Growth ranking
Fastest-growing tracked chicken restaurants 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. Epic Wings and The Crack Shack sit in the high-growth half.
#
Chain
YoY growth
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
E
Epic Wings
|
- | +17.7% |
| 2 | T The Crack Shack | ▲1 | +9.2% |
| 3 | L Los Pollos Bros | ▲1 | +6.5% |
| 4 |
B
Buffalo Wild Wings
|
- | +5.4% |
| 5 | M Main Chick Hot Chicken | ▲1 | +1.8% |
| 6 | G Gus's World Famous Fried Chicken | ▲1 | +1.1% |
| 7 |
P
Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen
|
- | -0.0% |
| 8 | S Starbird Chicken | ▲2 | -2.9% |
| 9 |
J
Juan Pollo
|
- | -3.2% |
| 10 | W Wings Empire | - | -5.6% |
| 11 |
C
Church's Chicken
|
- | -7.5% |
| 12 | T The Chicken Shack | - | -8.5% |
| 13 |
W
Wingstop
|
- | -10.6% |
| 14 |
F
Fire Wings
|
▼1 | -19.0% |
| 15 | T The Buffalo Spot | ▼1 | -36.2% |
- Wingstop
- Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen
- Buffalo Wild Wings
- Epic Wings
- Angry Chickz
- Church's Chicken
- Juan Pollo
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
931 tracked store locations in California. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.
- Wingstop (325)
- Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen (212)
- Buffalo Wild Wings (89)
- Epic Wings (15)
- Angry Chickz (17)
- Church's Chicken (42)
- Juan Pollo (20)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
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1
W
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2
P
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3
B
-
4
C
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5
J
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6
A
Angry Chickz 17
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7
E
- 8 T The Buffalo Spot 12
- 9 L Louisiana Fried Chicken 11
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10
F
-
11
P
Pollo Campero 10
- 12 L Louisiana Famous Fried Chicken 8
- 13 S Starbird Chicken 7
-
14
K
Krispy Krunchy Chicken 4
- 15 T The Chicken Shack 4
- 16 K Kiki's Chicken Place 4
- 17 M Main Chick Hot Chicken 4
- 18 R Roscoe's House of Chicken and Waffles 4
- 19 L Los Pollos Bros 3
- 20 G Gus's World Famous Fried Chicken 3
- 21 L Luu's Chicken Bowl 3
- 22 C Clyde's Hot Chicken 3
-
23
C
Calif Chicken Cafe 3
- 24 W Wings Empire 3
- 25 H Houston TX Hot Chicken 3
- 26 T The Crack Shack 3
- 27 P Pelicana Chicken 2
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28
W
Wing Factory 2
- 29 T The Chicken Shop 2
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30
C
Cluck Kitchen 2
- 31 J JJ Fish & Chicken 2
- 32 C Charo Chicken 2
- 33 S SoCal Wings 2
- 34 D Dino's Famous Chicken 2
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35
V
Vons Chicken 2
-
36
C
Chicken Guy 2
- 37 P Pop's Chicken 2
- 38 T The Chicken Koop 2
- 39 C Chicken Now 2
- 40 J Juan's Rotisserie Chicken 2
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41
B
Baba's Hot Chicken 2
-
42
W
Wing Zone 1
- 43 H Hot Boys 1
- 44 S Super Pollo 1
- 45 H Hot Wings Cafe 1
- 46 P Pollo A La Brasa 1
- 47 2 2Krzy Grill 1
- 48 B Buffalo jack’s 1
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49
W
Wings To Go 1
- 50 G Golden Rotisserie 1
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