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Inspire Brands's competitors and similar companies include Yum China, Papa John's, Dunkin' Donuts, Starbucks, Yum! Brands, Burger King and Taco Bell.

	Inspire Brands Inspire Brands is a multi-brand restaurant company.	Yum China Yum China Holdings is a company engaged in the restaurant industry.	Papa John's Papa John's International is a company that operates a pizza restaurant chain providing delivery, takeaway, and dine-in services.	Dunkin' Donuts Dunkin' Donuts (also known as Dunkin's Brands Group) is a chain of coffee and baked goods restaurants.	Starbucks Starbucks is a company that operates as a marketer and retailer of coffee and food products.	Yum! Brands Yum! Brands (formerly known as Tricon Global Restaurants) is a company that develops, operates, and franchises 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 2018	Founding Date 1987	Founding Date 1984	Founding Date 1950	Founding Date 1971	Founding Date 1997	Founding Date 1954	Founding Date 1962
Type	Type Private	Type Public	Type Public	Type Subsidiary	Type Public	Type Public	Type Subsidiary	Type Subsidiary
Tags	Tags Food & Beverage Retail restaurant	Tags Food & Beverage holding company hospitality restaurant	Tags Food & Beverage beverages delivery restaurant	Tags Food & Beverage beverages processed food restaurant	Tags Food & Beverage beverages distribution processed food restaurant	Tags Food & Beverage processed food restaurant	Tags Food & Beverage restaurant	Tags Food & Beverage delivery nutrition processed food restaurant
Locations	Locations Atlanta, US HQ Canton, US Champaign, US Minneapolis, US Oklahoma City, US	Locations Shanghai, CN HQ	Locations Louisville, US HQ Beijing, CN Shanghai, CN see more	Locations Canton, US HQ	Locations Seattle, US HQ Richmond, AU Vienna, AT Varginha, BR Toronto, CA Shanghai, CN San José, CR see more	Locations Louisville, US HQ Sydney, AU Woking, GB Louisville, US Plano, US Chicago, US Irvine, US see more	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 52,6532% increase	Employees 400,000	Employees 13,20010% increase	Employees 20,7412% increase	Employees 381,0005% decrease	Employees 35,0003% decrease	Employees 98,7502% increase	Employees 67,2942% increase
Valuation ($)	Valuation ($) N/A	Valuation ($) 18.1 b	Valuation ($) 1.7 b	Valuation ($) N/A	Valuation ($) 108.4 b	Valuation ($) 37.9 b	Valuation ($) N/A	Valuation ($) N/A
Financial
Revenue (est.)	Revenue (est.) $14b (Y, 2019)	Revenue (est.) $11b (FY, 2023)	Revenue (est.) $2.1b (FY, 2023)	Revenue (est.) $1.4b (FY, 2019)	Revenue (est.) $36b (FY, 2023)	Revenue (est.) $7.1b (FY, 2023)	Revenue (est.) N/A	Revenue (est.) $2.6b (FY, 2023)
Cost of goods	Cost of goods N/A	Cost of goods N/A	Cost of goods $1.7b (FY, 2023)	Cost of goods $155m (FY, 2019)	Cost of goods $11.4b (FY, 2023)	Cost of goods $3.6b (FY, 2023)	Cost of goods N/A	Cost of goods N/A
Gross profit	Gross profit N/A	Gross profit N/A	Gross profit $421.6m (FY, 2023)	Gross profit $1.2b (FY, 2019)	Gross profit $24.6b (FY, 2023)	Gross profit $3.5b (FY, 2023)	Gross profit N/A	Gross profit N/A
Net income	Net income N/A	Net income $901m (FY, 2023)	Net income $82.8m (FY, 2023)	Net income $242m (FY, 2019)	Net income $4.1b (FY, 2023)	Net income $1.6b (FY, 2023)	Net income N/A	Net income N/A
Operating ⚠
Countries	Countries N/A	Countries N/A	Countries 44 (Q3, 2017)	Countries N/A	Countries 86 (Q3, 2023)	Countries 150 (Q3, 2021)	Countries N/A	Countries 32 (FY, 2023)
Franchised Restaurants	Franchised Restaurants N/A	Franchised Restaurants N/A	Franchised Restaurants 4.4 k (Q3, 2017)	Franchised Restaurants N/A	Franchised Restaurants N/A	Franchised Restaurants 51.1 k (Q3, 2021)	Franchised Restaurants N/A	Franchised Restaurants 8.1 k (Q2, 2024)
Owned Restaurants	Owned Restaurants N/A	Owned Restaurants N/A	Owned Restaurants N/A	Owned Restaurants N/A	Owned Restaurants N/A	Owned Restaurants 1.1 k (Q3, 2021)	Owned Restaurants N/A	Owned Restaurants 488 (Q2, 2024)
Restaurants	Restaurants N/A	Restaurants N/A	Restaurants 742 (Q3, 2017)	Restaurants N/A	Restaurants N/A	Restaurants 52.2 k (Q3, 2021)	Restaurants N/A	Restaurants 8.6 k (Q2, 2024)
Stores	Stores N/A	Stores 9.2 k (FY, 2019)	Stores N/A	Stores N/A	Stores 37.2 k (Q3, 2023)	Stores N/A	Stores N/A	Stores N/A
Funding
Total funding raised	Total funding raised N/A	Total funding raised $ 460m	Total funding raised N/A	Total funding raised N/A	Total funding raised $ 900m	Total funding raised N/A	Total funding raised N/A	Total funding raised $ 13.7m