Operator profile

Korpal Group

Actively developing Golden ChickSubway

Chicken units

Committed under development agreement

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Total units

Southeast Texas

Headquarters

Greater Houston

Primary geography

Beaumont, Southeast Texas

Known activity

Signed a 13-unit Golden Chick development agreement — 10 units in the greater Houston market over four years and three in Beaumont over ten years¹ (2026)
Led by brothers Karan and Raj Korpal, second-generation franchise operators whose parents ran 22 Subway franchises in Southeast Texas² (2026)

CSW Analysis

A textbook second-generation conversion: a family that built a 22-unit Subway business redeploying into a higher-AUV chicken concept with a 13-unit commitment across Houston and Beaumont. Ten Houston sites over four years is a real, dated pipeline — and it is the kind of commitment that gets made before the sites are secured.

Development pipeline

Brand	Market	Commitment	Timeline
Golden Chick	Greater Houston and Beaumont, TX¹	13-unit development agreement	10 Houston units over four years; three Beaumont units over ten years

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Related coverage

2026-01Franchising

Korpal Group signs a 13-unit Golden Chick development agreement for Houston and Beaumont¹

What it means for the Chicken Wars: Ten Houston units over four years and three in Beaumont over ten. Second-generation Subway operators redeploying family capital into a higher-AUV chicken concept is the single most common pattern in Texas chicken development right now — and it means ten Houston sites need to be found, entitled and built by an operator who does not yet control them.

Sources

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