Darden Restaurants Competitors and Similar CompaniesClear all

Darden Restaurants's competitors and similar companies include Subway, Brinker, Bloomin' Brands and Yum! Brands.

	Darden Restaurants Darden Restaurants is a company that, through its subsidiaries, owns and operates full-service restaurants.	Subway SUBWAY is a fast food restaurant franchise that primarily sells submarine sandwiches.	Brinker Brinker International is a casual dining restaurant company.	Bloomin' Brands Bloomin' Brands is a hospitality industry company that owns several restaurant chains.	Yum! Brands Yum! Brands (formerly known as Tricon Global Restaurants) is a company that develops, operates, and franchises restaurants.
Founding Date	Founding Date 1968	Founding Date 1965	Founding Date 1975	Founding Date 1988	Founding Date 1997
Type	Type Public	Type Private	Type Public	Type Public	Type Public
Tags	Tags Food & Beverage hospitality restaurant	Tags Food & Beverage beverages restaurant	Tags Food & Beverage beverages hospitality processed food restaurant	Tags Food & Beverage Travel & Leisure restaurant	Tags Food & Beverage processed food restaurant
Locations	Locations Orlando, US HQ Orlando, US	Locations Milford, US HQ	Locations Coppell, US HQ	Locations Tampa, US HQ	Locations Louisville, US HQ Sydney, AU Woking, GB Louisville, US Plano, US Chicago, US Irvine, US see more
Employees	Employees 187,3845% increase	Employees 108,7071% increase	Employees 64,3234% increase	Employees 94,0001% increase	Employees 35,0003% decrease
Valuation ($)	Valuation ($) 19 b	Valuation ($) N/A	Valuation ($) 4.3 b	Valuation ($) 1.4 b	Valuation ($) 37.9 b
Financial
Revenue (est.)	Revenue (est.) $12.1b (FY, 2025)	Revenue (est.) N/A	Revenue (est.) $5.4b (FY, 2025)	Revenue (est.) $4b (FY, 2025)	Revenue (est.) $8.2b (FY, 2025)
Cost of goods	Cost of goods $9.4b (FY, 2025)	Cost of goods N/A	Cost of goods N/A	Cost of goods $1.2b (FY, 2025)	Cost of goods $2.5b (FY, 2025)
Gross profit	Gross profit $2.6b (FY, 2025)	Gross profit N/A	Gross profit N/A	Gross profit $2.8b (FY, 2025)	Gross profit $5.7b (FY, 2025)
Net income	Net income $1b (FY, 2025)	Net income N/A	Net income $383.1m (FY, 2025)	Net income N/A	Net income $1.6b (FY, 2025)
Operating ⚠
Countries	Countries N/A	Countries 100 (Jun, 2023)	Countries 27 (Q3, 2021)	Countries 22 (Q3, 2017)	Countries 150 (Q3, 2021)
Franchised Restaurants	Franchised Restaurants 62 (FY, 2020)	Franchised Restaurants N/A	Franchised Restaurants 537 (Q3, 2021)	Franchised Restaurants 294 (Q3, 2017)	Franchised Restaurants 51.1 k (Q3, 2021)
Owned Restaurants	Owned Restaurants N/A	Owned Restaurants N/A	Owned Restaurants 1.1 k (Q3, 2021)	Owned Restaurants 1.2 k (Q3, 2017)	Owned Restaurants 1.1 k (Q3, 2021)
Restaurants	Restaurants 1.8 k (FY, 2020)	Restaurants 37 k (Jun, 2023)	Restaurants 1.7 k (Q3, 2021)	Restaurants 1.5 k (Q3, 2017)	Restaurants 52.2 k (Q3, 2021)