El Pollo Loco Competitors and Similar CompaniesClear all
El Pollo Loco's competitors and similar companies include Del Taco, Nando's, Restaurant Brands International and Ibersol Group.
 El Pollo Loco El Pollo Loco Holdings is a company that develops, franchises, licenses, and operates quick-service restaurants. |  Nando's Nando is a fast-casual restaurant company specializing in spicy Portuguese-style chicken dishes. |  Restaurant Brands International Restaurant Brands International is a quick service restaurant company. | |||
Founding Date | Founding Date 1980 | Founding Date 1964 | Founding Date 1987 | Founding Date N/A | Founding Date 1985 |
Type | Type Public | Type Subsidiary | Type Private | Type Public | Type Public |
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Locations | Locations Costa Mesa, US HQ | Locations Lake Forest, US HQ Tamuning, GU Alamogordo, US Albany, US Albuquerque, US Allen Park, US American Fork, US see more | Locations London, GB HQ Abbotsford, AU Gaborone, Botswana, BW Doha, QA Johannesburg, ZA Dubai, AE | Locations Miami, US HQ Toronto, CA | Locations Porto, PT HQ Lisboa, PT |
Employees | Employees 5,00510% decrease | Employees 4,827 | Employees 34,000 | Employees 6,3005% increase | Employees 8,0385% increase |
Valuation ($) | Valuation ($) 375.6 m | Valuation ($) N/A | Valuation ($) N/A | Valuation ($) 32.5 b | Valuation ($) 327.2 m |
Financial | |||||
Revenue (est.) | Revenue (est.) $490m (FY, 2025) | Revenue (est.) $527.4m (FY, 2021) | Revenue (est.) £779.4m (FY, 2019) | Revenue (est.) $9.4b (FY, 2025) | Revenue (est.) €475.9m (FY, 2024) |
Cost of goods | Cost of goods N/A | Cost of goods $124.1m (FY, 2021) | Cost of goods £586.5m (FY, 2019) | Cost of goods N/A | Cost of goods €113.2m (FY, 2024) |
Gross profit | Gross profit N/A | Gross profit $403.2m (FY, 2021) | Gross profit £192.9m (FY, 2019) | Gross profit N/A | Gross profit €374.9m (FY, 2024) |
Net income | Net income $26.5m (FY, 2025) | Net income $5.7m (FY, 2021) | Net income £74.3m (FY, 2019) | Net income $1.1b (FY, 2025) | Net income €10.8m (FY, 2024) |
Operating ⚠ | |||||
Franchised Restaurants | Franchised Restaurants 265 (FY, 2017) | Franchised Restaurants N/A | Franchised Restaurants 226 (FY, 2018) | Franchised Restaurants N/A | Franchised Restaurants N/A |
Owned Restaurants | Owned Restaurants 212 (FY, 2017) | Owned Restaurants N/A | Owned Restaurants 711 (FY, 2018) | Owned Restaurants N/A | Owned Restaurants N/A |
Restaurants | Restaurants 477 (FY, 2017) | Restaurants N/A | Restaurants N/A | Restaurants 23.7 k (Q3, 2017) | Restaurants N/A |
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Del Taco
HQ
Lake Forest, US
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HQ
London, GB
Employees
34,000
Nando is a fast-casual restaurant company specializing in spicy Portuguese-style chicken dishes.
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Miami, US
Employees
6,300↑ 5% increase
Restaurant Brands International is a quick service restaurant company.
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Ibersol Group
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Porto, PT
Employees
8,038↑ 5% increase
Ibersol Group is a company providing food services.
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