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Darden Restaurants

Medium
Group

NYSE DRI · US

Listing status
listed
Operating model
Direct / managed estate
Scale basis
GMV / system sales
Confidence
Medium
Segment
full service multi brand

Strong direct-operator benchmark for full-service dining; useful for comparing store productivity and restaurant-level profitability across brands.

Scale basis note

Terminal transaction scale across the network. Useful for franchise reach, not the same as listed-company revenue.

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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.
2,159 stores
FY2025 (ended May 25, 2025): Darden Continuing Operations totaled 2,159 [restaurants] as of fiscal year-end May 25, 2025.
Source-backed
S2 official secondary (opens in new tab)
Press Or Ir · Darden Continuing Operations totaled 2,159 [restaurants] as of fiscal year-end May 25, 2025.
Provenance
Tier: S2 official secondary
Source: Press Or Ir
Scale
Terminal transaction scale across the network. Useful for franchise reach, not the same as listed-company revenue.
$13.21B
FY2026: Fiscal 2026 financial highlights: total sales increased 9.4% to $13.21 billion; company reports fiscal year ended May 31, 2026.. Freshness refresh (Cowork, on-basis; basis unchanged).
GMV / system salesTerminal transaction scale across the network. Useful for franchise reach, not the same as listed-company revenue.
Source-backed
S1 official primary (opens in new tab)
Regulatory Filing · Fiscal 2026 financial highlights: total sales increased 9.4% to $13.21 billion; company reports fiscal year ended May 31, 2026.
Provenance
Tier: S1 official primary
Source: Regulatory Filing
Basis: GMV / system sales
Precision: Source-backed
Scale per store
Screening proxy: scale divided by store count. It is not audited AUV or unit profit.
$6.12M
Screening proxy
Derived scale_per_store = scale_usd ÷ store_count (2159) at gmv_or_system_sales_usd (FY2026).
GMV / system salesTerminal transaction scale across the network. Useful for franchise reach, not the same as listed-company revenue.
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: GMV / system sales
Precision: Derived
Profit signal
Profit signal from the source period. Read with local accounting and segment mix in mind.
$1.05B
FY2025 (ended May 25, 2025): Net earnings from continuing operations increased to $1.05 billion in fiscal 2025 from $1.03 billion in fiscal 2024, a 2.0 percent increase.
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 earnings from continuing operations increased to $1.05 billion in fiscal 2025 from $1.03 billion in fiscal 2024, a 2.0 percent increase.
Provenance
Tier: S2 official secondary
Source: Press Or Ir
Basis: Profit-positive
Revenue
Source-backed operating metric from the locked research snapshot.
$12.08B
USD 12.08B 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.
$23.31B
May 22, 2026: DRI closing price May 22, 2026: $203.51; shares outstanding ~114.54M → implied market cap ~$23.3B.
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 · DRI closing price May 22, 2026: $203.51; shares outstanding ~114.54M → implied market cap ~$23.3B.
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

10/19 source-backed

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

Format & positioning
Cuisine (primary)
casual varied
Cuisine (secondary)
not disclosed
Service model
casual diningtier3_reference (opens in new tab)
Price tier
midtertiary (opens in new tab)
Company
Founded
1,995secondary (opens in new tab)
HQ country
United Statesaggregator (opens in new tab)
CEO
Ricardo Cardenascompany (opens in new tab)
Employees
197,124 headcountaggregator (opens in new tab)
Ownership
Parent
Independent / public-standalone (no corporate parent; widely held, NYSE:DRI)encyclopedic (opens in new tab)
PE / holding
not disclosed
Recent M&A
Acquired Chuy's Holdings (~$605M, all-cash) — completed Oct 11, 2024company/regulatory (opens in new tab)
Growth
Revenue YoY
6%S1 official primary (opens in new tab)
Net new units
128 unitsS1 official primary (opens in new tab)
Pricing & digital
Avg check
$2310-K (opens in new tab)~
Digital sales
not disclosed
Off-premise
25%company (opens in new tab)~
Franchise terms
Royalty
not disclosed
Franchise fee
not disclosed
By-market footprint
United States
2,159 storesS1 official primary (opens in new tab)

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

Disclosed store model

disclosed7/7 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
2,317 stores
FY2025 (as of May 25, 2025)
Source-backedS1 official primary (opens in new tab)
Company-operated
2,159 stores
FY2025 (fiscal year ended May 25, 2025)
Source-backedS1 official primary (opens in new tab)
Franchised
154 stores
FY2025 (as of May 25, 2025)
Source-backedS1 official primary (opens in new tab)
JV / licensed
5 stores
FY2025 (as of May 25, 2025)
Source-backedS1 official primary (opens in new tab)
AUV — average unit volume
5.6 USD
FY2025 (Olive Garden segment, year ended May 25, 2025)
Source-backedS1 official primary (opens in new tab)
Store-level margin
Food & beverage 30.3%; Restaurant labor 31.7%; Restaurant expenses 16.1% (of sales)
FY2025 (year ended May 25, 2025)
Source-backedS1 official primary (opens in new tab)
New units opened
103 company-owned Chuy's + 25 other net new (128 net new total, incl. acquisition)
FY2025 (year ended May 25, 2025)
Source-backedS1 official primary (opens in new tab)

Single-store model

3/8 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.
Olive Garden avg ~$5.6m/restaurant 2024 (flagship).
2024_or_latest
Source-backedS2 official secondary (opens in new tab)
Single-store profit
GAP — not fabricated.
—
GapSource (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.
Olive Garden same-restaurant sales +1.6% FY2024.
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.
Darden owns its restaurants (minimal franchise).
2024_or_latest
Source-backedS2 official secondary (opens in new tab)

Cost structure

4/6 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 / COGS30.9%
FY2024S1 official primary (opens in new tab)Source-backed
Sales $11,390M. Food&bev 30.9/restaurant labor 31.8/restaurant expenses 16.1 (rent not split). Marketing 1.3% est. Group op margin ~11.5%.
Labor31.8%
FY2024S1 official primary (opens in new tab)Source-backed
Sales $11,390M. Food&bev 30.9/restaurant labor 31.8/restaurant expenses 16.1 (rent not split). Marketing 1.3% est. Group op margin ~11.5%.
Rent / occupancy—
FY2024Gap
Sales $11,390M. Food&bev 30.9/restaurant labor 31.8/restaurant expenses 16.1 (rent not split). Marketing 1.3% est. Group op margin ~11.5%.
Delivery commission—
FY2024Gap
Sales $11,390M. Food&bev 30.9/restaurant labor 31.8/restaurant expenses 16.1 (rent not split). Marketing 1.3% est. Group op margin ~11.5%.
Marketing1.3%
FY2024S2 official secondary (opens in new tab)Estimated
Sales $11,390M. Food&bev 30.9/restaurant labor 31.8/restaurant expenses 16.1 (rent not split). Marketing 1.3% est. Group op margin ~11.5%.
Operating margin11.5%
FY2024· groupS2 official secondary (opens in new tab)Estimated
Sales $11,390M. Food&bev 30.9/restaurant labor 31.8/restaurant expenses 16.1 (rent not split). Marketing 1.3% est. Group op margin ~11.5%.
Not separately disclosed24.5%

Supply chain

4 suppliers · 3 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.

American Seafoods Group LLC (ASG Consolidated LLC)private (SEC-reporting debt issuer; later American Seafoods / Pacific Andes-era entity)
Ingredients
discloses as: Darden Restaurants
—named (no % disclosed)S1 filingsource (opens in new tab)
EveryWare Global, Inc.EVRY (delisted; formerly NASDAQ)
Packaging
discloses as: Darden Restaurants
—named (no % disclosed)S1 filingsource (opens in new tab)
EveryWare Global, Inc.EVRY (delisted)
Packaging
discloses as: Darden Restaurants
—named (no % disclosed)S1 filingsource (opens in new tab)
Ziosk (TableTop Media, LLC)private
Tech / SaaS
discloses as: Darden Restaurants
—named (no % disclosed)S3 newssource (opens in new tab)

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