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Fried Chicken restaurants in Chicago

259 trading today — 3% of every restaurant open in the city. 914 have held a licence here since 2002, and 58 opened in the last 24 months.

How long Fried Chicken restaurants last

53%
still open at 4 years (n=803)
-8pts
against the citywide rate of 61%
4.1
median years open, closed cohorts

Measured only on restaurants that opened long enough ago to have reached 4 years, so recent openings cannot flatter it. A rate is published only where at least 40 have.

Where Fried Chicken clusters

By community area, most open today first. Counts only — a four-year survival rate needs 40 matured restaurants and only 16% of these cells have that many, so the rate lives below, where it can be quoted honestly.

NeighbourhoodOpen nowEver licensed
AustinTier 4 · Value1647
EnglewoodTier 4 · Value1054
LoopTier 1 · Prime929
Washington HeightsTier 4 · Value919
Lincoln ParkTier 1 · Prime912
South ShoreTier 4 · Value834
ChathamTier 4 · Value824
Auburn GreshamTier 4 · Value728
AshburnTier 3 · Emerging620
Grand BoulevardTier 4 · Value615
Chicago LawnTier 4 · Value636
Humboldt ParkTier 3 · Emerging629

By zip code

The same cut for anyone working from an address rather than a neighbourhood name.

ZipOpen nowEver licensed
606191761
606201553
606161229
606361249
606511133
606281142
606141118
60617832
60618815
60644826
60649735
60607714

Where Fried Chicken has lasted longest

Community areas whose matured cohort clears 40, best first. Areas with thinner records are not ranked rather than ranked low.

Thinking about opening one?

This page is the record: what has been tried, where, and how long it lasted. A read scores a specific concept at a specific address against it — including whether Fried Chicken is the strongest thing you could put in that space. One full read a month is free, no card.

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From the City of Chicago business-licence record · rebuilt August 4, 2026 · methodology