Restaurants, Travel and Leisure
Restaurants, Travel and Leisure Restaurants
Reported revenue is not systemwide sales
McDonald's, Yum!, and Domino's collect royalties on a much larger sales base. Chipotle and Darden are company-operated, so the two bars match. Starbucks is omitted: it does not publish a systemwide sales total.
GAAP revenueSystem or retail sales
Who has the doors
Yum! 63,285, McDonald's 45,356, Starbucks 40,990, Domino's 22,142. Chipotle 4,056. Darden 2,202 company-owned US restaurants.
Who owns the four walls
Domino's, Yum!, and McDonald's are franchise machines. Starbucks is about half licensed. Chipotle and Darden own almost every restaurant.
Franchised / licensed / partnerCompany-operated
Yum! is KFC, then Taco Bell
2025 system sales: KFC $36.43B, Taco Bell $18.36B, Pizza Hut $12.79B, Habit $0.71B. These bars are not GAAP revenue.
Yum! units are KFC, then Pizza Hut
Year-end 2025: KFC 33,897, Pizza Hut 19,974, Taco Bell 9,030, Habit 384. Unit rank is not sales rank.
Comparable sales are not one definition
Darden FY2026 blended same-restaurant sales +4.5%. McDonald's global comps +3.1%. Chipotle -1.7%. Starbucks company-operated -1%. Each chain sets the window. This is not RevPAR.
| Company | Metric | Value | Period | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darden | Blended same-restaurant sales | +4.5% | FY2026 | 52-week basis. Excludes Chuy's and Bahama Breeze. Olive Garden +4.0%, LongHorn +7.2%. |
| McDonald's | Global comparable sales | +3.1% | CY2025 | US +2.1%, International Operated Markets +3.2%, International Developmental Licensed +4.6%. |
| Yum! | Same-store sales | +3% | CY2025 | Taco Bell +7%, KFC +3%, Pizza Hut -1%, Habit -1%. |
| Domino's | US same-store sales | +3.0% | FY2025 | International same-store sales +1.9%. |
| Domino's | International same-store sales | +1.9% | FY2025 | Not a global blended figure. US was +3.0%. |
| Starbucks | Global company-operated comps | -1% | FY2025 | Transactions -2%, ticket +1%. North America comps -2%. |
| Chipotle | Comparable restaurant sales | -1.7% | CY2025 | Transactions -2.9%, check +1.2%. Company-owned restaurants open 13 months. |
Year-end unit change
Yum! +1,939. McDonald's +1,879. Starbucks +791 after 627 company-operated Q4 closures. Chipotle net +327 (opened 334 company-owned). Darden +43 company-owned. Change in year-end count, not a published openings line.
| Company | Prior year-end | Latest year-end | Change | Period | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yum! | 61,346 | 63,285 | +1,939 | YE 2024 to YE 2025 | Franchise 61,668 and company 1,617 at YE 2025 |
| McDonald's | 43,477 | 45,356 | +1,879 | YE 2024 to YE 2025 | Franchised 43,317 and company 2,039 at YE 2025 |
| Starbucks | 40,199 | 40,990 | +791 | FY2024 to FY2025 | Company-operated opened 1,261 and closed 877, including 627 Q4 closures |
| Domino's | 21,366 | 22,142 | +776 | FY2024 to FY2025 | US franchise 6,924, US company 262, international 14,956 |
| Chipotle | 3,729 | 4,056 | +327 | YE 2024 to YE 2025 | Opened 334 company-owned. Partner-operated 14 of 4,056. |
| Darden | 2,159 | 2,202 | +43 | FY2025 to FY2026 | Company-owned US restaurants. May year-end. |
Darden is Olive Garden, then LongHorn
FY2026 (53 weeks): Olive Garden $5.59B, LongHorn $3.42B, Other $2.82B, Fine Dining $1.38B. Extra week added 2.1% to sales growth.
McDonald's reported revenue is mostly franchise fees
Franchised restaurants revenue $16.55B. Company-operated sales $9.69B. Those two lines are $26.24B of $26.89B GAAP. The rest is omitted because it was not printed as a single bar.