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CAVA Group

Medium
Brand

NYSE CAVA · US

Listing status
listed
Operating model
Direct / managed estate
Scale basis
Company-operated revenue (proxy)
Confidence
Medium
Segment
fast casual mediterranean

Direct-chain screening row with revenue, store count and profit. Use alongside finer AUV metrics where available.

Scale basis note

Revenue from company-operated restaurants (mostly-owned estates). Useful for accounting scale, not directly comparable with GMV/system sales.

Compare this operator
Every number has a source row

Metrics below keep source tier, quality, period, and source link visible at the metric level.

Source tiers
S1Official primary — filings, annual reports, prospectuses
S2Official secondary — IR decks, transcripts
S3Supplementary — vetted media, databases
S0Not usable — flagged, never published

Source tiers — S1 official primary · S2 official secondary · S3 supplementary · S0 not usable. Open “Provenance” on any number for its tier, basis, precision, and do-not-use note.

GMV is not revenue

GMV/system sales, revenue, and royalty pool sales are separate scale bases. Screening proxies are directional only.

MetricValuePeriod / basisQualitySource
Stores
Reported restaurant, coffee shop, tea shop, bakery, or comparable chain units.
439 stores
FY2025 (fiscal year ended December 28, 2025): bringing total CAVA Restaurants to 439, a 19.6% increase in total CAVA Restaurants year over year.
Source-backed
S2 official secondary (opens in new tab)
Press Or Ir · bringing total CAVA Restaurants to 439, a 19.6% increase in total CAVA Restaurants year over year.
Provenance
Tier: S2 official secondary
Source: Press Or Ir
Scale
Revenue from company-operated restaurants (mostly-owned estates). Useful for accounting scale, not directly comparable with GMV/system sales.
$1.17B
FY2025 (fiscal year ended December 28, 2025): 1169300000 USD. (A2 stale-FX/FY refresh, Cowork-approved; basis unchanged).
Company-operated revenue (proxy)Revenue from company-operated restaurants (mostly-owned estates). Useful for accounting scale, not directly comparable with GMV/system sales.
Source-backed
S2 official secondary (opens in new tab)
Press Or Ir · Latest disclosed FY2025 (fiscal year ended December 28, 2025): CAVA Revenue grew 22.5% to $1,169.3 million as compared to $954.3 million in the prior year.
Provenance
Tier: S2 official secondary
Source: Press Or Ir
Basis: Company-operated revenue (proxy)
Precision: Source-backed
Scale per store
Screening proxy: scale divided by store count. It is not audited AUV or unit profit.
$2.66M
Screening proxy
Derived scale_per_store = scale_usd ÷ store_count (439) at company_operated_revenue basis (FY2025 (fiscal year ended December 28, 2025)); not a separately reported metric.
Company-operated revenue (proxy)Revenue from company-operated restaurants (mostly-owned estates). Useful for accounting scale, not directly comparable with GMV/system sales.
Source-backed
S1 official primary (opens in new tab)
Operator Metric Source · Source used for operator metric extraction.
Provenance
Tier: S1 official primary
Source: Operator Metric Source
Basis: Company-operated revenue (proxy)
Precision: Derived
Profit signal
Profit signal from the source period. Read with local accounting and segment mix in mind.
$63.74M
FY2025 (fiscal year ended December 28, 2025): Net income was $63.7 million, or 5.4% of revenue, as compared to $130.3 million in fiscal 2024.
Profit-positiveScale basis not specified. Use as a screening signal until a source pack is attached.
Source-backed
S2 official secondary (opens in new tab)
Press Or Ir · Net income was $63.7 million, or 5.4% of revenue, as compared to $130.3 million in fiscal 2024.
Provenance
Tier: S2 official secondary
Source: Press Or Ir
Basis: Profit-positive
Revenue
Source-backed operating metric from the locked research snapshot.
$1.18B
USD 1.18B revenue (RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax)
Revenue proxyRecognized company revenue. Useful for accounting scale, but not directly comparable with GMV/system sales.
Source-backed
S1 official primary (opens in new tab)
Operator Metric Source · Source used for operator metric extraction.
Provenance
Tier: S1 official primary
Source: Operator Metric Source
Basis: Revenue proxy
Precision: Source-backed

Market data (listed companies)

Market valuation · fluctuates · not operational scale · do not compare with GMV / system sales. Listed companies only.

MetricValuePeriod / basisQualitySource
Market cap
Public market capitalization captured in the locked source snapshot.
$9.37B
May 22, 2026: Current market cap as of June 25, 2026: $9.57B; on May 22, 2026 approximately ~$9.0–9.4B based on ~116.47M shares outstanding at ~$77.57 per share.
Market cap (USD)Scale basis not specified. Use as a screening signal until a source pack is attached.
Source-backed
S3 supplementary (opens in new tab)
Media Or Aggregator · Current market cap as of June 25, 2026: $9.57B; on May 22, 2026 approximately ~$9.0–9.4B based on ~116.47M shares outstanding at ~$77.57 per share.
Provenance
Tier: S3 supplementary
Source: Media Or Aggregator
Basis: Market cap (USD)
Precision: Market snapshot · not operational scale
⚠ Do not use for: Market valuation · not operational scale · never compare with GMV/system sales

Operator profile

11/20 source-backed

Classification, firmographics, ownership and operating dimensions — source-backed where disclosed, marked as a gap (never inferred) where not.

Format & positioning
Cuisine (primary)
mediterraneanS2 official secondary (opens in new tab)
Cuisine (secondary)
not disclosed
Service model
fast casualwikipedia (opens in new tab)
Price tier
midtrade_press (opens in new tab)~
Company
Founded
2,006encyclopedia (opens in new tab)
HQ country
United Statessec-filing (opens in new tab)
CEO
Brett Schulmansec-filing (opens in new tab)
Employees
10,690 headcountsec-filing (opens in new tab)
Ownership
Parent
Public-standalone; ~73% institutional ownership post-IPO. Co-founders (Xenohristos, Grigoropoulos, Moshovitis, CEO Brett Schulman) and early backers retain stakestier3_aggregator (opens in new tab)
PE / holding
Major pre-IPO backers: Act III Holdings (Ron Shaich), The Invus Group, SWaN & Legend Venture Partners, Revolution Growth (VC/growth-equity holders, no single control)tier3_aggregator (opens in new tab)
Recent M&A
not disclosed
Growth
System sales YoY
not disclosed
Revenue YoY
22.5%S1 official primary (opens in new tab)
Net new units
72 unitsS1 official primary (opens in new tab)
Pricing & digital
Avg check
not disclosed
Digital sales
37.9%S3 supplementary (opens in new tab)
Loyalty members
8,000,000company (opens in new tab)~
Franchise terms
Royalty
not disclosed
Franchise fee
not disclosed
By-market footprint
United States
459 storesS1 official primary (opens in new tab)

Store counts by market/region — footprint context, not a same-basis comparison.

Disclosed store model

disclosed12/12 source-backed

Company-operated vs franchised footprint, AUV and store-level economics — taken verbatim from each operator's own filing, never inferred. A separate axis from company scale and single-store economics.

Total stores
439 stores
439 restaurants/stores (NumberOfRestaurants; restaurant)
Source-backedS1 official primary (opens in new tab)
Operational scale
$1.2B
Company revenue proxy: USD 1.18B revenue (RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax); use as operating scale for direct-chain screening across 439 restaurants/stores.
Source-backedS1 official primary (opens in new tab)
Revenue
$1.2B
USD 1.18B revenue (RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax)
Source-backedS1 official primary (opens in new tab)
Company-operated
see brand drilldown
Franchised
see brand drilldown

Brand drilldown

non-additive

Per-brand detail — NOT additive (brands may use different bases / periods) and NOT counted in rankings. Listed for transparency only.

CAVA Group
Direct vs franchise split
100%
2024_or_latest
Source-backedS2 official secondary (opens in new tab)
AUV — average unit volume
2,800,000 USD per restaurant year
2024_or_latest
Source-backedS2 official secondary (opens in new tab)
Same-store sales
0.181 YOY growth q3 2024
2024_or_latest
Source-backedS2 official secondary (opens in new tab)
Unit / store-level profit
25.6%
2024_or_latest
Source-backedS2 official secondary (opens in new tab)
Operating margin
4.5%
FY2024
Source-backedS1 official primary (opens in new tab)
Food cost %
29.5%
FY2024
Source-backedS1 official primary (opens in new tab)
Labor cost %
25.7%
FY2024
Source-backedS1 official primary (opens in new tab)
Rent cost %
7.2%
FY2024
Source-backedS1 official primary (opens in new tab)
Marketing cost %
0.9%
FY2024
Source-backedS1 official primary (opens in new tab)

Single-store model

4/8 source-backed

Unit economics are a separate axis from company-level scale — never read as the same number. Each field keeps its source, period, and quality; derived/estimated rows and gaps are marked.

AUV / unit sales
Secondary relay (FDD/10-K/release); confirm vs primary.
AUV $2.8m (Q3 2024).
2024_or_latest
Source-backedS2 official secondary (opens in new tab)
Single-store profit
Secondary relay (FDD/10-K/release); confirm vs primary.
Restaurant-level margin 25.6% (Q3 2024).
2024_or_latest
Source-backedS2 official secondary (opens in new tab)
Initial investment
GAP — not fabricated.
—
GapSource (opens in new tab)
Franchise fee / royalty
GAP — not fabricated.
—
GapSource (opens in new tab)
Payback period
GAP — not fabricated.
—
GapSource (opens in new tab)
Same-store sales
Secondary relay (FDD/10-K/release); confirm vs primary.
Same-restaurant sales +18.1% (Q3 2024).
2024_or_latest
Source-backedS2 official secondary (opens in new tab)
Store open / close
GAP — not fabricated.
—
GapSource (opens in new tab)
Company-operated share
Secondary relay (FDD/10-K/release); confirm vs primary.
Company-owned.
2024_or_latest
Source-backedS2 official secondary (opens in new tab)

Cost structure

5/6 source-backed

Where each revenue dollar goes, latest disclosed year. Slices use each operator's reported base — % of revenue unless the row notes otherwise (% of GMV, restaurant-level, franchise goods-supply COGS). Grey = not separately disclosed. This is a separate axis from company scale and single-store economics.

Food / COGS29.5%
FY2024· group GAAP op margin; rest-level derived 25.1%; advertising in G&AS1 official primary (opens in new tab)Source-backed
All company-operated. Delivery inside other opex 12.4% (not split).
Labor25.7%
FY2024· group GAAP op margin; rest-level derived 25.1%; advertising in G&AS1 official primary (opens in new tab)Source-backed
All company-operated. Delivery inside other opex 12.4% (not split).
Rent / occupancy7.2%
FY2024· group GAAP op margin; rest-level derived 25.1%; advertising in G&AS1 official primary (opens in new tab)Source-backed
All company-operated. Delivery inside other opex 12.4% (not split).
Delivery commission—
FY2024· group GAAP op margin; rest-level derived 25.1%; advertising in G&AGap
All company-operated. Delivery inside other opex 12.4% (not split).
Marketing0.9%
FY2024· group GAAP op margin; rest-level derived 25.1%; advertising in G&AS1 official primary (opens in new tab)Source-backed
All company-operated. Delivery inside other opex 12.4% (not split).
Operating margin4.5%
FY2024· group GAAP op margin; rest-level derived 25.1%; advertising in G&AS1 official primary (opens in new tab)Source-backed
All company-operated. Delivery inside other opex 12.4% (not split).
Not separately disclosed32.2%

Supply chain

4 suppliers · 2 with S1 filing

Who supplies this brand — reverse-extracted from each supplier's own filing (top-customer / related-party disclosure). The % is the supplier's revenue share from this brand (supplier-side, not procurement spend), unless a note says otherwise. Each edge keeps its period, source tier, and audit link; named relationships without a disclosed % are shown as such.

CAVA Group olive oil supplier (named generically in SEC filing)
Ingredients
discloses as: CAVA Group
—named (no % disclosed)S1 filingsource (opens in new tab)
Stavros Manolakos (family-owned Greek olive oil producer)
Ingredients
discloses as: CAVA Group
—named (no % disclosed)S2 citedsource (opens in new tab)
Unnamed national distribution partners (limited number)
Distribution
discloses as: CAVA Group
—named (no % disclosed)S1 filingsource (opens in new tab)
Maine Root Beverages
Beverage
discloses as: CAVA Group
—named (no % disclosed)S3 newssource (opens in new tab)