Growth ranking
Fastest-growing tracked chicken & wings fast food 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. Proposition Chicken and Blazing Bird sit in the high-growth half.
#
Chain
YoY growth
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | P Proposition Chicken | ▲7 | +18.8% |
| 2 | B Blazing Bird | ▲6 | +18.2% |
| 3 |
D
Dave's Hot Chicken
|
- | +16.9% |
| 4 |
A
Asad's Hot Chicken
|
▲9 | +16.4% |
| 5 |
C
Chex Grill & Wings
|
▲17 | +16.2% |
| 6 |
H
Harold's Chicken Shack
|
▲6 | +15.7% |
| 7 | C Chicken House | ▲12 | +15.1% |
| 8 |
B
Bossy Beulah's
|
▲9 | +13.9% |
| 9 |
L
Lee's Famous Recipe Chicken
|
- | +13.7% |
| 10 | S Starbird Chicken | ▲8 | +13.4% |
| 11 | W Wings House | ▲13 | +12.9% |
| 12 |
W
Wings Over Athens
|
▲8 | +11.9% |
| 13 | K Kennedy Fried Chicken | ▲10 | +11.1% |
| 14 | C Chick N Roll | ▲5 | +10.3% |
| 15 | T The Chicken House | ▲10 | +9.9% |
- Chick-fil-A
- Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers
- Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen
- KFC
- Wingstop
- Zaxby's
- Bojangles'
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
21,728 tracked store locations in the United States. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.
- Chick-fil-A (3,404)
- Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers (887)
- Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen (2,946)
- KFC (2,747)
- Wingstop (2,541)
- Zaxby's (1,026)
- Bojangles' (856)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
-
1
C
Chick-fil-A 3,404
-
2
P
Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen 2,946
-
3
K
KFC 2,747
-
4
W
Wingstop 2,541
-
5
Z
Zaxby's 1,026
-
6
C
Church's Chicken 908
-
7
R
Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers 887
-
8
B
Bojangles' 856
-
9
G
Golden Chick 265
-
10
A
American Deli 231
-
11
S
Slim Chickens 206
-
12
C
Chicken Express 193
-
13
D
-
14
L
-
15
H
Hangry Joe's Hot Chicken & Wings 103
-
16
K
Krispy Krunchy Chicken 93
- 17 C Crown Fried Chicken 82
-
18
A
America's Best Wings 79
-
19
H
Huey Magoo's 62
-
20
B
Bush's Chicken 59
-
21
W
Wing Snob 58
-
22
W
WNB Factory 56
-
23
H
-
24
N
Nando's 52
-
25
G
Guthrie's 49
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26
P
PDQ 45
- 27 S Sharks Fish & Chicken 40
- 28 K Kennedy Fried Chicken 39
-
29
T
Touchdown Wings 37
- 30 G Gus's World Famous Fried Chicken 37
-
31
S
Super Chix 35
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32
W
Williams Chicken 34
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33
B
Big Chicken 32
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34
L
Layne's Chicken Fingers 30
- 35 L Louisiana Famous Fried Chicken 30
-
36
J
Juan Pollo 29
- 37 T The Buffalo Spot 27
-
38
W
Wing Zone 27
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39
W
Wings To Go 27
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40
L
Lisa's Chicken 26
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41
D
Detroit Wing Co. 26
- 42 T The Chicken Shack 26
-
43
E
Epic Wings 26
- 44 A ATL Wings 25
- 45 A Atomic Wings 24
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46
C
Chicken Shack 24
- 47 M Maryland Fried Chicken 23
-
48
F
Fire Wings 23
-
49
H
Houston TX Hot Chicken 22
- 50 N New York Fried Chicken 21
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