Trends · data through September 2026

Japanese & Korean in Washington

Iceflower tracks 829 stores from 621 Japanese & Korean chains in Washington. Kim's Teriyaki grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Best Teriyaki and Ichiban Teriyaki.

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
621
Tracked stores
829
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. Kim's Teriyaki and Best Teriyaki sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 K Kim's Teriyaki ▲1 +15.1%
2 B Best Teriyaki ▲6 +14.8%
3 I Ichiban Teriyaki - +12.9%
4 H Happy Teriyaki ▲1 +6.7%
5 K Kamakura Japanese Cuisine ▲1 +6.3%
6 T Teriyaki Town ▲1 +4.7%
7 H Happy at the Bay Teriyaki ▲1 +3.4%
8 J Joy Teriyaki - +2.6%
9 N Niko Teriyaki ▲1 +2.5%
10 T Teriyaki Wok ▲1 +2.2%
11 K Kizuki Ramen & Izakaya - +1.1%
12 T Teriyaki Spice ▲1 +0.9%
13 M Manna Teriyaki - -0.5%
14 I IJ Sushi Burrito logo IJ Sushi Burrito ▲4 -0.7%
15 B Big Fish Sushi - -1.3%
  • Trapper's Sushi
  • Kizuki Ramen & Izakaya
  • Happy Teriyaki
  • Ichi Teriyaki
  • Fujiyama Japanese Steakhouse
  • Chung's Teriyaki
  • Sumo Sushi
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

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

  • Trapper's Sushi (6)
  • Kizuki Ramen & Izakaya (6)
  • Happy Teriyaki (13)
  • Ichi Teriyaki (12)
  • Fujiyama Japanese Steakhouse (3)
  • Chung's Teriyaki (2)
  • Sumo Sushi (2)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

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