Where
Every Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen opening, on the map
The wash is where US retail is opening overall. The dots are this brand — drag the timeline to watch them land.
The full report finds the trade areas that look like the ones Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen already wins in — demographics, co-tenancy, traffic.
US locations
As of Q3 2026
Net new stores
8 quarters · Q4 2024 → Q3 2026
Verified new locations
8 quarters · Q4 2024 → Q3 2026
Individually verified openings, not a count difference.
Latest quarter
1 quarter
Prior quarter not comparable — index batch.
This brand's index coverage is still maturing, so growth percentages are withheld — the counts shown are individually verified store openings.
Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen
Indexed to 100 at the first quarter — the shape is the growth rate, not the store count.
Rankings
The fastest-growing chains in Chicken & Wings
Ranked by acceleration — opening faster now than they were a year ago.
Placing Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen in its category…
Rankings exclude companies whose entire rise lands in a single quarter — that pattern is a change in data coverage, not expansion.
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Click any company to compare it against Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen — the chart, the metric table and the link at the bottom of this page all follow.
Compare
Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen against anyone
Indexed to 100 at the first quarter, so a 300-store chain and a 3,000-store chain are the same shape. Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen plus up to 4 others.
Who
Who to call at Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen
The people behind this brand's growth — real estate first.
Real estate
Bryan Saul
Sr. Director, Franchising & Business Development, Popeyes North America
bsaul@popeyes.comLinkedIn
Leadership
Peter Perdue
President, Popeyes U.S. & Canada · U.S. & Canada
Chris Padoan
Chief Operating Officer, Popeyes U.S. & Canada · U.S. & Canada
Matt Rubin
Chief Marketing Officer, Popeyes U.S. & Canada · U.S. & Canada
matt.rubin@popeyes.comLinkedIn
Knowing how fast Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen is growing is half of it. The other half is where they should open next.
We'll find the trade areas that look like the ones Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen already wins in — demographics, co-tenancy, traffic, and the specific neighbourhoods that match.