Del Taco Competitors and Similar CompaniesClear all

Del Taco's competitors and similar companies include Panera Bread, El Pollo Loco, Chipotle Mexican Grill, Jack in The Box, Burger King and Taco Bell.

	Del Taco Del Taco is an operator and franchiser of restaurants featuring fast-food cuisine.	Panera Bread Panera Bread (formerly known as St. Louis Bread Company) is an operator of bakery cafes.	El Pollo Loco El Pollo Loco Holdings is a company that develops, franchises, licenses, and operates quick-service restaurants.	Chipotle Mexican Grill Chipotle Mexican Grill is a company that operates a chain of Mexican food restaurants.	Jack in The Box Jack in the Box is a company that operates and franchises Jack in the Box restaurants.	Burger King Burger King Holdings is a fast-food restaurant chain that operates and franchises Burger King restaurants.	Taco Bell Taco Bell is a fast-food restaurant chain specializing in Tex-Mex meals.
Founding Date	Founding Date 1964	Founding Date 1987	Founding Date 1980	Founding Date 1993	Founding Date 1951	Founding Date 1954	Founding Date 1962
Type	Type Subsidiary	Type Private	Type Public	Type Public	Type Public	Type Subsidiary	Type Subsidiary
Tags	Tags Food & Beverage processed food restaurant	Tags Food & Beverage distribution processed food restaurant	Tags Food & Beverage holding company restaurant	Tags Food & Beverage hospitality restaurant	Tags Food & Beverage beverages nutrition processed food restaurant	Tags Food & Beverage restaurant	Tags Food & Beverage delivery nutrition processed food restaurant
Locations	Locations Lake Forest, US HQ Tamuning, GU Alamogordo, US Albany, US Albuquerque, US Allen Park, US American Fork, US see more	Locations Fenton, US HQ Needham, US	Locations Costa Mesa, US HQ	Locations Newport Beach, US HQ Columbus, US	Locations San Diego, US HQ	Locations Miami, US HQ Buenos Aires, AR Barueri, BR Toronto, CA Shanghai, CN Hannover, DE München, DE see more	Locations Irvine, US HQ
Employees	Employees 4,827	Employees 40,8091% increase	Employees 5,00510% decrease	Employees 130,50412% increase	Employees 9,52321% decrease	Employees 116,9853% increase	Employees 79,3293% increase
Valuation ($)	Valuation ($) N/A	Valuation ($) N/A	Valuation ($) 375.6 m	Valuation ($) 75 b	Valuation ($) 954.6 m	Valuation ($) N/A	Valuation ($) N/A
Financial
Revenue (est.)	Revenue (est.) $527.4m (FY, 2021)	Revenue (est.) $5.8b (Y, 2022)	Revenue (est.) $490m (FY, 2025)	Revenue (est.) $11.9b (FY, 2025)	Revenue (est.) $1.5b (FY, 2025)	Revenue (est.) $1.5b (FY, 2024)	Revenue (est.) $2.9b (FY, 2024)
Cost of goods	Cost of goods $124.1m (FY, 2021)	Cost of goods N/A	Cost of goods N/A	Cost of goods N/A	Cost of goods N/A	Cost of goods $901m (FY, 2024)	Cost of goods $1.6b (FY, 2024)
Gross profit	Gross profit $403.2m (FY, 2021)	Gross profit N/A	Gross profit N/A	Gross profit N/A	Gross profit N/A	Gross profit $549m (FY, 2024)	Gross profit $1.2b (FY, 2024)
Net income	Net income $5.7m (FY, 2021)	Net income N/A	Net income $26.5m (FY, 2025)	Net income $1.5b (FY, 2025)	Net income ($80.7m) (FY, 2025)	Net income N/A	Net income N/A
Operating ⚠
Franchised Restaurants	Franchised Restaurants N/A	Franchised Restaurants N/A	Franchised Restaurants 265 (FY, 2017)	Franchised Restaurants N/A	Franchised Restaurants 2.1 k (Q2, 2021)	Franchised Restaurants N/A	Franchised Restaurants 8.1 k (Q2, 2024)
Owned Restaurants	Owned Restaurants N/A	Owned Restaurants N/A	Owned Restaurants 212 (FY, 2017)	Owned Restaurants N/A	Owned Restaurants 148 (Q2, 2021)	Owned Restaurants N/A	Owned Restaurants 488 (Q2, 2024)
Restaurants	Restaurants N/A	Restaurants N/A	Restaurants 477 (FY, 2017)	Restaurants 3.1 k (Q3, 2022)	Restaurants 2.2 k (Q2, 2021)	Restaurants N/A	Restaurants 8.6 k (Q2, 2024)
Funding
Total funding raised	Total funding raised $ 260m	Total funding raised $ 100m	Total funding raised N/A	Total funding raised $ 151.6m	Total funding raised N/A	Total funding raised N/A	Total funding raised $ 13.7m