McDonald's Competitors and Similar CompaniesClear all

Papa John's's competitors and similar companies include Starbucks, Subway, Yum! Brands and Burger King.

	Papa John's Papa John's International is a company that operates a pizza restaurant chain providing delivery, takeaway, and dine-in services.	Starbucks Starbucks is a company that operates as a marketer and retailer of coffee and food products.	Subway SUBWAY is a fast food restaurant franchise that primarily sells submarine sandwiches.	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.
Founding Date	Founding Date 1984	Founding Date 1971	Founding Date 1965	Founding Date 1997	Founding Date 1954
Type	Type Public	Type Public	Type Private	Type Public	Type Subsidiary
Tags	Tags Food & Beverage beverages delivery restaurant	Tags Food & Beverage beverages distribution processed food restaurant	Tags Food & Beverage beverages restaurant	Tags Food & Beverage processed food restaurant	Tags Food & Beverage restaurant
Locations	Locations Louisville, US HQ Beijing, CN Shanghai, CN see more	Locations Seattle, US HQ Richmond, AU Vienna, AT Varginha, BR Toronto, CA Shanghai, CN San José, CR see more	Locations Milford, US HQ	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
Employees	Employees 13,20010% increase	Employees 361,0005% decrease	Employees 107,6001% increase	Employees 35,0003% decrease	Employees 111,7131% increase
Valuation ($)	Valuation ($) 1.7 b	Valuation ($) 108.4 b	Valuation ($) N/A	Valuation ($) 37.9 b	Valuation ($) N/A
Financial
Revenue (est.)	Revenue (est.) $2.1b (FY, 2024)	Revenue (est.) $36.2b (FY, 2024)	Revenue (est.) N/A	Revenue (est.) $7.5b (FY, 2024)	Revenue (est.) N/A
Cost of goods	Cost of goods N/A	Cost of goods $11.2b (FY, 2024)	Cost of goods N/A	Cost of goods $2.1b (FY, 2024)	Cost of goods N/A
Gross profit	Gross profit N/A	Gross profit $25b (FY, 2024)	Gross profit N/A	Gross profit $5.4b (FY, 2024)	Gross profit N/A
Net income	Net income $84.2m (FY, 2024)	Net income $3.8b (FY, 2024)	Net income N/A	Net income $1.5b (FY, 2024)	Net income N/A
Operating ⚠
Countries	Countries 44 (Q3, 2017)	Countries 86 (Q3, 2023)	Countries 100 (Jun, 2023)	Countries 150 (Q3, 2021)	Countries N/A
Franchised Restaurants	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
Restaurants	Restaurants 742 (Q3, 2017)	Restaurants N/A	Restaurants 37 k (Jun, 2023)	Restaurants 52.2 k (Q3, 2021)	Restaurants N/A