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. DC Charcoal Chicken and Chick-fil-A sit in the high-growth half.
#
Chain
YoY growth
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | D DC Charcoal Chicken | ▲1 | +4.1% |
| 2 |
C
Chick-fil-A
|
- | +3.2% |
| 3 |
B
Bojangles'
|
▲1 | +2.3% |
| 4 |
P
Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen
|
- | +1.4% |
| 5 |
D
Dave's Hot Chicken
|
▲1 | -1.8% |
| 6 |
H
HCK Hot Chicken
|
- | -2.1% |
| 7 |
R
Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers
|
- | -3.8% |
| 8 |
A
America's Best Wings
|
- | -4.6% |
| 9 |
W
Wingstop
|
- | -4.8% |
| 10 | S Sharks Fish & Chicken | - | -5.0% |
| 11 | C Chi Mc Chicken | ▲1 | -5.5% |
| 12 |
K
KFC
|
- | -5.5% |
| 13 |
R
Roaming Rooster
|
▲1 | -10.0% |
| 14 | A Astro Doughnuts & Fried Chicken | - | -11.5% |
| 15 |
C
Crimson Coward
|
▲1 | -16.1% |
- Chick-fil-A
- Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen
- KFC
- Wingstop
- Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers
- America's Best Wings
- Hangry Joe's Hot Chicken & Wings
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
516 tracked store locations in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.
- Chick-fil-A (87)
- Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen (105)
- KFC (39)
- Wingstop (43)
- Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers (8)
- America's Best Wings (29)
- Hangry Joe's Hot Chicken & Wings (33)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
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1
P
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2
C
-
3
W
-
4
K
-
5
H
Hangry Joe's Hot Chicken & Wings 33
-
6
A
-
7
N
Nando's 26
-
8
R
- 9 P Peri Peri Original 8
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10
R
-
11
C
-
12
B
-
13
D
- 14 C Chi Mc Chicken 4
- 15 D DC Charcoal Chicken 3
-
16
W
Wing Zone 3
- 17 S Sharks Fish & Chicken 3
- 18 A Astro Doughnuts & Fried Chicken 3
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19
H
- 20 N New York Fried Chicken 2
-
21
W
WNB Factory 2
- 22 C Crown Fried Chicken 2
- 23 N NY Chicken & Grill 2
-
24
C
Church's Chicken 2
- 25 B Buffalo Philly's 2
- 26 J Jerry's Carry Out 2
- 27 P Pollo Peru 2
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28
Z
Zaxby's 2
- 29 H Hen Quarter 2
- 30 D Don Alberto's Charcoal Chicken 1
- 31 P Pollo Granjero 1
- 32 E El Pollo Guapo 1
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33
W
Wings To Go 1
- 34 I Inca Chicken 1
- 35 M Mama's Chicken 1
- 36 C Campestre Chicken 1
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37
K
Krispy Krunchy Chicken 1
- 38 J Joy's Kitchen 1
- 39 L Little Chicken 1
- 40 M Mister Rotisserie 1
- 41 H Hot Chickn Kitchn 1
- 42 L Latino Chicken Place 1
- 43 Y Youngs Chicken Shack 1
- 44 A American Best Chicken & Waffle 1
- 45 R Real Taste Chicken & Subs 1
- 46 E El Pollo Sabroso 1
- 47 C Chicken Pocha 1
- 48 C Cluck U Chicken 1
- 49 T Twisted Tenders 1
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50
L
Lee's Famous Recipe Chicken 1
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