Bring the Heat. Build the Future.

The Kluckin' Chicken is one of the most exciting emerging brands in the fast-casual chicken category, delivering bold Nashville-style heat, fresh ingredients, and a modern, social-media-ready brand identity. Known for never-frozen chicken, house-made sauces, and an unforgettable guest experience, The Kluckin' Chicken has grown rapidly since launching in 2018. Now, the brand is ready to expand nationwide with franchise partners who want to bring serious flavor and serious opportunity to their communities.

The Rise of Hot Chicken

The hot chicken category has exploded across the United States, with demand skyrocketing for bold flavor, premium quality, and customizable spice levels. The Kluckin' Chicken sits at the perfect intersection of this trend, offering a focused menu, fast throughput, and strong brand appeal—without the operational complexity of larger restaurant systems. Guests love the heat, the freshness, the crispy texture, and the personality that sets this brand apart.

What Makes The Kluckin' Chicken Different?

Fresh, Never-Frozen Quality

Every tender, sandwich, slider, and wing is made using fresh, never-frozen chicken. The brand prides itself on clean flavors, handcrafted sauces, and a menu built for consistency and speed. Every bite is bold, crispy, juicy, and packed with flavor.

Signature House-Made Sauce

The Kluckin' Chicken's signature sauce adds depth, personality, and instant recognition. It's crafted in-house and supports a menu that feels original, energetic, and unmistakably tied to the brand.

Fun, Bold, Modern Brand Identity

The Kluckin' Chicken combines humor, edge, and personality to create a brand guests remember. The name, theme, and design create shareable moments that translate perfectly to social media—driving organic buzz, influencer attention, and repeat traffic.

Simplified Operations

The menu is intentionally streamlined for fast-casual efficiency. With a tight product lineup and repeatable systems, franchise partners benefit from smoother operations, reduced waste, predictable food costs, and easier training for new staff.

The Menu Guests Crave

From Nashville-style tenders to loaded sandwiches, crispy fries, spicy sliders, wings, and sides, The Kluckin' Chicken delivers a bold lineup built for speed and customer excitement. Spice levels are customizable, allowing guests to choose their heat—from mild all the way to fire-level hot.

Ideal Franchise Owner

Whether you're an experienced operator or an entrepreneur entering the restaurant world for the first time, The Kluckin' Chicken offers a model designed for growth, consistency, and long-term success. Owners who thrive in this system are:

• Energetic, hands-on leaders
• Passionate about food quality and guest service
• Comfortable managing staff and daily operations
• Excited to bring a bold brand to their market
• Committed to maintaining brand consistency and flavor standards

Training & Support

Comprehensive Initial Training

Franchise owners and their teams receive hands-on training covering operations, recipes, prep workflow, food safety, branding, customer experience, and team management. Training prepares each operator to run a smooth, efficient, and high-quality restaurant from day one.

Store Setup & Branding Guidance

From layout and equipment guidance to signage, decor, menu boards, and brand voice, you'll receive step-by-step support to set up a location that delivers the full Kluckin' Chicken experience.

Operational Support

Franchisees benefit from ongoing coaching, operational updates, new product launches, and best practices from the brand's leadership. This ensures every location maintains consistency and performance.

Marketing Support

The Kluckin' Chicken provides franchisees with brand assets, marketing templates, local store marketing strategies, and digital guidance to build awareness and drive foot traffic. The fun, bold identity of the brand naturally attracts social media attention and guest engagement.

A Brand Ready to Grow

With a clear operational model, strong brand personality, and fast-growing customer demand, The Kluckin' Chicken is positioned to expand across the U.S. This is a franchise opportunity for entrepreneurs who love great food, strong branding, and the ability to lead a high-energy team in a profitable, growing category.

Bring The Kluckin' Chicken to Your Community

If you're ready to join a movement built around flavor, excitement, and next-level chicken, The Kluckin' Chicken offers a franchise opportunity packed with potential.

To get started, fill out the franchise form.

This is not a franchise offering. A franchise offering can be made by us only in a state if we are first registered, excluded, exempted or otherwise qualified to offer franchises in that state, and only if we provide you with an appropriate franchise disclosure document. Follow-up or individualized responses to you that involve either effecting or attempting to effect the sale of a franchise will be made only if we are first in compliance with state registration requirements, or are covered by an applicable state exclusion or exemption.