Trends · data through September 2026

Japanese & Korean in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV

Iceflower tracks 525 stores from 373 Japanese & Korean chains in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV. Kura Revolving Sushi Bar grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Quickway and Umi Japanese Cuisine.

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
373
Tracked stores
525
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. Kura Revolving Sushi Bar and Quickway sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 K Kura Revolving Sushi Bar logo Kura Revolving Sushi Bar ▲1 +18.5%
2 Q Quickway ▲1 +8.8%
3 U Umi Japanese Cuisine - +8.6%
4 J Japan Express - +7.6%
5 H Honey Pig logo Honey Pig - +5.7%
6 J JINYA Ramen Bar logo JINYA Ramen Bar - +4.9%
7 P Passion Fin - +2.4%
8 R Rainbow Sushi - +2.0%
9 5 54 Restaurant - -0.6%
10 Q Quickway Japanese Hibachi logo Quickway Japanese Hibachi - -2.3%
11 B bb.q Chicken logo bb.q Chicken - -3.2%
12 S Seoul Spice logo Seoul Spice ▼2 -5.6%
13 B Bonchon Chicken logo Bonchon Chicken - -5.8%
14 K Kobe Japanese Steak & Seafood House - -9.4%
15 S Sarku Japan logo Sarku Japan - -11.0%
  • KPOT Korean BBQ & Hot Pot
  • Quickway Japanese Hibachi
  • Sakura Japanese Steakhouse
  • Iron Age
  • Sarku Japan
  • Kobe Japanese Steak & Seafood House
  • Bonchon Chicken
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

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

  • KPOT Korean BBQ & Hot Pot (9)
  • Quickway Japanese Hibachi (26)
  • Sakura Japanese Steakhouse (2)
  • Iron Age (4)
  • Sarku Japan (17)
  • Kobe Japanese Steak & Seafood House (4)
  • Bonchon Chicken (19)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

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