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
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.
| Neighbourhood | Open now | Ever licensed |
|---|---|---|
| AustinTier 4 · Value | 16 | 47 |
| EnglewoodTier 4 · Value | 10 | 54 |
| LoopTier 1 · Prime | 9 | 29 |
| Washington HeightsTier 4 · Value | 9 | 19 |
| Lincoln ParkTier 1 · Prime | 9 | 12 |
| South ShoreTier 4 · Value | 8 | 34 |
| ChathamTier 4 · Value | 8 | 24 |
| Auburn GreshamTier 4 · Value | 7 | 28 |
| AshburnTier 3 · Emerging | 6 | 20 |
| Grand BoulevardTier 4 · Value | 6 | 15 |
| Chicago LawnTier 4 · Value | 6 | 36 |
| Humboldt ParkTier 3 · Emerging | 6 | 29 |
By zip code
The same cut for anyone working from an address rather than a neighbourhood name.
| Zip | Open now | Ever licensed |
|---|---|---|
| 60619 | 17 | 61 |
| 60620 | 15 | 53 |
| 60616 | 12 | 29 |
| 60636 | 12 | 49 |
| 60651 | 11 | 33 |
| 60628 | 11 | 42 |
| 60614 | 11 | 18 |
| 60617 | 8 | 32 |
| 60618 | 8 | 15 |
| 60644 | 8 | 26 |
| 60649 | 7 | 35 |
| 60607 | 7 | 14 |
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.
- Englewood53%n=45
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.
Read an address freeFrom the City of Chicago business-licence record · rebuilt August 4, 2026 · methodology