Taco Bell Competitors and Similar CompaniesClear all

Taco Bell's competitors and similar companies include The Wendy’s Company, Luby's, Del Taco, McDonald's and Chipotle Mexican Grill.

	Taco Bell Taco Bell is a fast-food restaurant chain specializing in Tex-Mex meals.	The Wendy’s Company The Wendy’s Company is a company that operates a quick-service restaurant.	Luby's Luby's is a multi-branded company in the restaurant industry and in the contract food services industry.	Del Taco Del Taco Restaurants is an operator and franchiser of restaurants featuring fresh and fast made-to-order cuisine.	McDonald's McDonald's is a company that operates and franchises a chain of fast-food restaurants.	Chipotle Mexican Grill Chipotle Mexican Grill is a company that operates a chain of Mexican food restaurants.
Founding Date	Founding Date 1962	Founding Date 1969	Founding Date 1947	Founding Date 1964	Founding Date 1954	Founding Date 1993
Type	Type Subsidiary	Type Public	Type Subsidiary	Type Public	Type Public	Type Public
Tags	Tags Food & Beverage delivery nutrition processed food restaurant	Tags Food & Beverage beverages processed food restaurant	Tags Food & Beverage catering restaurant	Tags Food & Beverage restaurant	Tags Food & Beverage processed food restaurant	Tags Food & Beverage hospitality restaurant
Locations	Locations Irvine, US HQ	Locations Dublin, US HQ	Locations Houston, US HQ	Locations Lake Forest, US HQ Tamuning, GU Alamogordo, US Albany, US Albuquerque, US Allen Park, US American Fork, US see more	Locations Chicago, US HQ Pennant Hills, AU Brunn Am Gebirge, AT Zaventem, BE Cidade De Barueri, BR Toronto, CA Praha, CZ see more	Locations Newport Beach, US HQ
Employees	Employees 77,2552% increase	Employees 14,500	Employees 1,4411% increase	Employees 7,2748% decrease	Employees 150,000	Employees 116,06811% increase
Valuation ($)	Valuation ($) N/A	Valuation ($) 4.1 b	Valuation ($) N/A	Valuation ($) 455.9 m	Valuation ($) 207.1 b	Valuation ($) 75 b
Financial
Revenue (est.)	Revenue (est.) $2.6b (FY, 2023)	Revenue (est.) $2.2b (FY, 2024)	Revenue (est.) $214m (FY, 2020)	Revenue (est.) $527.4m (FY, 2021)	Revenue (est.) $25.9b (FY, 2024)	Revenue (est.) $11.3b (FY, 2024)
Cost of goods	Cost of goods N/A	Cost of goods $783.2m (FY, 2024)	Cost of goods $148.1m (FY, 2020)	Cost of goods N/A	Cost of goods $10.9b (FY, 2024)	Cost of goods N/A
Gross profit	Gross profit N/A	Gross profit $1.5b (FY, 2024)	Gross profit $65.9m (FY, 2020)	Gross profit N/A	Gross profit $15b (FY, 2024)	Gross profit N/A
Net income	Net income N/A	Net income $194.4m (FY, 2024)	Net income ($29.5m) (FY, 2020)	Net income $5.7m (FY, 2021)	Net income $8.2b (FY, 2024)	Net income $1.5b (FY, 2024)
Operating ⚠
Countries	Countries 32 (FY, 2023)	Countries 32 (Q3, 2023)	Countries N/A	Countries N/A	Countries 100 (FY, 2022)	Countries N/A
Facilities Leased	Facilities Leased N/A	Facilities Leased N/A	Facilities Leased 32 (FY, 2020)	Facilities Leased 362 (FY, 2020)	Facilities Leased N/A	Facilities Leased N/A
Franchised Restaurants	Franchised Restaurants 8.1 k (Q2, 2024)	Franchised Restaurants 6.7 k (FY, 2022)	Franchised Restaurants 98 (FY, 2019)	Franchised Restaurants N/A	Franchised Restaurants 38.2 k (FY, 2022)	Franchised Restaurants N/A
Office Space Leased, sq. ft.	Office Space Leased, sq. ft. N/A	Office Space Leased, sq. ft. N/A	Office Space Leased, sq. ft. 26 k (FY, 2020)	Office Space Leased, sq. ft. 40 k (FY, 2020)	Office Space Leased, sq. ft. N/A	Office Space Leased, sq. ft. N/A
Owned Restaurants	Owned Restaurants 488 (Q2, 2024)	Owned Restaurants 415 (Q3, 2023)	Owned Restaurants 85 (FY, 2020)	Owned Restaurants N/A	Owned Restaurants 2.1 k (FY, 2022)	Owned Restaurants N/A
Restaurants	Restaurants 8.6 k (Q2, 2024)	Restaurants 7.2 k (Q3, 2023)	Restaurants N/A	Restaurants N/A	Restaurants 40.3 k (FY, 2022)	Restaurants 3.1 k (Q3, 2022)
Restaurants (US)	Restaurants (US) N/A	Restaurants (US) N/A	Restaurants (US) N/A	Restaurants (US) N/A	Restaurants (US) 13.4 k (FY, 2022)	Restaurants (US) 3 k (Q3, 2022)
Restaurants Closed	Restaurants Closed N/A	Restaurants Closed N/A	Restaurants Closed N/A	Restaurants Closed 2 (Q1, 2021)	Restaurants Closed 1.3 k (FY, 2022)	Restaurants Closed N/A
Funding
Total funding raised	Total funding raised $ 13.7m	Total funding raised $ 144.9m	Total funding raised N/A	Total funding raised $ 260m	Total funding raised N/A	Total funding raised $ 151.6m