Chains From China · a daily census by Twoshoe Labs
The daily census of China-origin retail The daily census of China-origin retail in the United States
Chains From China 中国连锁在美门市

Open in the US this morning

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The authoritative source on where China's chains are open in America: bubble tea, hot pot, art toys, sportswear and more.

Each figure comes from the company's own store locator, read every morning, and/or is verified by hand, one outlet at a time. Nothing is estimated unless shown (†).

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Map By state

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National view. Zooming in replaces clusters with brand-logo pins. For a breakdown by state, the by-state view lists every state.

There and here

The same counter, half a world apart.

One chain at home and in America — the Chinese storefront where it began, and a US branch today.

A MIXUE (蜜雪冰城) tea and ice cream storefront in Zhengzhou, China 郑州
Zhengzhou, Henan. Where MIXUE 蜜雪冰城 began.Windmemories / CC BY-SA 4.0
A US MIXUE storefront at Broadway and West 32nd Street, New York New York, NY
New York, NY. The same chain, open in the US today.4300streetcar / CC BY 4.0

Outlets by sector

Each dot is one outlet.

Host neighborhoods†

2.3× as many residents identifying as of Asian descent/origin as the US as a whole, for the typical outlet's census tract

Top metros

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Sightings

Typical storefronts — photo submissions welcome.

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History and alerts
The full daily archive; a note when a chain opens in a state, metro or center you follow.
Store-level exports
Every outlet with address, coordinates, status and first-seen date, as CSV or GeoJSON.
Co-tenancy and gaps
Which owners host these tenants, and which of their centers still have none.
Revenue and prices†
Per-outlet revenue ranges, plus tracked list prices for signature items versus the same in China.