Wingstop UK  has been listed in the Financial Times’ FT 1000, the paper’s annual ranking of Europe’s fastest-growing companies.

Lemon Pepper Holdings, the master franchisee of Wingstop UK, is listed at number 149, the highest casual dining brand / QSR in the ranking

Wingstop UK first launched in the UK market in 2018, where it now operates 41 sites and employs over 1,600 people.

Following its recent site opening in Hounslow at the end of last month, the brand has confirmed eight new locations to open this year with a further six locations under negotiation.

It will open new sites in Clapham High Street, Watford, Croydon Valley Retail Park, Wood Green, Lakeside Shopping Centre, Merry Hill, as well as its second site in Leeds.

2024 will also mark the brand’s opening of its largest site yet at Westfield Stratford City, at a 5,000sq ft site hosting over 160 covers.

Tom Grogan, co-founder of Lemon Pepper Holdings, master franchisee, Wingstop UK, said: “We are delighted to be included in this year’s FT 1000 fastest growing companies.

”There are few businesses who have expanded at the rate we have in six years and the momentum we are seeing is continuously growing.

”I would like to thank the amazing team for their continuous hard work to get us to this place and we are looking forward to what the next year brings!”