10 Asian Food Franchises We Love

From mouth-watering pho to customizable teriyaki bowls, here are 10 of the best restaurant franchises mastering the art of Asian cuisine.

Asian food is extremely popular in the U.S. — in fact, it is the fastest-growing category in the restaurant segment.

As a result, there is no shortage of wildly successful Asian food franchise concepts taking advantage of this insatiable consumer demand. Many of these concepts offer entrepreneurs the opportunity to invest in a proven business model, with streamlined operations and authentically diverse menus. Additionally, Asian cuisine has traditionally translated well to off-premise and take-out, which is becoming more and more relevant moving into a post-pandemic world.

Whether it be Thai, Japanese or Chinese cuisine, here are 10 of the Asian food franchises we love.

• Units: 10

• Start-up costs: $400,800-$617,250

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• Units: 726

• Start-up costs: $781,793-$2,110,500

• Units: 150

• Start-up costs: $327,200-$678,260

• Units: 50+

• Start-up costs: $346,600-$973,500

• Units: 75

• Start-up costs: $267,600-$523,380

• Units: 285

• Start-up costs: $337,900-$753,700

• Units: 208

• Start-up costs: $133,700-$525,000

• Start-up costs: $100,000

• Units: 105

• Start-up costs: $476,050-$787,500

• Units: 302

• Start-up costs: $364,400-$726,700