Chick-fil-A Competitors and Similar CompaniesClear all

Chick-fil-A's competitors and similar companies include Chipotle Mexican Grill, The Wendy’s Company, Yum! Brands and Church's Chicken.

	Chick-fil-A Chick-fil-A is a company that operates a fast-food restaurant chain specializing in chicken sandwiches.	Chipotle Mexican Grill Chipotle Mexican Grill is a company that operates a chain of Mexican food restaurants.	The Wendy’s Company The Wendy’s Company (formerly known as Wendy's/Arby's Group) is a company that operates a service restaurant.	Yum! Brands Yum! Brands (formerly known as Tricon Global Restaurants) is a company that develops, operates, and franchises restaurants.	Church's Chicken Church's Chicken is a chain of fast food restaurants specializing in fried chicken.
Founding Date	Founding Date 1946	Founding Date 1993	Founding Date 1969	Founding Date 1997	Founding Date 1952
Type	Type Private	Type Public	Type Public	Type Public	Type Private
Tags	Tags Food & Beverage processed food restaurant	Tags Food & Beverage hospitality restaurant	Tags Food & Beverage beverages ecommerce processed food restaurant	Tags Food & Beverage processed food restaurant	Tags Food & Beverage hospitality restaurant
Locations	Locations College Park, US HQ	Locations Newport Beach, US HQ Columbus, US	Locations Dublin, US HQ	Locations Louisville, US HQ Sydney, AU Woking, GB Louisville, US Plano, US Chicago, US Irvine, US see more	Locations Atlanta, US HQ
Employees	Employees 78,6242% increase	Employees 130,50412% increase	Employees 14,500	Employees 35,0003% decrease	Employees 2,4631% increase
Valuation ($)	Valuation ($) N/A	Valuation ($) 75 b	Valuation ($) 4.1 b	Valuation ($) 37.9 b	Valuation ($) N/A
Financial
Revenue (est.)	Revenue (est.) $13.7b (FY, 2020)	Revenue (est.) $11.9b (FY, 2025)	Revenue (est.) $2.2b (FY, 2025)	Revenue (est.) $8.2b (FY, 2025)	Revenue (est.) N/A
Cost of goods	Cost of goods N/A	Cost of goods N/A	Cost of goods $791.7m (FY, 2025)	Cost of goods $2.5b (FY, 2025)	Cost of goods N/A
Gross profit	Gross profit N/A	Gross profit N/A	Gross profit $1.4b (FY, 2025)	Gross profit $5.7b (FY, 2025)	Gross profit N/A
Net income	Net income N/A	Net income $1.5b (FY, 2025)	Net income $165.1m (FY, 2025)	Net income $1.6b (FY, 2025)	Net income N/A
Operating ⚠
Countries	Countries N/A	Countries N/A	Countries 32 (Q3, 2023)	Countries 150 (Q3, 2021)	Countries N/A
Franchised Restaurants	Franchised Restaurants N/A	Franchised Restaurants N/A	Franchised Restaurants 6.7 k (FY, 2022)	Franchised Restaurants 51.1 k (Q3, 2021)	Franchised Restaurants N/A
Owned Restaurants	Owned Restaurants N/A	Owned Restaurants N/A	Owned Restaurants 415 (Q3, 2023)	Owned Restaurants 1.1 k (Q3, 2021)	Owned Restaurants N/A
Restaurants	Restaurants N/A	Restaurants 3.1 k (Q3, 2022)	Restaurants 7.2 k (Q3, 2023)	Restaurants 52.2 k (Q3, 2021)	Restaurants N/A
Funding
Total funding raised	Total funding raised N/A	Total funding raised $ 151.6m	Total funding raised $ 144.9m	Total funding raised N/A	Total funding raised N/A