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. Dave's Hot Chicken and Chick-fil-A sit in the high-growth half.
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Chain
YoY growth
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
D
Dave's Hot Chicken
|
- | +14.5% |
| 2 |
C
Chick-fil-A
|
- | +9.9% |
| 3 |
H
Harold's Chicken Shack
|
- | +9.3% |
| 4 | F Fry the Coop | - | +8.5% |
| 5 |
C
Church's Chicken
|
- | +4.8% |
| 6 |
P
Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen
|
- | +1.8% |
| 7 | S Sharks Fish & Chicken | - | -0.4% |
| 8 | W Wingz It Iz | ▲2 | -8.7% |
| 9 |
W
Wingstop
|
- | -8.9% |
| 10 |
K
KFC
|
- | -10.4% |
| 11 |
R
Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers
|
- | -11.0% |
| 12 |
B
Byrd's Hot Chicken
|
▲2 | -24.9% |
| 13 | S Sharks Fish and Chicken | - | -32.8% |
| 14 |
N
Nando's
|
- | -55.6% |
| 15 |
H
Hangry Joe's Hot Chicken & Wings
|
▼2 | -57.7% |
- Chick-fil-A
- Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen
- Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers
- Wingstop
- KFC
- Sharks Fish & Chicken
- Harold's Chicken Shack
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
693 tracked store locations in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.
- Chick-fil-A (63)
- Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen (141)
- Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers (33)
- Wingstop (125)
- KFC (61)
- Sharks Fish & Chicken (21)
- Harold's Chicken Shack (41)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
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1
P
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2
W
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3
C
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4
K
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5
H
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6
R
- 7 B Brown's Chicken 24
- 8 S Sharks Fish & Chicken 21
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9
C
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10
W
Wing Snob 14
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11
N
- 12 F Fry the Coop 7
- 13 S Sharks Fish and Chicken 7
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14
H
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15
T
The Port of Peri Peri 6
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16
B
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17
D
- 18 W Wingz It Iz 4
- 19 W White Fence Farm 4
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20
B
Big City Chicken 3
- 21 C Chicago's Home of Chicken & Waffles 2
- 22 1 10Q Chicken 2
- 23 C Chicken Factory 2
- 24 A Atlas Chicken 2
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25
K
Krispy Krunchy Chicken 2
- 26 S Sauce N Toss - Midlothian 1
- 27 S Sticky Fingers Kitchen 1
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28
B
Boston Market 1
- 29 S Shrimp Max Fish & Chicken 1
- 30 M ML Kitchen 1
- 31 B Boxcar Betty's 1
- 32 S Shark's Fish and Chicken 1
- 33 H Hook Fish & Chicken 1
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34
S
Slim Chickens 1
- 35 S Sam's Fish Chicken & Sandwiches 1
- 36 T Three bros 1
- 37 C Chicago's Chicken Shack 1
- 38 T ToreOre 1
- 39 T Tiger Chicken 1
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40
B
BadaBing Wings Zone 1
- 41 B Buzz Box Wings 1
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42
C
CityBird 1
- 43 G GFC Buffalo's 1
- 44 D Dak Dak Wings 1
- 45 S Smile Korean Chicken 1
- 46 J Jimmy's Best Seafood Market 1
- 47 H Hook Fish and Chicken 1
- 48 B Big Boss Spicy Fried Chicken 1
- 49 C Clucker's Charcoal Chicken 1
- 50 H Hangry Cluck 1
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