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Inspire Brands's competitors and similar companies include Yum China, Pizza Hut, Papa John's, Subway 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.	Pizza Hut Pizza Hut is an international restaurant chain specializing in the sale of ready-to-eat pizza products.	Papa John's Papa John's International is a company that operates a pizza restaurant chain providing delivery, takeaway, and dine-in services.	Subway SUBWAY is a fast food restaurant franchise that primarily sells submarine sandwiches.	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 1958	Founding Date 1984	Founding Date 1965	Founding Date 1962
Type	Type Private	Type Public	Type Subsidiary	Type Public	Type Private	Type Subsidiary
Tags	Tags Food & Beverage Retail restaurant	Tags Food & Beverage holding company hospitality restaurant	Tags Food & Beverage delivery nutrition restaurant	Tags Food & Beverage beverages delivery restaurant	Tags Food & Beverage beverages 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 Plano, US HQ	Locations Louisville, US HQ Beijing, CN Shanghai, CN see more	Locations Milford, US HQ	Locations Irvine, US HQ
Employees	Employees 52,6532% increase	Employees 400,000	Employees 75,249	Employees 13,20010% increase	Employees 98,7352% increase	Employees 67,2942% increase
Valuation ($)	Valuation ($) N/A	Valuation ($) 18.1 b	Valuation ($) N/A	Valuation ($) 1.7 b	Valuation ($) N/A	Valuation ($) N/A
Financial
Revenue (est.)	Revenue (est.) $14b (Y, 2019)	Revenue (est.) $11b (FY, 2023)	Revenue (est.) $1b (FY, 2019)	Revenue (est.) $2.1b (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 $457m (FY, 2019)	Cost of goods $1.7b (FY, 2023)	Cost of goods N/A	Cost of goods N/A
Gross profit	Gross profit N/A	Gross profit N/A	Gross profit $570m (FY, 2019)	Gross profit $421.6m (FY, 2023)	Gross profit N/A	Gross profit N/A
Net income	Net income N/A	Net income $901m (FY, 2023)	Net income N/A	Net income $82.8m (FY, 2023)	Net income N/A	Net income N/A
Operating ⚠
Countries	Countries N/A	Countries N/A	Countries 113 (FY, 2019)	Countries 44 (Q3, 2017)	Countries 100 (Jun, 2023)	Countries 32 (FY, 2023)
Franchised Restaurants	Franchised Restaurants N/A	Franchised Restaurants N/A	Franchised Restaurants 18.6 k (FY, 2019)	Franchised Restaurants 4.4 k (Q3, 2017)	Franchised Restaurants N/A	Franchised Restaurants 8.1 k (Q2, 2024)
Owned Restaurants	Owned Restaurants N/A	Owned Restaurants N/A	Owned Restaurants 100 (FY, 2019)	Owned Restaurants N/A	Owned Restaurants N/A	Owned Restaurants 488 (Q2, 2024)
Restaurants	Restaurants N/A	Restaurants N/A	Restaurants 18.7 k (FY, 2019)	Restaurants 742 (Q3, 2017)	Restaurants 37 k (Jun, 2023)	Restaurants 8.6 k (Q2, 2024)
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 N/A	Total funding raised $ 13.7m