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Jack in the Box

Medium
Group

Nasdaq JACK · US

Listing status
listed
Operating model
Mixed direct + franchise
Scale basis
GMV / system sales
Confidence
Medium
Segment
qsr burger

SEC first pass gives a useful denominator, but direct/franchise and system sales still need 10-K business-section parsing.

Scale basis note

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

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.
2,712 stores
FY2025: Restaurant count at end of Q4: 150 company, 1,986 franchise, 2,136 total [Jack in the Box]; Del Taco: 576 restaurants. Combined total: 2,712 system restaurants at September 28, 2025.
Source-backed
S2 official secondary (opens in new tab)
Press Or Ir · Restaurant count at end of Q4: 150 company, 1,986 franchise, 2,136 total [Jack in the Box]; Del Taco: 576 restaurants. Combined total: 2,712 system restaurants at September 28, 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.
$5.13B
FY2025: Systemwide sales (52 Weeks Ended September 28, 2025): Jack in the Box $4,208,937 [thousands] + Del Taco $918,836 [thousands] = combined $5,127,773 thousand.
GMV / system salesTerminal transaction scale across the network. Useful for franchise reach, not the same as listed-company revenue.
Source-backed
S2 official secondary (opens in new tab)
Press Or Ir · Systemwide sales (52 Weeks Ended September 28, 2025): Jack in the Box $4,208,937 [thousands] + Del Taco $918,836 [thousands] = combined $5,127,773 thousand.
Provenance
Tier: S2 official secondary
Source: Press Or Ir
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.
$1.89M
Screening proxy
Derived scale_per_store using scale ÷ store_count at the linked scale basis; not a separately reported company metric.
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.
-$80.72M
FY2025: Net earnings (loss) for the 52-week period ended September 28, 2025 was $(80,719) thousand. Impairment of goodwill and intangible assets recognized on the Del Taco reporting unit totaled $209,556 thousand for the year.
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 earnings (loss) for the 52-week period ended September 28, 2025 was $(80,719) thousand. Impairment of goodwill and intangible assets recognized on the Del Taco reporting unit totaled $209,556 thousand for the year.
Provenance
Tier: S2 official secondary
Source: Press Or Ir
Basis: Loss-making
Revenue
Source-backed operating metric from the locked research snapshot.
$1.47B
USD 1.47B revenue (Revenues)
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.
$220.3M
Directional proxy
May 22, 2026: Unverified: no citable primary disclosure with a verbatim excerpt found. Stored $220,300,000 not confirmed for exactly May 22, 2026. Financial aggregators show market cap ~$215.9M with 19.07M shares and price ~$11-12 in late May 2026. Exact
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. Stored $220,300,000 not confirmed for exactly May 22, 2026. Financial aggregators show market cap ~$215.9M with 19.07M shares and price ~$11-12 in late May 2026. Exact
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

15/20 source-backed

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

Format & positioning
Cuisine (primary)
burgerS2 official secondary (opens in new tab)
Cuisine (secondary)
mexican latinS2 official secondary (opens in new tab)
Service model
QSRcompany (opens in new tab)
Price tier
valuesecondary (opens in new tab)
Company
Founded
1,951secondary (opens in new tab)
HQ country
United Statesprimary (opens in new tab)
CEO
Lance Tuckerprimary (opens in new tab)
Employees
5,046 headcountprimary (opens in new tab)
Ownership
Parent
public-standalone (Jack in the Box Inc., NASDAQ:JACK)sec_filing (opens in new tab)
PE / holding
not disclosed
Recent M&A
Acquired Del Taco Restaurants (NASDAQ:TACO) for ~$585M, completed Mar 8 2022sec_filing (opens in new tab)
Growth
System sales YoY
-0.4%S1 official primary (opens in new tab)
Revenue YoY
-6.2%S1 official primary (opens in new tab)
Net new units
5 unitsS1 official primary (opens in new tab)
Pricing & digital
Avg check
not disclosed
Digital sales
18.5%earnings call transcript (opens in new tab)~
Loyalty members
not disclosed
Franchise terms
Royalty
5%FDD summary (FDD Exchange) (opens in new tab)
Franchise fee
$50,000FDD summary (FDD Exchange) (opens in new tab)
By-market footprint
United States
2,712 storesS1 official primary (opens in new tab)

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

Disclosed store model

disclosed11/11 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
2,136 stores
FY2025 (fiscal year ended September 28, 2025); as of 09/28/2025 — Jack in the Box brand
Source-backedS1 official primary (opens in new tab)
Total stores
576 stores
FY2025 (fiscal year ended September 28, 2025); as of 09/28/2025 — Del Taco brand
Source-backedS1 official primary (opens in new tab)
Company-operated
150 stores
FY2025 (fiscal year ended September 28, 2025); count as of 09/28/2025 — Jack in the Box brand
Source-backedS1 official primary (opens in new tab)
Company-operated
132 stores
FY2025 (fiscal year ended September 28, 2025); count as of 09/28/2025 — Del Taco brand
Source-backedS1 official primary (opens in new tab)
Franchised
1,986 stores
FY2025 (fiscal year ended September 28, 2025); count as of 09/28/2025 — Jack in the Box brand
Source-backedS1 official primary (opens in new tab)
Franchised
444 stores
FY2025 (fiscal year ended September 28, 2025); count as of 09/28/2025 — Del Taco brand
Source-backedS1 official primary (opens in new tab)
AUV — average unit volume
1,874 USD per year
FY2025 (fiscal year ended September 28, 2025) — Jack in the Box brand, FRANCHISED restaurants only (value in thousands = $1.874M)
Source-backedS1 official primary (opens in new tab)
AUV — average unit volume
1,549 USD per year
FY2025 (fiscal year ended September 28, 2025) — Del Taco brand, FRANCHISED restaurants only (value in thousands = $1.549M)
Source-backedS1 official primary (opens in new tab)
New units opened
31 stores
FY2025 (fiscal year ended September 28, 2025) — Jack in the Box brand new openings (12 company + 19 franchise)
Source-backedS1 official primary (opens in new tab)
New units opened
14 stores
FY2025 (fiscal year ended September 28, 2025) — Del Taco brand new openings (1 company + 13 franchise)
Source-backedS1 official primary (opens in new tab)
Net refranchised
13 stores
FY2025 (fiscal year ended September 28, 2025) — Del Taco company-operated restaurants refranchised (sold to franchisees)
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.
System AUV $1,913,335 (FDD Item 19).
2024_or_latest
Source-backedS2 official secondary (opens in new tab)
Single-store profit
GAP — not fabricated.
—
GapSource (opens in new tab)
Initial investment
Secondary relay (FDD/10-K/release); confirm vs primary.
Investment $1,909,500-$4,041,500 (excl land).
2024_or_latest
Source-backedS2 official secondary (opens in new tab)
Franchise fee / royalty
Secondary relay (FDD/10-K/release); confirm vs primary.
Royalty 5% + 5% marketing.
2024_or_latest
Source-backedS2 official secondary (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.
System SSS -1.3% FY2024 (company 0.0%, franchise -1.5%).
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
GAP — not fabricated.
—
GapSource (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 / COGS29.5%
FY2024S1 official primary (opens in new tab)Source-backed
Jack brand co-op only. Food 29.5/payroll 31.5/occupancy&other 17.3 -> rest margin 21.7%. Group op margin 5.3% (goodwill impairment).
Labor31.5%
FY2024S1 official primary (opens in new tab)Source-backed
Jack brand co-op only. Food 29.5/payroll 31.5/occupancy&other 17.3 -> rest margin 21.7%. Group op margin 5.3% (goodwill impairment).
Rent / occupancy17.3%
FY2024· occupancy&other, % company restaurant salesS1 official primary (opens in new tab)Source-backed
Jack brand co-op only. Food 29.5/payroll 31.5/occupancy&other 17.3 -> rest margin 21.7%. Group op margin 5.3% (goodwill impairment).
Delivery commission—
FY2024Gap
Jack brand co-op only. Food 29.5/payroll 31.5/occupancy&other 17.3 -> rest margin 21.7%. Group op margin 5.3% (goodwill impairment).
Marketing—
FY2024Gap
Jack brand co-op only. Food 29.5/payroll 31.5/occupancy&other 17.3 -> rest margin 21.7%. Group op margin 5.3% (goodwill impairment).
Operating margin21.7%
FY2024· restaurant_levelS1 official primary (opens in new tab)Source-backed
Jack brand co-op only. Food 29.5/payroll 31.5/occupancy&other 17.3 -> rest margin 21.7%. Group op margin 5.3% (goodwill impairment).

Supply chain

3 suppliers · 0 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.

Keurig Dr Pepper (formerly Dr Pepper Snapple Group)KDP
Ingredients
discloses as: Jack in the Box
—named (no % disclosed)S3 newssource (opens in new tab)
The Coca-Cola CompanyKO
Ingredients
discloses as: Jack in the Box
—named (no % disclosed)S3 newssource (opens in new tab)
McLane Foodservice (McLane Company, a Berkshire Hathaway subsidiary)BRK.B
Logistics / cold chain
discloses as: Jack in the Box
—named (no % disclosed)S3 newssource (opens in new tab)

Peers in this segment

McDonald'sGMV / system salesWendy'sGMV / system salesArcos DoradosGMV / system salesA&W Food Services of Canada Inc.GMV / system sales

Same segment — each operator keeps its own scale basis; this is navigation, not a like-for-like comparison.