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Last Updated: 2026
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Wingstop Restaurants

Rank#4239
Market Cap2.84B
CountryUnited States
Summary
History
Mission
Vision
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Wingstop Inc., together with its subsidiaries, franchises and operates restaurants under the Wingstop brand name. Its restaurants offer classic wings, boneless wings, and tenders that are cooked-to-order, and hand-sauced-and-tossed in various flavors. As of December 25, 2021, the company had 1,695 franchised restaurants and 36 company-owned restaurants in 44 states and 7 countries worldwide. Wingstop Inc. was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Addison, Texas.
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Wingstop was founded in 1994 in Garland, Texas by Antonio Swad. The first franchised location opened in 1997, and by 2002 the brand claimed to have served two million wings.In 2005, Wingstop opened its doors for lunch and in 2009 rolled out its boneless product.Wingstop went global in 2010 with its first international restaurant opening in Mexico. It currently operates in nine countries.

Wingstop was the third-fastest-growing restaurant chain in the US from 2014 and 2016 as measured by both systemwide sales and unit growth, according to Nation's Restaurant News.In 2015, Wingstop went public at an initial public offering price of $19 per share. That year, the franchise's profits more than doubled.In 2019, Wingstop unveiled the tagline Where Flavor Gets Its Wings. The next year, Wingstop launched national delivery with DoorDash and celebrated 25 years in business.

Missionarrow
We're not in the wing business. We're in the flavor business. It's been our mission to serve the world flavor since we first opened shop in '94, and we're just getting started. 1997 saw the opening of our first franchised Wingstop Inc. location, and by 2002 we had served the world one billion wings. It's flavor that defines us and has made Wingstop Inc. one of the fastest growing brands in the restaurant industry. Wingstop Inc. is the destination when you crave fresh never faked wings, hand-cut seasoned fries and any of our famous sides. For people who demand flavor in everything they do, there's only Wingstop Inc. - because it's more than a meal, it's a flavor experience.
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Wingstop’s vision is to become the global destination of choice for all chicken wing fans around the world.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wingstop#:~:text=The%20restaurant%20chain%20was%20founded,Roark%20Capital%20Group%20in%202010.

https://in.investing.com/equities/wingstop-inc

https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/WING/profile?p=WING

https://www.comparably.com/companies/wingstop/mission

https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/wingstop

https://sec.report/CIK/0001636222

https://companiesmarketcap.com/

https://www.wingstop.com

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Leadership team
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Mr. Michael J. Skipworth (Pres, CEO & Director)
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Mr. Alex Kaleida (CFO & Sr. VP)
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Mr. Donnie Upshaw (Sr. VP & Chief People Officer)
Products / Services
Food and Beverage, Travel
Number of Employees
100 - 500
Address
Dallas, Texas, United States
Established
1994-01-01
Company Registration
SEC CIK number: 0001636222
Net Income
S_20M_100M
Revenue
100M - 500M
Traded as
WING
Website
https://www.wingstop.com
Social Media
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Last Updated: 2026
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