Trends · data through September 2026

Chinese in Washington

Iceflower tracks 490 stores from 361 Chinese chains in Washington. Din Tai Fung grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Panda Express and Dough Zone.

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
361
Tracked stores
490
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. Din Tai Fung and Panda Express sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 D Din Tai Fung logo Din Tai Fung - +5.0%
2 P Panda Express logo Panda Express - +3.3%
3 D Dough Zone - +0.3%
4 A Apple Teriyaki - -2.8%
5 H Hong Kong Restaurant - -3.4%
6 C China City - -4.4%
7 C Chopsticks - -32.9%
  • Panda Express
  • Din Tai Fung
  • Dough Zone
  • Lucky Dragon
  • China City
  • China Sun Buffet
  • Emperor's Palace
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

490 tracked store locations in Washington. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Panda Express (80)
  • Din Tai Fung (3)
  • Dough Zone (10)
  • Lucky Dragon (1)
  • China City (3)
  • China Sun Buffet (1)
  • Emperor's Palace (2)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

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