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Chick-fil-A

Parent: Chick-fil-A, Inc. (private) · Private; operator model

Credit ratingNot rated
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No verified agency rating.

Founded1946Source: Wikidata
EmployeesNot verifiedNo verified source
Locations2,863Year-end 2025; source: QSR Magazine
HeadquartersAtlanta, GeorgiaQSR & Coffee

New Initiatives

How the real estate strategy is changing: openings, closures, formats, remodels, relocations and refranchising.

  • Announced nine new restaurants across the Dallas-Fort Worth area in 2026.

    Source: Chick-fil-A

  • Chick-fil-A added a net 179 restaurants in 2025 and system sales approached $24 billion.

    Source: QSR Magazine

  • Added a net 179 franchised and company-operated restaurants in 2025 to reach 2,863 outlets, per its FDD.

    Source: QSR Magazine

Chick-fil-A is a family-owned chicken quick-service chain whose restaurants are run by independent local operators under a franchise model. The company typically controls the real estate and does not publish audited financials or carry public credit ratings.

Store count

2,863 as of Year-end 2025
+6.7% 1-year change vs. prior fiscal year
  1. 2,3112021
  2. 2,4112022
  3. 2,5522023
  4. 2,6842024
  5. 2,863Latest

Domestic franchised and company-operated restaurants, excluding licensed units. Counts as reported at each period end. Sources: Chick-fil-A 2025 FDD Item 20 (total outlets), via FDD Ninja; QSR Magazine.

What’s changing

  1. Update

    Chick-fil-A added a net 179 restaurants in 2025 and system sales approached $24 billion. Source: QSR Magazine

SEC Filings

Private company, no public SEC filings. Chick-fil-A, Inc. (private) does not file annual reports with the SEC.

Credit ratings

AgencyRatingOutlookAs ofSource
S&P GlobalNot ratedNot verifiedNot verified
Moody’sNot ratedNot verifiedNot verified

Share prices, Yahoo Finance, as of Nov. 9, 2026. Bond index yields and spreads, ICE BofA US corporate and high yield indices, ICE Data Indices, LLC, via FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. 10-year yield, U.S. Department of the Treasury.

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