Chipotle Mexican Grill Chipotle — Number of restaurants increased by 3.0% to $3.94K in Q4 2025 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric grew by 8.1%, from $3.64K to $3.94K. Over 4 years (FY 2021 to FY 2025), Chipotle — Number of restaurants shows an upward trend with a 7.2% CAGR. This is a positive signal — higher values indicate stronger performance for this metric.
An increase indicates successful store openings and physical expansion, while a decrease suggests store closures or a contraction in the retail footprint.
This metric represents the total count of active, company-operated restaurant locations under the primary brand banner a...
Peers in the fast-casual and quick-service restaurant industry typically report this as 'Total Unit Count' or 'Systemwide Store Count' to demonstrate growth capacity.
cmg_segment_chipotle_number_of_restaurants| Q2 '21 | Q3 '21 | Q4 '21 | Q1 '22 | Q2 '22 | Q3 '22 | Q4 '22 | Q1 '23 | Q2 '23 | Q3 '23 | Q4 '23 | Q1 '24 | Q2 '24 | Q3 '24 | Q4 '24 | Q1 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q4 '25 | |
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| Value | 2.8K | 2.9K | 3K | 3K | 3.1K | 3.1K | 3.2K | 3.2K | 3.3K | 3.3K | 3.4K | 3.5K | 3.5K | 3.5K | 3.6K | 3.7K | 3.8K | 3.8K | 3.9K |
| QoQ Change | — | +1.4% | +2.6% | +1.8% | +1.3% | +1.2% | +3.1% | +1.0% | +1.4% | +1.8% | +3.5% | +1.2% | +1.5% | +0.3% | +2.9% | +1.5% | +1.4% | +1.9% | +3.0% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | +7.1% | +7.0% | +7.6% | +6.8% | +6.9% | +7.5% | +7.8% | +8.1% | +8.2% | +6.6% | +6.0% | +6.3% | +6.2% | +8.0% | +8.1% |