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. Chex Grill & Wings and Hangry Joe's Hot Chicken & Wings sit in the high-growth half.
#
Chain
YoY growth
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
C
Chex Grill & Wings
|
▲1 | +15.9% |
| 2 |
H
Hangry Joe's Hot Chicken & Wings
|
▲1 | +2.8% |
| 3 |
C
Chick-fil-A
|
- | +2.6% |
| 4 |
B
Bojangles'
|
- | +1.4% |
| 5 |
C
Church's Chicken
|
▼1 | -0.5% |
| 6 |
S
Smithfield's Chicken 'N Bar-B-Q
|
- | -1.4% |
| 7 | P Pantry Fried Chicken | ▲1 | -1.8% |
| 8 |
Z
Zaxby's
|
- | -1.9% |
| 9 | G Golden Skillet | ▲1 | -2.3% |
| 10 |
W
Wingstop
|
- | -5.9% |
| 11 | C Chicken King | ▲1 | -8.2% |
| 12 |
A
America's Best Wings
|
▲1 | -8.4% |
| 13 |
K
KFC
|
- | -9.2% |
| 14 |
A
American Deli
|
- | -9.5% |
| 15 |
S
Slim Chickens
|
- | -11.3% |
- Chick-fil-A
- Bojangles'
- Zaxby's
- KFC
- Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen
- Wingstop
- Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
1,117 tracked store locations in North Carolina. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.
- Chick-fil-A (214)
- Bojangles' (345)
- Zaxby's (124)
- KFC (106)
- Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen (56)
- Wingstop (68)
- Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers (2)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
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1
B
-
2
C
-
3
Z
-
4
K
-
5
W
-
6
P
Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen 56
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7
A
-
8
S
-
9
C
-
10
C
- 11 C Chicken King 12
-
12
S
-
13
R
Rise Southern Biscuits & Righteous Chicken 5
-
14
P
PDQ 5
- 15 P Pantry Fried Chicken 4
-
16
H
- 17 G Golden Skillet 4
-
18
A
- 19 D Dame's Chicken & Waffles 3
-
20
D
Dave's Hot Chicken 3
-
21
W
Wing Zone 3
-
22
R
Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers 2
- 23 S Sammy's Mini Mart 2
- 24 B BB's Crispy Chicken 2
- 25 R Ronni's Restaurant 2
-
26
W
Wings Over Athens 2
- 27 U US Fried Chicken 2
-
28
S
Super Chix 2
-
29
T
Touchdown Wings 2
-
30
B
Bossy Beulah's 2
- 31 D Dubai Grills & Pizza 1
- 32 C cluck & crisp 1
- 33 T Ted's Famous Kickin' Chicken 1
- 34 T The Chicken Shack 1
- 35 T The Marion Wing Factory 1
- 36 J Just Wings 1
- 37 Q Quick N Chicken 1
- 38 C Crunchy fried chicken#1 1
- 39 J Jay's Chicken Shack 1
- 40 T The Chicken Ranch 1
- 41 Z Zacks Pizza and Wings 1
- 42 H Hello Chicken Colombia Rotisserie 1
- 43 F Flip-a-Lo's 1
- 44 L Little Golden Skillet 1
- 45 T The Chicken Coop Country Diner 1
- 46 W Wingman 1
- 47 Y Yikky Wingz 1
- 48 W Wing It 1
- 49 W Why Not Chicken Grill & Rotisserie 1
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50
S
Summerbird 1
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