Popeyes Franchise Owners List: Inside the Ownership Data

DataLane maps roughly 670 Popeyes operators running about 6,429 locations across the U.S.—an average of 9.6 locations per operator. Nearly all are franchised, owner-operated businesses, not corporate stores, which is exactly the buyer you can reach with a direct mobile number.

The center of gravity is the multi-unit operator. The 66 operators running 10 or more locations control about 85% of U.S. locations—and it's concentrated at the top: the 10 largest operators hold about 54% of locations, the top 25 about 74%, and the top 50 about 82%. The single largest operator runs roughly 930 locations.

Below the multi-unit tier sits a deep base of smaller owners: 78% of Popeyes operators—about 524—run just one or two locations, with another 80 running three to nine. That split is a filter: target the large portfolios for enterprise deals, or the single-store owners for volume—and DataLane tags every record with its location count.

Popeyes operators tend to run Popeyes and little else: just 22 of the 670 operators in DataLane's dataset also hold another franchise brand, most often Burger King, Dunkin', and Pizza Hut. When you reach a Popeyes operator, Popeyes is effectively their whole business.