Chicken

Cowboy Chicken

Dallas, TX · Founded 1981 · CCWH

Cowboy Chicken Franchising, LP offers franchises for the operation of Cowboy Chicken® restaurants, which serve seasoned rotisserie chicken and other signature items. Franchisees receive support in operations, training, and marketing.

Read the 2025 FDD ↗www.cowboychicken.com ↗

2026 Franchise 500

Unranked

units (2024)

—

year over year

Units by Year

2022

2023

2024

Total outlets at year end, from FDD Item 20.

The Investment

Initial investment

$581,796 – $1,421,995

FDD Item 7

Franchise fee

$35,000

FDD Item 5

Ad fund

FDD Item 6

Financial performance

Yes

FDD Item 19 disclosure

Royalty

5% of Gross Sales

Leadership

D. Sean Kennedy
President, CEO, and Director of CCE and Cowboy Chicken
Steven Kolow
Chief Strategy Officer
William Anthony Stevens
Director of Franchise Support, IT, and Training

On File

FDD years

2025 2021 2020 2018 2017

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Franchisee records

Current roster rows

Signed, not open

FDD Item 20, Table 5

Franchising for

29 yrs

Franchise Disclosure Documents

PDFCowboy Chicken FDD 2025Most recent · opens in a new tab PDFCowboy Chicken FDD 2021Opens in a new tab PDFCowboy Chicken FDD 2020Opens in a new tab PDFCowboy Chicken FDD 2018Opens in a new tab PDFCowboy Chicken FDD 2017Opens in a new tab

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