Brinker International, Inc.
Brinker International, Inc. (NASDAQ: EAT) operates as a casual dining restaurant company headquartered in Dallas, Texas. The company's website is located at www.brinker.com. From the company’s description.
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What Brinker International, Inc. does
In the company’s own words
Brinker International, Inc. (NASDAQ: EAT) operates as a casual dining restaurant company headquartered in Dallas, Texas. The company's website is located at www.brinker.com.
Brinker owns, develops, operates, and franchises two primary restaurant brands: Chili's Grill & Bar and Maggiano's Little Italy. Chili's is the company's flagship brand and a recognized leader in the casual dining industry, having operated for over 51 years with a global presence spanning the United States, 28 other countries, and two U.S. territories. The brand is known for Southwest-inspired American cuisine, featuring signature items including burgers, fajitas, Chicken Crispers, hand-shaken margaritas, and the Triple Dipper appetizer. Maggiano's Little Italy is a full-service Italian American restaurant brand offering both à la carte and family-style dining, with dedicated banquet spaces for special events and celebrations.
As of June 24, 2026, Brinker operated 1,163 company-owned restaurants, comprising 1,110 domestic Chili's locations, four international Chili's locations, and 49 domestic Maggiano's restaurants. The company also franchises 472 restaurants, including 99 domestic and 370 international Chili's locations, plus three domestic Maggiano's franchises. Company-owned Chili's restaurants generated average annual net sales of $5.0 million per location, while Maggiano's averaged $9.5 million annually per restaurant.
Brinker employs approximately 85,003 team members, including 723 restaurant support center employees and 5,125 restaurant management personnel, with the remainder consisting of hourly staff. The company maintains separate brand-focused teams for operations, marketing, culinary innovation, and franchise development while leveraging shared infrastructure for information technology, accounting, legal, and purchasing functions.
The company's business strategy emphasizes creating engaging guest experiences through simplified menus focused on core equities, value-centric offerings, digital innovation, and improved hospitality. Chili's offers flexible value platforms including the "3 for Me" promotion starting at $10.99, while maintaining investments in technology including mobile applications, tabletop devices, and delivery partnerships through DoorDash, Uber Eats, and Grubhub. Maggiano's focuses on revitalization through its "Back to Maggiano's" strategy emphasizing food quality, service excellence, and atmosphere enhancement.
Company details
- Sector
- Consumer Discretionary
- Industry (SIC)
- Restaurants
- Headquarters
- DALLAS, TX
- Fiscal year end
- June
- CIK
- 703351
- SIC
- 5812
Financial performance, year by year
Fiscal 2012–2026 · USDThe full income statement, balance sheet and cash flow for each of these years — every figure traceable to its filing — is on the Financials tab with a free account.
Who owns Brinker International, Inc. — and what changed
Funds as of 2026Q2 · superinvestors as of 2026-06-30
Largest fund holders · Brinker International, Inc.’s weight in each
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Brinker International, Inc.’s bonds, as funds hold them
Funds report holding 1 issues of Brinker International, Inc.’s debt, $152.20M at market value — what funds hold, not the company’s total debt. Weighted-average coupon 8.25%, maturing 2030 to 2030.
Fund ownership counts N-PORT filers only, so it is a floor rather than a census — pensions, insurers and direct holders are not visible here, and the remainder is not “held by individuals”.
Every fund and institutional holder, quarter by quarter, is on the Ownership tab with a free account.
Recent filings
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