ugly Dumpling (4)
  • Grace's Steak & Seafood (1)
  • China Garden (5)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

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