Company overview

In 1980 the first American El Pollo Loco opened on Alvarado Street in Los Angeles, quickly becoming a destination for the best citrus-marinated, fire-grilled pollo in town. Over the past four decades, El Pollo Loco has grown into more than 490 restaurants across 6 states becoming an L.A. mainstay and cultural benchmark along the way. And today, we continue to work just as hard to always provide customers with fresh and innovative L.A. Mex from our famous family dinners to Mexican entrees.
Founded in 1980
Costa Mesa, California, USA
3.6K employees (47 in marketing)

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People

Marketing team tenure

Median tenure

< 1 years

Avg experience

15 years

Across 1 marketing employees

Hiring activity

Open marketing jobs over time

1 open now

Headcount trend

Company growth over the last 12 months

Headcount +11% year over year

Funding

Total funding

$59.7M

Last raise

$14.7M

Private Equity, 10 months ago

Funding history

May 2025

Private Equity Round El Pollo Loco · $14.7M

Dec 2007

Private Equity Round El Pollo Loco · $45M

Audience

Monthly website visitors
624.8K
Month over month+1.1%
Quarter over quarter-14.7%
Top sourceSearch (65%)
Ad budget per month$87.6K
Average search rank59.1
Traffic source mix
Search
65%
Direct
29.6%
Referral
4.2%
Paid referral
0.8%
Social
0.4%

LinkedIn followers

Follower count and growth

Total followers

20K

12-mo growth

+13.3%

Monthly growth

+1.2%

News

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