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Church’s Texas Chicken® Named One Of The Fastest-Growing Franchises Of 2023 By Entrepreneur

Church’s Texas Chicken® was recognized as one of the Fastest-Growing International Franchises in the March/April issue of Entrepreneur magazine and on Entrepreneur.com

March 13, 2023, ATLANTA Church’s Texas Chicken® was recognized as one of the Fastest-

Growing International Franchises in the March/April issue of Entrepreneur magazine and on Entrepreneur.com. The 2023 ranking highlights the companies that saw the greatest franchise unit growth internationally from July 2021 to July 2022. Church’s Texas Chicken® was ranked #19.

“We’re honored to be ranked number 19 in Entrepreneur’s Franchise 500 Fastest Growing International Franchise category,” said Joe Guith, CEO, Church’s Texas Chicken®. “It’s an incredible achievement to be among some of the best in the industry and we’re excited to see continued growth in the brand’s future.”

The Fastest-Growing Franchises ranking is part of the brand’s continuing effort to best understand and evaluate the ever-changing franchise marketplace. The ranking appears in the March/April 2023 issue of Entrepreneur. Franchise companies are ranked based on their net unit growth outside of the U.S. and Canada from July 31, 2021 to July 31, 2022. (Ties are broken based on percentage growth.)

“Our 2023 Fastest-Growing Franchises ranking recognizes the franchise brands with the greatest growth but also highlights the extraordinary momentum in the industry over the past year. After all, growth is what franchising is all about,” said Entrepreneur Senior Vice President of Franchising Liane Caruso.

To view Church’s Texas Chicken® in the 2023 Fastest-Growing Franchises list, pick up the March/April issue of Entrepreneur magazine, on newsstands March 7th, or visit https://www.entrepreneur.com/franchises/fastestgrowing.

About Church’s Texas Chicken® / Texas Chicken®

Founded in San Antonio, TX, in 1952 by George W. Church, Church’s Texas Chicken®, along with its sister brand Texas Chicken® primarily outside of the U.S., is one of the largest quickservice chicken restaurant chains in the world. The brands specialize in Original and Spicy Chicken freshly prepared throughout the day in small batches that are hand-battered and double-breaded, tenders, sandwiches, Honey-Butter Biscuits™ made from scratch and freshly baked, and classic, home-style sides all for a great value. Texas Chicken® and Church’s Texas Chicken® have more than 1,500 locations in 26 countries and global markets and system-wide sales of more than $1 billion. For information on Texas Chicken®, visit texaschicken.com. For information on how to become a Church’s Texas Chicken® Franchisee, visit https://www.churchs.com/franchising/

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