Largest Restaurants Companies in California: Ownership & M&A Activity | Mergr

These 123 largest restaurants companies in california are connected to:

37 M&A transactions
28 private equity investors
37 company investors
23 advisors

Name	Sector	Revenue $mlns	M&A Activity			Last 5 Years
Name	Sector	Revenue $mlns	Total	Buy	Sell	Last 5 Years
Chipotle NYSE : CMG Newport Beach, California, United States website	Restaurants	11,313	1	1	-
Cheesecake Factory NASDAQ : CAKE Calabasas, California, United States website	Restaurants	3,582	2	2	-
Jack NASDAQ : JACK San Diego, California, United States website	Restaurants	1,571	4	2	2
BJ's NASDAQ : BJRI Huntington Beach, California, United States website	Restaurants	1,357	-	-	-
Dine Brands NYSE : DIN Pasadena, California, United States website	Restaurants	812	4	2	2
Sweetgreen NYSE : SG Los Angeles, California, United States website	Restaurants	677	3	2	1
FAT Brands NASDAQ : FAT Beverly Hills, California, United States website	Restaurants	593	9	9	-
Del Taco Acquired Yadav Enterprises 2025-10-16 $115M Lake Forest, California, United States website	Restaurants	492	-	-	-
Black Angus Steakhouse Private Burbank, California, United States website	Restaurants	413	-	-	-
Wetzel's Pretzels Acquired MTY 2022-11-02 $207M Pasadena, California, United States website	Restaurants	245	-	-	-
Jamba, Inc. Acquired GoTo Foods 2018-08-02 $200M Emeryville, California, United States website	Restaurants	161	-	-	-
Pizza Studio PE Backed Monogram Capital Partners 2014-02-03 Calabasas, California, United States website	Restaurants	12	-	-	-
Taco Bell Corp. - 8 Restaurants Acquired ABTB 2019-04-22 Irvine, California, United States	Restaurants	-	-	-	-
Westin San Francisco Airport Acquired Ultima Hospitality, LLC 2013-10-30 Millbrae,, California, United States website	Restaurants	-	-	-	-
W Los Angeles - Westwood Hotel Acquired Pebblebrook Hotel 2012-08-23 $125M Los Angeles, California, United States website	Restaurants	-	-	-	-
Il Fornaio Acquired Create Restaurants Holdings 2019-09-12 Corte Madera, California, United States website	Restaurants	-	-	-	-

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