Chain · United Kingdom · data through August 2026

K KFC logo KFC

Iceflower tracks 925 KFC stores across 12 of the UK's 12 regions and nations. It ranks #2 of 4,324 tracked UK fast food restaurants chains by card spend. Its share of tracked category spend moved -3.9% over the last year.

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 stores
925
Regions
12
Category
Fast Food Restaurant
Category rank
#2

Growth

KFC against its category

The biggest tracked UK fast food restaurants chains by card spend, with year-over-year growth of category share. Share means a chain's slice of tracked category spend. It can decline while the chain's own sales grow. The chart tracks KFC's share of the category quarter by quarter, indexed to 2024 Q3 = 100.

# Chain YoY share
1 M McDonald's logo McDonald's +1.2%
2 K KFC logo KFC -3.9%
3 B Burger King logo Burger King -4.0%
4 I IKEA Restaurant logo IKEA Restaurant -12.0%
5 P Pepe's logo Pepe's -
6 F Five Guys logo Five Guys -40.3%
7 T Taco Bell logo Taco Bell -2.6%
8 I itsu logo itsu -12.0%
9 G German Doner Kebab logo German Doner Kebab +2.6%
10 P Popeyes Louisiana Chicken logo Popeyes Louisiana Chicken +15.4%

Share of tracked category spend, indexed

100 97.6 2024 Q3 2026 Q2

Store footprint

Store map

925 tracked KFC locations across 12 of the UK's 12 regions and nations.

Tracked stores by region

  • London 167
  • South East 137
  • North West 104
  • East of England 87
  • West Midlands 74
  • Yorkshire and The Humber 72
  • South West 67
  • East Midlands 65
  • Scotland 54
  • Wales 41
  • North East 32
  • Northern Ireland 24
  • Other 1

Customer overlap

Who shops at KFC

Tracked chains KFC customers also buy from more than a similarly active shopper would, indexed to the strongest overlap (100). From real card transactions.

M McDonald's logo McDonald's 100
G Greggs logo Greggs 40
S Subway logo Subway 30
A Asda logo Asda 23
S Starbucks logo Starbucks 18
S Shell logo Shell 13
A ALDI logo ALDI 13
N Nando's logo Nando's 12

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