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Dave & Buster's

Medium
Group

Nasdaq PLAY · US

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

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.
243 stores
FY2025 (ended February 3, 2026): The Company ended the fourth quarter of fiscal 2025 with... 243 venues in North America
Source-backed
S2 official secondary (opens in new tab)
Press Or Ir · The Company ended the fourth quarter of fiscal 2025 with... 243 venues in North America
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.
$2.1B
FY2025 (ended February 3, 2026): Revenue of $2.1 billion decreased 1.4% from fiscal 2024.
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 · Revenue of $2.1 billion decreased 1.4% from fiscal 2024.
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.
$8.65M
Screening proxy
Derived scale_per_store using scale ÷ store_count at the linked scale basis; not a separately reported company 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.
-$48.7M
FY2025 (ended February 3, 2026): Net loss totaled $48.7 million, or $1.40 per share, compared with net income of $58.3 million, or $1.46 per diluted share in fiscal 2024.
Loss-makingScale 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 loss totaled $48.7 million, or $1.40 per share, compared with net income of $58.3 million, or $1.46 per diluted share in fiscal 2024.
Provenance
Tier: S2 official secondary
Source: Press Or Ir
Basis: Loss-making
Revenue
Source-backed operating metric from the locked research snapshot.
$2.1B
USD 2.10B 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.
$408.2M
Directional proxy
May 22, 2026: Unverified: no citable primary disclosure with a verbatim excerpt found. PLAY market cap on May 12, 2026 was ~$338M per stockinvest.us; by June 24, 2026 it was ~$420.6M per stockanalysis. Cannot pin $408.2M to May 22 with a verifiable dated
Market cap (USD)Scale basis not specified. Use as a screening signal until a source pack is attached.
Directional proxy
S3 supplementary (opens in new tab)
Media Or Aggregator · Unverified: no citable primary disclosure with a verbatim excerpt found. PLAY market cap on May 12, 2026 was ~$338M per stockinvest.us; by June 24, 2026 it was ~$420.6M per stockanalysis. Cannot pin $408.2M to May 22 with a verifiable dated
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)
casual variedS2 official secondary (opens in new tab)
Cuisine (secondary)
burgerS2 official secondary (opens in new tab)
Service model
casual diningtertiary (opens in new tab)
Price tier
midsecondary (opens in new tab)
Company
Founded
1,982secondary (opens in new tab)
HQ country
United States~
CEO
Tarun Lalsecondary (opens in new tab)
Employees
23,610 headcount~
Ownership
Parent
public-standalone (Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc., NASDAQ:PLAY)company_disclosure (opens in new tab)
PE / holding
not disclosed
Recent M&A
Acquired Main Event Entertainment for ~$835M (from Ardent Leisure Group & RedBird Capital Partners), completed June 29 2022company_disclosure (opens in new tab)
Growth
Revenue YoY
-1.4%S1 official primary (opens in new tab)
Net new units
11 unitsS1 official primary (opens in new tab)
Pricing & digital
Avg check
not disclosed
Digital sales
not disclosed
Off-premise
not disclosed
Loyalty members
7,000,000press/earnings (opens in new tab)
Franchise terms
Royalty
not disclosed
Franchise fee
not disclosed
By-market footprint
Canada
2 storesS1 official primary (opens in new tab)
Puerto Rico
2 storesS1 official primary (opens in new tab)
United States
244 stores◑derivedS1 official primary (opens in new tab)

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

Disclosed store model

disclosed6/6 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
243 stores
243 restaurants/stores (NumberOfStores; store)
Source-backedS1 official primary (opens in new tab)
Operational scale
$2.1B
Company revenue proxy: USD 2.10B revenue (RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax); use as operating scale for direct-chain screening across 243 restaurants/stores.
Source-backedS1 official primary (opens in new tab)
Revenue
$2.1B
USD 2.10B 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.

Dave & Buster's
Operating margin
10.3%
FY2024
Source-backedS1 official primary (opens in new tab)
Food cost %
9.2%
FY2024
Source-backedS1 official primary (opens in new tab)
Labor cost %
24.5%
FY2024
Source-backedS1 official primary (opens in new tab)

Single-store model

2/8 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
Derived; not disclosed AUV.
Derived: gmv_or_system_sales_usd 2,102,800,000/243=~USD8,653,498/store.
FY2024_or_latest_L1
EstimatedNeeds source
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
GAP — not fabricated.
—
GapSource (opens in new tab)
Store open / close
GAP — not fabricated.
—
GapSource (opens in new tab)
Company-operated share
Inferred.
Model "direct_or_managed_estate"→1.0.
current
EstimatedNeeds source

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 / COGS9.2%
FY2024· cost of food&bev % TOTAL revenue (26.4% of F&B segment rev)S1 official primary (opens in new tab)Source-backed
Entertainment dining (direct). Rev USD2,132.7M. Food&bev 9.2 of total (26.4 of F&B rev); entertainment cost 8.5. Payroll 24.5. Occupancy in other store operating 32.4 -> rent gap. Marketing G&A proxy 4.7. Op margin 10.3; net 2.7.
Labor24.5%
FY2024S1 official primary (opens in new tab)Source-backed
Entertainment dining (direct). Rev USD2,132.7M. Food&bev 9.2 of total (26.4 of F&B rev); entertainment cost 8.5. Payroll 24.5. Occupancy in other store operating 32.4 -> rent gap. Marketing G&A proxy 4.7. Op margin 10.3; net 2.7.
Rent / occupancy—
FY2024Gap
Entertainment dining (direct). Rev USD2,132.7M. Food&bev 9.2 of total (26.4 of F&B rev); entertainment cost 8.5. Payroll 24.5. Occupancy in other store operating 32.4 -> rent gap. Marketing G&A proxy 4.7. Op margin 10.3; net 2.7.
Delivery commission—
FY2024Gap
Entertainment dining (direct). Rev USD2,132.7M. Food&bev 9.2 of total (26.4 of F&B rev); entertainment cost 8.5. Payroll 24.5. Occupancy in other store operating 32.4 -> rent gap. Marketing G&A proxy 4.7. Op margin 10.3; net 2.7.
Marketing4.7%
FY2024· G&A % proxy (no standalone marketing line)S2 official secondary (opens in new tab)Estimated
Entertainment dining (direct). Rev USD2,132.7M. Food&bev 9.2 of total (26.4 of F&B rev); entertainment cost 8.5. Payroll 24.5. Occupancy in other store operating 32.4 -> rent gap. Marketing G&A proxy 4.7. Op margin 10.3; net 2.7.
Operating margin10.3%
FY2024· operating income marginS1 official primary (opens in new tab)Source-backed
Entertainment dining (direct). Rev USD2,132.7M. Food&bev 9.2 of total (26.4 of F&B rev); entertainment cost 8.5. Payroll 24.5. Occupancy in other store operating 32.4 -> rent gap. Marketing G&A proxy 4.7. Op margin 10.3; net 2.7.
Not separately disclosed51.3%

Supply chain

2 suppliers · 1 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.

U.S. Foodservice, Inc. (now US Foods Holding Corp.)USFD
Logistics / cold chain
discloses as: Dave & Buster's
—named (no % disclosed)S1 filingsource (opens in new tab)
Andamiro USA Corp.
Other
discloses as: Dave & Buster's
—named (no % disclosed)S3 newssource (opens in new tab)