Starbucks Competitors and Similar CompaniesClear all

Starbucks's competitors and similar companies include Peet's Coffee, Dunkin' Donuts, McDonald's, Whitbread, Costa Coffee and Subway.

	Starbucks Starbucks is a company that operates as a marketer and retailer of coffee and food products.	Peet's Coffee Peet's Coffee is a premier specialty coffee and tea company.	Dunkin' Donuts Dunkin' Donuts (also known as Dunkin's Brands Group) is a chain of coffee and baked goods restaurants.	McDonald's McDonald's is a company that operates and franchises a chain of fast-food restaurants.	Whitbread Whitbread is a large operator of hotels, restaurants and coffee shops.	Costa Coffee Costa Coffee is a multinational coffeehouse chain.	Subway SUBWAY is a fast food restaurant franchise that primarily sells submarine sandwiches.
Founding Date	Founding Date 1971	Founding Date 1966	Founding Date 1950	Founding Date 1954	Founding Date 1742	Founding Date 1971	Founding Date 1965
Type	Type Public	Type Subsidiary	Type Subsidiary	Type Public	Type Public	Type Subsidiary	Type Private
Tags	Tags Food & Beverage beverages distribution processed food	Tags Food & Beverage beverages restaurant	Tags Food & Beverage beverages processed food restaurant	Tags Food & Beverage beverages processed food restaurant	Tags Travel & Leisure beverages hospitality hotels restaurant	Tags Food & Beverage beverages consumer products & services hospitality nutrition restaurant	Tags Food & Beverage beverages restaurant
Locations	Locations Seattle, US HQ Richmond, AU Vienna, AT Varginha, BR Toronto, CA Shanghai, CN San José, CR see more	Locations Emeryville, US HQ	Locations Canton, US HQ	Locations Chicago, US HQ Pennant Hills, AU Brunn Am Gebirge, AT Zaventem, BE Cidade De Barueri, BR Toronto, CA Praha, CZ see more	Locations Dunstable, GB HQ London, GB	Locations Houghton Regis, GB HQ	Locations Milford, US HQ
Employees	Employees 361,0005% decrease	Employees 8432% increase	Employees 21,6651% increase	Employees 150,000	Employees 31,613	Employees 17,6312% decrease	Employees 108,7071% increase
Valuation ($)	Valuation ($) 108.4 b	Valuation ($) N/A	Valuation ($) N/A	Valuation ($) 207.1 b	Valuation ($) 7.6 b	Valuation ($) N/A	Valuation ($) N/A
Financial
Revenue (est.)	Revenue (est.) $37.2b (FY, 2025)	Revenue (est.) $983m (FY, 2019)	Revenue (est.) $1.4b (FY, 2019)	Revenue (est.) $26.9b (FY, 2025)	Revenue (est.) £2.9b (FY, 2026)	Revenue (est.) £1.3b (FY, 2019)	Revenue (est.) N/A
Cost of goods	Cost of goods N/A	Cost of goods N/A	Cost of goods $155m (FY, 2019)	Cost of goods N/A	Cost of goods £215.1m (FY, 2026)	Cost of goods £426.4m (FY, 2019)	Cost of goods N/A
Gross profit	Gross profit N/A	Gross profit N/A	Gross profit $1.2b (FY, 2019)	Gross profit N/A	Gross profit £2.7b (FY, 2026)	Gross profit £917.7m (FY, 2019)	Gross profit N/A
Net income	Net income N/A	Net income N/A	Net income $242m (FY, 2019)	Net income $8.6b (FY, 2025)	Net income £212.9m (FY, 2026)	Net income £105.2m (FY, 2019)	Net income N/A
Operating ⚠
Coffee Shops (Other)	Coffee Shops (Other) N/A	Coffee Shops (Other) N/A	Coffee Shops (Other) N/A	Coffee Shops (Other) N/A	Coffee Shops (Other) 1.4 k (FY, 2018)	Coffee Shops (Other) 1 k (Oct, 2018)	Coffee Shops (Other) N/A
Coffee Shops (UK)	Coffee Shops (UK) N/A	Coffee Shops (UK) N/A	Coffee Shops (UK) N/A	Coffee Shops (UK) N/A	Coffee Shops (UK) 2.4 k (FY, 2018)	Coffee Shops (UK) 1.3 k (Oct, 2018)	Coffee Shops (UK) N/A
Countries	Countries 86 (Q3, 2023)	Countries N/A	Countries N/A	Countries 100 (FY, 2022)	Countries N/A	Countries N/A	Countries 100 (Jun, 2023)
Restaurants	Restaurants N/A	Restaurants N/A	Restaurants N/A	Restaurants 40.3 k (FY, 2022)	Restaurants 400 (FY, 2017)	Restaurants N/A	Restaurants 37 k (Jun, 2023)