Chipotle Mexican Grill Competitors and Similar CompaniesClear all

Chipotle Mexican Grill's competitors and similar companies include Del Taco, Papa John's, Yum! Brands, Brinker and Taco Bell.

	Chipotle Mexican Grill Chipotle Mexican Grill is a company that operates a chain of Mexican food restaurants.	Del Taco Del Taco Restaurants is an operator and franchiser of restaurants featuring fresh and fast made-to-order cuisine.	Papa John's Papa John's International is a company that operates a pizza restaurant chain providing delivery, takeaway, and dine-in services.	Yum! Brands Yum! Brands (formerly known as Tricon Global Restaurants) is a company that develops, operates, and franchises restaurants.	Brinker Brinker International is a casual dining restaurant company.	Taco Bell Taco Bell is a fast-food restaurant chain specializing in Tex-Mex meals.
Founding Date	Founding Date 1993	Founding Date 1964	Founding Date 1984	Founding Date 1997	Founding Date 1975	Founding Date 1962
Type	Type Public	Type Public	Type Public	Type Public	Type Public	Type Subsidiary
Tags	Tags Food & Beverage hospitality restaurant	Tags Food & Beverage restaurant	Tags Food & Beverage beverages delivery restaurant	Tags Food & Beverage processed food restaurant	Tags Food & Beverage beverages hospitality processed food restaurant	Tags Food & Beverage delivery nutrition processed food restaurant
Locations	Locations Newport Beach, US HQ	Locations Lake Forest, US HQ Tamuning, GU Alamogordo, US Albany, US Albuquerque, US Allen Park, US American Fork, US see more	Locations Louisville, US HQ Beijing, CN Shanghai, CN see more	Locations Louisville, US HQ Sydney, AU Woking, GB Louisville, US Plano, US Chicago, US Irvine, US see more	Locations Coppell, US HQ	Locations Irvine, US HQ
Employees	Employees 116,06811% increase	Employees 7,2748% decrease	Employees 13,20010% increase	Employees 35,0003% decrease	Employees 64,3234% increase	Employees 69,4522% increase
Valuation ($)	Valuation ($) 75 b	Valuation ($) 455.9 m	Valuation ($) 1.7 b	Valuation ($) 37.9 b	Valuation ($) 4.3 b	Valuation ($) N/A
Financial
Revenue (est.)	Revenue (est.) $9.9b (FY, 2023)	Revenue (est.) $527.4m (FY, 2021)	Revenue (est.) $2.1b (FY, 2023)	Revenue (est.) $7.1b (FY, 2023)	Revenue (est.) $4.4b (FY, 2024)	Revenue (est.) $2.6b (FY, 2023)
Cost of goods	Cost of goods $5.9b (FY, 2023)	Cost of goods N/A	Cost of goods $1.7b (FY, 2023)	Cost of goods $3.6b (FY, 2023)	Cost of goods N/A	Cost of goods N/A
Gross profit	Gross profit $4b (FY, 2023)	Gross profit N/A	Gross profit $421.6m (FY, 2023)	Gross profit $3.5b (FY, 2023)	Gross profit N/A	Gross profit N/A
Net income	Net income $1.2b (FY, 2023)	Net income $5.7m (FY, 2021)	Net income $82.8m (FY, 2023)	Net income $1.6b (FY, 2023)	Net income $155.3m (FY, 2024)	Net income N/A
Operating ⚠
Countries	Countries N/A	Countries N/A	Countries 44 (Q3, 2017)	Countries 150 (Q3, 2021)	Countries 27 (Q3, 2021)	Countries 32 (FY, 2023)
Franchised Restaurants	Franchised Restaurants N/A	Franchised Restaurants N/A	Franchised Restaurants 4.4 k (Q3, 2017)	Franchised Restaurants 51.1 k (Q3, 2021)	Franchised Restaurants 537 (Q3, 2021)	Franchised Restaurants 8.1 k (Q2, 2024)
New Restaurants	New Restaurants 43 (Q3, 2022)	New Restaurants N/A	New Restaurants N/A	New Restaurants N/A	New Restaurants 27 (FY, 2019)	New Restaurants N/A
Owned Restaurants	Owned Restaurants N/A	Owned Restaurants N/A	Owned Restaurants N/A	Owned Restaurants 1.1 k (Q3, 2021)	Owned Restaurants 1.1 k (Q3, 2021)	Owned Restaurants 488 (Q2, 2024)
Restaurants	Restaurants 3.1 k (Q3, 2022)	Restaurants N/A	Restaurants 742 (Q3, 2017)	Restaurants 52.2 k (Q3, 2021)	Restaurants 1.7 k (Q3, 2021)	Restaurants 8.6 k (Q2, 2024)
Funding
Total funding raised	Total funding raised $ 151.6m	Total funding raised $ 260m	Total funding raised N/A	Total funding raised N/A	Total funding raised N/A	Total funding raised $ 13.7m