Chipotle: brands it owns and its ownership tree
Chipotle (NYSE: CMG) is a publicly listed company headquartered in Newport Beach, California, United States that owns 1 consumer brand.[1]
Chipotle was founded in Denver in 1993 by a chef who wanted to fund a fine dining restaurant and instead created the fast casual category. McDonald's took a majority stake in 1998 and divested it entirely by 2006, a decision that cost it an enormous amount of forgone value.
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Company facts
- Legal name
- Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc.
- Type
- publicly listed company · see all publicly listed company owners
- Headquarters
- 🇺🇸 Newport Beach, California, United States
- Founded
- 1993
- Tickers
- NYSE: CMG
- SEC CIK
- 0001058090
- Website
- www.chipotle.com
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
Chipotle in numbers
- Chipotle owns 1 consumer brands tracked here across 1 top-level categories; the largest is restaurants & foodservice with 1 brands.[1]
Everything Chipotle owns
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Frequently asked questions
What brands does Chipotle own?
Chipotle owns 1 consumer brands tracked here, including Chipotle Mexican Grill.
Is Chipotle an American company?
Yes. Chipotle is headquartered in Newport Beach, California, United States and was founded in 1993.
Who owns Chipotle?
Chipotle is a publicly listed company owned by its shareholders; it trades as CMG on the NYSE.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-02-04 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 10-K, published 4 February 2026; retrieved 6 September 2026.
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