Trends · data through August 2026

Chicken Restaurants in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN

Iceflower tracks 465 stores from 60 chicken restaurants chains in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN. Krispy Krunchy Chicken grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Church's Chicken and Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen.

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
60
Tracked stores
465
Consumer panel
130M+

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. Krispy Krunchy Chicken and Church's Chicken sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 K Krispy Krunchy Chicken logo Krispy Krunchy Chicken - +10.4%
2 C Church's Chicken logo Church's Chicken - +6.7%
3 P Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen logo Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen - +3.7%
4 W Wingz It Iz - +3.1%
5 B Buffalo Wild Wings logo Buffalo Wild Wings ▲1 +1.3%
6 J JJ Fish & Chicken - +0.1%
7 H Harold's Chicken Shack logo Harold's Chicken Shack - -0.3%
8 W Wingstop logo Wingstop ▼1 -8.3%
9 B Byrd's Hot Chicken logo Byrd's Hot Chicken - -9.2%
10 B Big City Chicken logo Big City Chicken - -9.7%
11 H Hangry Joe's Hot Chicken & Wings logo Hangry Joe's Hot Chicken & Wings - -10.6%
12 P Pollo Campero logo Pollo Campero - -14.2%
  • Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen
  • Buffalo Wild Wings
  • Wingstop
  • Harold's Chicken Shack
  • JJ Fish & Chicken
  • Church's Chicken
  • Pollo Campero
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

465 tracked store locations in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen (136)
  • Buffalo Wild Wings (67)
  • Wingstop (123)
  • Harold's Chicken Shack (24)
  • JJ Fish & Chicken (8)
  • Church's Chicken (22)
  • Pollo Campero (5)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 P Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen logo Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen 136
  • 2 W Wingstop logo Wingstop 123
  • 3 B Buffalo Wild Wings logo Buffalo Wild Wings 67
  • 4 H Harold's Chicken Shack logo Harold's Chicken Shack 24
  • 5 C Church's Chicken logo Church's Chicken 22
  • 6 W Wing Snob logo Wing Snob 11
  • 7 J JJ Fish & Chicken 8
  • 8 P Pollo Campero logo Pollo Campero 5
  • 9 B Byrd's Hot Chicken logo Byrd's Hot Chicken 5
  • 10 K Krispy Krunchy Chicken logo Krispy Krunchy Chicken 3
  • 11 W Wingz It Iz 3
  • 12 B Big City Chicken logo Big City Chicken 3
  • 13 H Hangry Joe's Hot Chicken & Wings logo Hangry Joe's Hot Chicken & Wings 3
  • 14 A Atlas Chicken 2
  • 15 1 10Q Chicken 2
  • 16 C Chicago's Home of Chicken & Waffles 2
  • 17 B Brown's Chicken 2
  • 18 S Sharks Fish and Chicken 2
  • 19 W White Fence Farm 1
  • 20 P Popeyes Chicken & Biscuits 1
  • 21 B Benchwarmer's Grille 1
  • 22 C Chicago Wings 1
  • 23 G GFC Buffalo's 1
  • 24 S Shwings logo Shwings 1
  • 25 L Louie Wingz and Catfish 1
  • 26 H House Of Wings 1
  • 27 T Tasty Chicken and Fish 1
  • 28 G GG's Chicken Shop 1
  • 29 R Roosty's Chicken n Shakes logo Roosty's Chicken n Shakes 1
  • 30 F Flame On Peri Peri Grill 1
  • 31 C Chicken Planet 1
  • 32 K Kiki's Too 1
  • 33 R Rafa's Chicken 1
  • 34 F Fire Fry Chicken 1
  • 35 N Nash Bros 1
  • 36 T Tiger Chicken 1
  • 37 T The Art of Chicken 1
  • 38 C CityBird logo CityBird 1
  • 39 H Hangry Cluck 1
  • 40 C Chicken-N-Spice 1
  • 41 E El Pollo Real 1
  • 42 H Hot Chi Chicken 1
  • 43 M Moe's Fish Chicken & Grill 1
  • 44 D Dell Rhea's Chicken Basket 1
  • 45 E Evanston Chicken Shack 1
  • 46 S Slim Chickens logo Slim Chickens 1
  • 47 U Uncle Remus Saucy Fried Chicken 1
  • 48 O Output Berwyn 1
  • 49 H Harold's Timeout Bar & Grill 1
  • 50 S Super Sharks 1

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